CBC - Kitchener & Waterloo

CBC K-W's voter survey has revealed that nearly half of respondents say tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty are their top concern during the 2025 federal election.

Waterloo region now has 14 confirmed cases of measles, which is up from just three cases last week, public health officials said Tuesday.

The Ontario government announced it opened nine Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs Tuesday, replacing the supervised drug consumption sites across the province that are located near schools and child-care centres — but an advocate says these hubs are not actually operating yet. 

Scott Miller, director of education for the Waterloo Region District School Board, says Elizabeth Ziegler Public School in Waterloo will remain closed through the 2025-26 school year, too, due to safety concerns. He made the comments on Tuesday morning as students returned to the schoolgrounds for in-person learning in portables.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement about freezing rain in Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County Wednesday morning into Thursday, but adds the ice "will not be nearly as significant as the ice storm from this past weekend."

Ontario is raising the minimum wage from $17.20 to $17.60 an hour starting October 1, the province said in a news release Tuesday. 

The Conservatives are no longer running their candidate in the southwestern Ontario riding of Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore this federal election over past comments the party says are "unacceptable."

Embattled Toronto-area Liberal candidate Paul Chiang is dropping out of the race just hours after the RCMP confirmed it’s looking into whether he broke the law by suggesting people turn a Conservative candidate running in a nearby riding into the Chinese consulate to collect a bounty. 

The province’s auditor general released 2 reports Monday condemning shortfalls in different government services, including mental health services for youth and children, and oversight of non-municipal drinking water.

A lobbyist who used to work for Ontario Premier Doug Ford failed to comply with some rules while asking for clients' land to be removed from the Greenbelt, the province's integrity commissioner concluded Monday.

The province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said the death of 36-year-old Nathaniel Schofield at the OPP detachment in Rockwood was due to a drug overdose. In a report released on Monday, SIU director Joseph Martino said there was "no basis for proceeding with criminal charges in this case."

Consumption and treatment sites in Kitchener and Guelph are expected to close on Monday despite a Superior Court judge granting an injunction to allow them to stay open on Friday afternoon. The organizations that run them say without funding, they must shut down the services.

One of Waterloo region’s few low-barrier shelters will close, leaving its 100 residents facing an uncertain future. Support workers are concerned that the closure will put additional stress on an already strained shelter system.

A New Brunswick woman wants to donate one of her kidneys to her cousin in Ontario but discovered not having a family doctor could prevent that.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre both promised middle-class tax cuts this week. But the former hallmarks of a middle-class lifestyle — like owning a home or taking annual vacations — are increasingly out of reach for younger adults. 

Pierre Poilievre said he hasn't approached Doug Ford for campaign help. Ford indicated he won't be offering up public support for any candidates. Why won't these two conservative leaders join forces?

New research suggests that lifestyle choices may have a greater effect on health than genetic makeup. CBC Radio medical columnist Dr. Peter Lin shares the findings from a study published in the journal Nature Medicine.

The industrial carbon pricing system in Canada has come under fire during the federal election, raising uncertainty for companies about whether their investments in lowering emissions will pay off.