Johanna Weidner

Waterloo anthropologists fled the work that analyzed DNA samples from skeletal remains of sailors on the Franklin expedition and found matches with DNA donated by living descendants.

The Ontario government announced on Thursday that the colorectal cancer screening age was being lowered from 50 to 45 for any resident, and 40 for those at higher risk.

In 2009, the province appointed a supervisor at Cambridge Memorial Hospital as it faced a $5.6-million deficit. An independent review “identified a series of long-standing governance, management and financial issues at the hospital that need to be addressed.”

This summer is likely to be warmer than normal in Waterloo Region, but there’s more uncertainty about the amount of precipitation to expect

This May was the coldest in Waterloo Region since 2020 with the last freezing day recorded mid-month

Canada Post announced nine Kitchener postal codes slated to switch from door-to-door deliver to community mailboxes by October 2027.

Lisaard & Innisfree Hospice launched new program aimed at educating the community about hospice options

Cambridge seniors’ community holds grand opening of newly built and renovated spaces

The province is investing $31.3 million in a new elementary school being built in rapidly growing southwest Kitchener, which will welcome 600 students and create 88 licensed child-care spaces.

One-year funding boost from Health Canada will support co-ordinated efforts by five local organizations addressing addiction and overdose supports.