Terry Pender

An email from the Social Development Centre has sparked property inspections in Sunnydale, a townhouse complex near Parkside Drive and Bearinger Road long known for maintenance issues.

Bylaw inspectors went into the Sunnydale neighbourhood in Waterloo Thursday and issued a long list of repair orders to the landlords.

A veteran civil engineer says the Region of Waterloo can easily and inexpensively ensure there is an adequate supply of water. Barbara Robinson says too much rainwater infiltrates the swage system. That takes up capacity at sewage treatment plants, limiting new development, and reduces the amount of water needed for underground aquifers that supply the region.

Waterloo grandmother surprised to see her name in RCMP file. A soft-spoken, retired librarian caught in Cold War era surveillance program 50 years ago.

KA Imaging breaks into Canadian hospitals. St. Mary’s in Kitchener and the University Health Network in Toronto bought mobile X-ray units from KA Imaging that will be used for bed-side scans for intensive care unit patients.

The housing affordability crisis does not discriminate based on age. A long married couple in their 60s are living in shelters and getting two meals a day at a community centre in downtown Kitchener.

Kitchener-based Garage Capital was an early investor in the AI chip maker Groq, which was just acquired by Nvidia for a reported US$20 billion. It is the biggest deal in tech history, and the local venture capital fund stands to make millions from it.

Thousands of new housing units missed in water needs study. Infill developments not included in annual calculations for water demand.

For nearly two years the Region of Waterloo and the provincial government have tried to assemble 770 acres of farmland in Wilmot Township bordered by Nafziger Road, Highway 7/8, Wilmot Centre Road and Bleams Road West.

Region’s reputation and future prosperity under threat. Developers urge quick resolution to water supply issues. Region extended development freeze over concerns about water supply..