Waterloo News

On June 24, the Waterloo Regional Council approved the construction of its $790-million Light Rail Transit system that will connect Waterloo, Kitchener, and eventually Cambridge.

There's something about religion that turns the minds of the faithful toward sex.

Last spring, a local labour leader with the Canadian Auto Workers union had an impromptu meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a Royal Canadian Legion branch in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.

Date : Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:03:14 +0500 ORGANS, MINUS THE SOLEMNITY Colin Eatock Globe and Mail Thursday, Jul.

Brott Music Festival has violinist Catherine Manoukian performing Beethoven, Sat.

A Light Rail Train like this one might soon be rolling through the streets of Waterloo after Waterloo regional council overwhelmingly supported the idea last week.

Student protestors engaged in a silent march around Ring Road on June 22, 2009. Approximately 250 Iranian members of the UW community demonstrated at the University of Waterloo and along University Avenue on June 18.

Police say a 65-year-old pilot was killed Monday morning after he crashed his small plane near the Region of Waterloo International Airport.

Emergency Response workers from the Kitchener/Waterloo region remove a body from the remains of airplane that crashed into a field, just outside of the Waterloo Region International Airport, on Monday.

The University of Waterloo has reached 'new heights in philanthropic giving,' raising more than half-a-billion dollars over the course of the campaign that has transformed the university and its community, says Bob Harding, chair of the university's board of governors.

One of the many advantages our community derives from two universities, Ontarioa TMs leading college and international think tanks is the high quality of speakers we can attract.

Since 1995 $2.35 million has been awarded to 2,350 students TORONTO, June 24 /CNW/ - The Miller Thomson Foundation's National Scholarship Program is awarding $1,000 academic scholarships to 200 Canadian students, bringing its total contribution to $2.35 million in scholarship awards to 2,350 graduating high-school students since 1995.

The Conference Board of Canada expects the Windsor region's economy to shrink by almost six per cent this year because of massive cuts in the automotive sector, led by bankrupt Chrysler Corp.

Former Canadian Idol contestant Tara Orum, who has her own reality show on Country Music Television, headlines the UpTown Country Festival this Saturday next to Waterloo City Hall.

As regional councillors prepares to vote on a proposed rapid transit plan next Wednesday, their counterparts at the City of Waterloo had their say earlier this week.

Say what you will about all the music contests out there, but shows like Canadian Idol seem to be introducing a lot of new talent to the Canadian country music scene.

Canadian bottled water companies beware. We can start calling 2009 year of the bottled water ban, and it is apparent that bottled water companies like Nestle Waters Canada are starting to notice.

WATERLOO, ON, June 8 /CNW/ - Brick Brewing Co. Limited , Ontario's largest Canadian-owned and Canadian-based publicly held brewery, today released its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010.

The 2009 Cutting Edge Music Festival is bringing The Roots to Kitchener/Waterloo for two days of live music, camping and partying.

A new parent questionnaire, developed at the University of Waterloo, will help health practitioners to more accurately gauge the acquisition of language skills in children with autism.