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Costs to police St. Patrick's Day up, but attendance down
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (730+ words) Posted Apr 15, 2026 03: 58: 29 PM. The Waterloo Regional Police Services Board (WRPSB) was presented with the final 2026 St. Patrick's Day Deployment Report at committee on Wednesday. For the most part, it was a positive recap that showed measures brought in helped curb…...
Store staff stop senior from being scammed in Guelph
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (358+ words) Posted Apr 15, 2026 09: 35: 16 AM. Guelph police are sending out kudos to the staff at a store for saving a resident in their 80s from falling victim to a fraud scheme. Police were contacted on Tuesday by the almost-victim, who explained how it…...
Police-operated CCTV cameras yet to be installed in Waterloo
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (590+ words) Posted Apr 15, 2026 07: 39: 22 AM. Police-operated CCTV cameras have not been installed in Waterloo after the two parties reached an agreement about four months ago. Regional police planned to install cameras at key locations across Waterloo in late 2025 or early 2026, with no…...
11 speeding charges in 3 hours laid in Cambridge
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (396+ words) Posted Apr 14, 2026 02: 09: 35 PM. The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) is working to crack down on speeding on Hespeler Road in Cambridge. Officers were out conducting a traffic enforcement initiative on Monday night. Police issued 11 speeding charges within three hours, from…...
Kitchener driver charged in Fergus crash
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (364+ words) Posted Apr 14, 2026 03: 06: 14 PM. A driver from Kitchener is facing charges after a serious two-vehicle collision in Fergus. Wellington County OPP responded to the scene on Highway 6 between side roads 18 and 19 on Monday afternoon. Police say one vehicle was attempting to…...
Harvey Weinstein is going on trial again in a New York rape case
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (717+ words) Posted Apr 14, 2026 12: 11: 29 AM. After years of #Me Too infamy, legal peril and prison, Harvey Weinstein is again going on trial on a rape charge in New York City. Jury selection is set to start as early as Tuesday in the…...
Ontario planning massive jail expansion: government docs
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1112+ words) By Liam Casey, The Canadian Press Posted Apr 14, 2026 05: 32: 51 AM. Ontario is planning a massive expansion of jails over the next few decades, The Canadian Press has learned. The province's jails are bursting and have been significantly over capacity for years,…...
Support worker with aid agency charged for death of woman in St. Marys
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (221+ words) Posted Apr 14, 2026 04: 24: 11 AM. An aid worker is facing criminal charges for the death of a woman at a supportive living residence in St. Marys. Stratford Police said the investigation began on the evening of March 11, with a sudden death in…...
1 arrested, another still at large after fatal shooting at Sarnia campus bar
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (512+ words) Posted Apr 12, 2026 03: 03: 10 PM. Sarnia police say they have arrested one man and are looking for another in connection with a fatal shooting at a Lambton College campus bar early Friday morning that left 20-year-old Dane Nisbet dead." Police charged a…...
Some 100 people killed in mistaken air force attack on Nigerian market
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (367+ words) Posted Apr 12, 2026 11: 55: 21 AM. Amnesty International said it confirmed from survivors that at least 100 people were killed in the airstrike Saturday on a village in Yobe state near the border with Borno state, the epicenter of the jihadi insurgency that has…...