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Cambridge man charged after stabbing man and dog Friday night
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (326+ words) Posted May 10, 2026 06: 04: 59 AM. A Cambridge man is facing multiple charges following a stabbing incident that occurred Friday night in Cambridge. Police received reports of the incident Saturday morning at roughly 11 a. m. of an altercation that occurred at a home near Harris…...
Region, Kitchener, Cambridge sign on to police-operated CCTV camera program
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (686+ words) Posted May 6, 2026 07: 23: 09 AM. The plan includes installing 52 cameras in 10 locations across the region, looking to gain more sets of eyes for use in investigations. The cameras, when installed, would not be used as a live feed; they would be accessed…...
Report on Open AI expected from federal, provincial privacy watchdogs today
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (309+ words) By Jim Bronskill and Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press Posted May 6, 2026 04: 00: 20 AM. OTTAWA " Privacy watchdogs plan to release a report today on Open AI, the company behind the popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot Chat GPT. Federal privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said…...
Kitchener, Region of Waterloo to consider backing police-led CCTV camera program
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (535+ words) Posted May 4, 2026 07: 32: 48 AM. Regional police are getting closer to completing their checklist of all the local municipalities and the region in approvals for their CCTV camera program. Before this week is over, the police service could have approvals in place…...
Man Arrested after Brandishing Firearm at Waterloo Drive-Thru
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (373+ words) Posted May 3, 2026 07: 28: 28 AM. Waterloo Regional Police have arrested a male suspect following a series of weapons-related incidents in Waterloo. Around 2: 30 p. m. on May 2nd, local authorities responded to reports of a male brandishing a weapon at a drive-thru located on Erb Street…...
Search for suspect continues after Waterloo Walmart fire
1+ week, 5+ day ago (455+ words) Posted Apr 28, 2026 06: 28: 10 AM. It was on the evening of March 15 that emergency crews were called out to the Walmart Supercentre in the area of Bridgeport Road East and Weber Street North for reports of a fire inside that business. The…...
North Dumfries council votes yes for police CCTV camera
1+ week, 5+ day ago (280+ words) Posted Apr 28, 2026 06: 50: 40 AM. One of the new police CCTV cameras is coming to North Dumfries township. Council voted yes at their Monday evening meeting to install the camera and licence plate scanner at the location the Waterloo Regional Police Service…...
Police want CCTV camera in North Dumfries saying it's a target for organized criminals
1+ week, 6+ day ago (600+ words) Posted Apr 27, 2026 04: 16: 20 AM. Saying there's been a 5-year growth trend in certain crimes in North Dumfries, police will be asking for one location in that township for their new CCTV camera and license plate scanner program. Waterloo Regional Police Service…...
Local support agencies react to not guilty verdict in Sloka trial
2+ week, 1+ day ago (436+ words) By Matt Hutcheson and City News Kitchener Staff Posted Apr 24, 2026 03: 50: 29 PM. The lengthy sexual assault trial of former neurologist Jeffery "Scott" Sloka came to an end in a Kitchener courtroom on Friday. Sloka was acquitted on all 48 counts against him…...
Arrest made in months-long child exploitation investigation
2+ week, 2+ day ago (482+ words) Posted Apr 24, 2026 04: 19: 09 AM. Waterloo regional police have made an arrest in a case in what used to be called "child pornography, seven months after a tip came in from national authorities. It began in September last year, when police received…...