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Waterloo Regional Police officers to attend funeral for Toronto officer killed in the line of duty
10+ hour, 34+ min ago (393+ words) Posted Jun 24, 2026 04: 38: 09 AM. A number of officers from the Waterloo Regional Police Service will be in Toronto today to pay their respects for a fallen brother. A contingent from WRPS is taking part in the funeral for Toronto Police Constable…...
Shouts at council as councillors move to appeal encampment ruling
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (805+ words) Posted Jun 17, 2026 05: 46: 25 AM. After nearly three hours of hearing from dozens of voices on the future of the encampment and its residents at 100 Victoria in Kitchener, Regional Councillors moved a motion Tuesday to appeal a recent decision by Ontario Superior…...
Five children from Elmira killed in rural Ontario crash
1+ week, 2+ day ago (858+ words) Posted Jun 15, 2026 04: 49: 28 AM. Six people remained in hospital Sunday following a rural Ontario crash that killed five children on Friday, police say. Investigators say an infant, the children's parents and two older adults believed to be the children's grandparents were…...
Procession held for OPP officer killed in Northern Ontario
1+ week, 5+ day ago (310+ words) Toronto Police officer Marc Pinizzotto was shot and killed during a raid today. Shauna Hunt with the story of the 43 year-old officer who fell in the line of duty. June 11, 2026 7: 06 pm EST EST El Nino has arrived and will likely…...
Two Ontario Liberal leadership candidates have close ties to Waterloo Region
1+ week, 5+ day ago (504+ words) Posted Jun 12, 2026 09: 33: 54 AM. Lee Fairclough and Navdeep Bains both recently announced their intentions to sit in the seat that was vacated by former Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie in January. Fairclough spent a portion of her career as president of…...
Toronto police officer shot while executing search warrant
1+ week, 6+ day ago (673+ words) Posted Jun 11, 2026 06: 57: 51 AM. A 43-year-old Toronto police officer has died after being shot during an early'morning warrant operation in North York, an incident Myron Demkiw confirms is connected to "a number of shootings," including the March 2026 shooting at the U. S. Consulate…...
OPP officer killed in line of duty was former Kitchener bylaw officer
1+ week, 6+ day ago (377+ words) Posted Jun 11, 2026 04: 33: 58 AM. An Ontario tragedy is hitting a little harder at Kitchener city hall. Constable Tarun Bali who was killed in the line of duty near Hearst this week was a former City of Kitchener bylaw officer. A statement…...
Ontario Provincial Police officer killed in northern Ontario
2+ week, 13+ min ago (10+ words) City News Kitchener...
OPP officer killed in the line of duty in northern Ontario
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (300+ words) Posted Jun 9, 2026 04: 59: 55 PM. An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was killed in the line of duty on Tuesday near the northern community of Hearst, the service confirms. In a release, the OPP said James Bay OPP officers were conducting an…...
Agriculture minister reappoints Canadian Dairy Commission CEO Benoit Basillais
3+ week, 1+ day ago (244+ words) Posted Jun 1, 2026 05: 24: 23 PM. OTTAWA " Federal Agriculture Minister Heath Mac Donald says Benoit Basillais has been reappointed as CEO of the Canadian Dairy Commission. Basillais will serve an additional three-year term effective July 4. Basillais was appointed CEO of the commission in…...