High school teachers and support staff at schools across the Waterloo Region District School Board were on the picket lines Wednesday, protesting the provincial government’s cuts to education funding. Members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), which includes support staff such as secretaries and custodians in all WRDSB schools, were out by the […]

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Traffic issues, particularly speeding, are a frequent source of public complaints received by Woolwich officials. Often more perception than reality, the topic is nonetheless in turn a familiar refrain for councillors seeking answers from staff. A “do something” mentality surrounds calls for traffic-calming measures, which have been looked at systematically since the township first adopted […]

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Several local FIRST Lego League teams walked away with more than just hardware after a strong showing at the Waterloo qualifying tournament last weekend. The Elmira Space Chickens and St. Clements Wild Goats performed so well that they will move on to the Ontario West Provincial Championships in February 2020. The St. Jacobs Super Stingers […]

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Recently repaired and opened to traffic, the West Montrose covered bridge will be pedestrian’s only for a while next Monday for a much better reason, as community members gather for the annual carol sing. The BridgeKeepers organization is hosting the outing that harkens back to a Christmas tradition as carollers channel the holiday spirit. From […]

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As part of a plan to keep seniors healthy and end hallway healthcare, the Ontario government is investing $90 million annually for the new Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program (OSDCP) that will provide dental services for eligible low-income seniors across the province. Many low-income seniors are faced with challenges when it comes to accessing regular […]

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With the holidays just weeks away, police have their festive RIDE program in full swing. Police services across the province take part in holiday RIDE programs aimed at taking alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers off our roads. Thanks to new impaired driving laws phased in last year, police report they are heading into the seasonal campaign […]

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Residents of a Wellesley neighbourhood aren’t happy about a proposed medium-density development, bringing that message to township councillors during a public meeting December 3. The proposal calls for 55 townhouses, two semi-detached units and a single-family home to be built on land at 1016, 1018, 1024, 1030, and 1032 Doering St. The applicant, 2046680 Ontario […]

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Death, taxes and ever-increasing water bills. Woolwich wants to link the latter two, with the first not a good enough excuse to forgive the others. Councillors this week approved a new process for applying security deposits and collecting arrears associated with water and wastewater accounts. Where the township would previously resorted to collection agencies to […]

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When he took office in January 2017, Donald Trump called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “obsolete,” but he hates all multinational institutions so that hardly counts. Just last month, however, France’s President Emmanuel Macron said that the NATO alliance is “strategically brain-dead,” which is closer to the truth. Yet the leaders of the alliance’s 29 […]

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Water levels in the Great Lakes continue to climb, giving rise to concerns about flooding even as we head into the frozen-over time of the year rather than the spring thaw normally associated with such warnings. Coupled with more frequent and violent weather events, rising water levels will bring more generalized flooding of the kind […]

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Detached homes sold for an average price of $660,071 an increase of 14.2 per cent compared to November of last year.

Detached homes sold for an average price of $660,071 an increase of 14.2 per cent compared to November of last year.

Scaling and rappelling a synthetic rock face with a rope and harness is what springs to mind when most people think of sport climbing.

Scaling and rappelling a synthetic rock face with a rope and harness is what springs to mind when most people think of sport climbing.

Scaling and rappelling a synthetic rock face with a rope and harness is what springs to mind when most people think of sport climbing.