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Waterloo Region, ON

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 24

The Hockey Canada verdict shouldn’t distract from this important truth therecord.com/thestar/opinio…

WR_Record's tweet card. The rules of a court of law don't always reflect an evolving social understanding.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Popular Punjabi sport Kabaddi coming to Kitchener for international tournament therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. The 32nd Kabaddi Cup will take place on Aug. 9 at The Aud, hosted this year by the International Punjabi Sports Club under the banner of Ontario Kabaddi Federation.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Tow truck drivers charged after fight at Cambridge crash scene therecord.com/news/crime/tow…

WR_Record's tweet card. Police laid several charges following a fight between tow truck drivers at a crash scene in Cambridge.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Forsyth’s led Canada’s shirt-making market therecord.com/life/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. This week’s Flash from the past looks at Forsyth’s, a leading Canadian shirt maker based in Kitchener. The company thrived for many decades before eventually closing due to global competition.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Pickleball festival returns to downtown Kitchener core next month therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. Pickleball will return to Kitchener’s downtown core in August with the second annual Paddle Palooza Pickleball Festival.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Waterloo Regional Police to welcome 14 new officers therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. The Waterloo Regional Police Service will welcome 14 new officers during a badging ceremony on Friday.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Hospital calls police after victim arrives with gunshot wound therecord.com/news/crime/hos…

WR_Record's tweet card. Police are investigating after a person arrived at a local hospital with a gunshot wound.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Road hockey tournament has raised more than $1M for children’s cancer care therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. A local road hockey tournament has now raised more than $1 million since 2022 for children’s cancer care.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Cambridge’s Emancipation day celebration keeps growing, year after year therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. This year’s celebration includes live bands, dancers, a BIPOC vendor market, a children’s area, and an all-girl reggae band. A John Canoe band will perform for the first time, and the “history...

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Rangers sign Swiss goalie Christian Kirsch therecord.com/sports/hockey/…

WR_Record's tweet card. San Jose Sharks draft pick gives OHL club a veteran presence in the crease

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Residents question whether St. Jacobs’ sewage plant can handle ambitious growth therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. Residents question whether St. Jacobs’ sewage plant can handle ambitious growth

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

GRCA warns of suspected blue-green algae bloom at Belwood Lake therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. The Grand River Conservation Authority is advising the public to be aware of a suspected blue-green algae bloom at Belwood Lake.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

Four top administrators have left Conestoga College as job losses mount past 1,800 amid signs of falling foreign enrolment. therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. It’s estimated the Kitchener-based college has cut 1,800 support staff, contract faculty, managers and administrators while bracing for falling foreign enrolment.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 25

The Record today: University of Waterloo and Velocity help startups build $40 billion + Blue-green algae suspected at Belwood Lake therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. The Record today: University of Waterloo and Velocity help startups build $40 billion + Blue-green algae suspected at Belwood Lake

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 24

This AI scientist is the kind of immigrant Canada says it wants. He might have to leave for the U.S. anyway therecord.com/thestar/news/o…

WR_Record's tweet card. With both their postgraduation work permits expiring this year, Gabriel Huang, 31, who studied with a top AI scientist, and his husband are nervous.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 24

Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71 therecord.com/entertainment/…

WR_Record's tweet card. FILE - Hulk Hogan rips his shirt before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 24

Cameras meant to stream hockey games left on, kids’ camps filmed therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. LiveBarn cameras unplugged at rinks in Waterloo and Cambridge as cities launch investigations

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 24

Waterloo veterans to be honoured with Remembrance Day banners therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. Waterloo introduces a Veterans Banner Program in collaboration with local organizations to honour service members by displaying banners throughout the city.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 24

Cambridge mayor votes against housing plan over lack of Indigenous consultation therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. The development at 387 Green Gate Boulevard will allow for four-storey buildings and an increased density of 87 units per hectare.

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Waterloo Region Record@WR_Record · Jul 24

Former Kitchener bus driver vying for $500K on reality show ‘Alone’ therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

WR_Record's tweet card. 51-year-old Baha Mahmutov is one of five contestants left fighting to survive in the wilds of South Africa.

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