Jeff Outhit
Reporter at The Waterloo Region Record
I'm a reporter at The Waterloo Region Record, a daily newspaper in Ontario. Reach me at [email protected] or 519-580-1829.
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5 days ago |
therecord.com | Jeff Outhit
Dave Norman shed a tear in the parking lot even before he went inside the church he attended as a kid. It was that kind of bittersweet day at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, which held its last Sunday mass after 95 years in central Kitchener. “It’s emotional already. I knew it was going to be,” Norman said before the service began at 11 a.m. “I’ve prepared to a certain degree.
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1 week ago |
therecord.com | Jeff Outhit
There have now been 110 measles cases in Waterloo Region after public health agencies aligned their disease counts in a weekly update Thursday. This amounts to five per cent of an Ontario outbreak that has reached 2,179 cases since October. The outbreak is concentrated in southwestern Ontario, has mostly sickened unvaccinated children, reached this region in March, and appears to be dwindling. The updated count released by the province adds 21 cases to the regional tally.
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1 week ago |
therecord.com | Jeff Outhit
In a testy split vote, Waterloo city council has briefly paused its $500,000 plan to convert a former Anglican Church into a temporary hub for the arts. Council bought St. Columba in February, intending to demolish it within three years to help Waterloo move past its housing crisis. The plan is to let artists use the vacant space at 250 Lincoln Rd. at city expense while a plan is finalized to build up to 30 homes on the one-acre site. After several artists lined up Monday to applaud council, Coun.
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1 week ago |
therecord.com | Jeff Outhit
Three more residential buildings could be coming to central Waterloo following city council decisions on Monday. Council has reached a deal with several developers that helps clear the way for two proposed residential buildings on Erb Street West, beside Waterloo Town Square mall next to Ion rail transit tracks. “I’m really pleased to have this coming to council,” Mayor Dorothy McCabe said when the negotiation was made public.
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1 week ago |
therecord.com | Jeff Outhit
A third of the way into a 10-year pledge to accelerate home construction, new housing starts in Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge remain far off target. Builders poured foundations in May for just 39 additional houses, apartments or townhouses across the three cities, according to data released Monday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. That’s far below the 583 new homes per month required to add 70,000 homes by 2031.
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