Robert Williams
Reporter at The Waterloo Region Record
Reporter @WR_record | Formerly @tjprovincial | Opinions are my own | Story ideas? [email protected]
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6 days ago |
therecord.com | Robert Williams
As the very public debate over banning Pride flags dragged on at the Waterloo Catholic District School Board this spring, education director Tyrone Dowling had a warning: Reputation and public trust are not things you can easily win back. In April, he told trustees the potential consequences in a system where parents choose where to send their children to school are real.
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1 week ago |
therecord.com | Robert Williams
Staff have presented the Waterloo Region District School Board with a balanced budget for the 2025-26 school year, overcoming hefty shortfalls for increasing supply teacher and early childhood educator costs. After presenting the budget at a board meeting last week, trustees will soon decide whether to approve the budget, which includes revenues and expenses of about $959 million, and a modest surplus of $47,000.
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2 weeks ago |
therecord.com | Robert Williams
The funny feelings often started after moments of stress. They would radiate from Steve Kieffer’s chest, lasting just minutes. He would close his eyes and focus on breathing — in and out — and then it would pass. Kieffer didn’t know it at the time, but he was experiencing focal seizures, also known as partial seizures.
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2 weeks ago |
therecord.com | Robert Williams
As the blue truck pulls to a stop atop the landfill tipping face, a lone herring gull takes to the sky to let out a distress call — the predators have arrived for work, get out while you can. It’s 9:30 a.m. on a Wednesday at the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Waste Management landfill site in Kitchener, and Honey, Maggie and Stella are clocking in for their shift.
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3 weeks ago |
therecord.com | Robert Williams
When a light needs replacing, an air conditioner system breaks down, or a raccoon gets stuck in a dumpster, the Waterloo Catholic District School Board calls its maintenance team. Over the course of a year, there are a lot of things that break down. Between May 12, 2024 and May 12, 2025, the Catholic board’s maintenance team received 11,592 work orders, or the equivalent of about 32 per day.
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