Robert Williams

Guelph

Reporter at The Waterloo Region Record

Reporter @WR_record | Formerly @tjprovincial | Opinions are my own | Story ideas? [email protected]

Articles

Conestoga College moves to four-day weeks

1 week ago | therecord.com | Robert Williams |Jeff Outhit

Conestoga College is moving to a four-day week at most of its facilities for the summer semester, with new initiatives to limit spending across its campuses. A series of internal staff emails documenting the operational changes come as federal data shows the college received just 410 new study permits for foreign students in the first three months of 2025. That’s down 95 per cent compared to 2023, when 8,550 new study permits were approved over the same period.
Police lay charges after 25-year-old impaired driver flees crash in Waterloo

1 week ago | therecord.com | Robert Williams

A 25-year-old man from Waterloo is facing multiple charges after fleeing the scene of a crash with a motorcycle on Saturday. Waterloo Regional Police responded to the scene of the crash near Hazel Street and Austin Drive just before 3 p.m. on Saturday in Waterloo. “The vehicle, described as a 2017 black Hyundai Elantra, struck a motor cyclist and fled the scene of the accident,” police said in a news release. The motor cyclist reported minor injuries, police said.
Police investigating report of sexual assault by delivery driver in Waterloo

1 week ago | therecord.com | Robert Williams

Police are investigating after a reported sexual assault by a man delivering packages to a Waterloo residence on Friday. Waterloo Regional Police said they responded to a report of a sexual assault by an unknown man in the area of Old Orchard Place and Thorndale Drive at 7:25 p.m. on Friday. The man was reportedly at the residence to deliver items to the victim from an online delivery service, police said. Police said the man sexually assaulted the victim and left prior to police arrival.
Man charged after 'hate-motivated incident' in Kitchener place of worship

1 week ago | therecord.com | Robert Williams

A 31-year-old man was arrested in Kitchener on Friday in what police are calling a “hate-motivated incident.”Waterloo Regional Police said they arrived on scene at the place of worship on Franklin Street South in Kitchener on Friday at 2:45 p.m. after a disturbance was reported in the area. An unknown male allegedly attempted to enter the place of worship, and was “yelling racial slurs towards individuals and assaulted them,” according to police.
Police dog tracks down fleeing 18-year-old hiding under car in Kitchener

1 week ago | therecord.com | Robert Williams

A police dog helped track down an 18-year-old man who fled police and attempted to hide under a car on Wednesday in Kitchener. Police first located the man while out on patrol near King Street East and Scott Street around 12:20 a.m.The man then fled from officers. With the use of the canine unit, police tracked the man down, and found him hiding under a nearby car. A firearm and a large amount of suspected drugs were found during the search, police said.
Police investigating youth stabbing at Kitchener park on Friday night

1 week ago | therecord.com | Robert Williams

Police are investigating after a “male youth” suffered a stab wound in a park near Homer Watson Boulevard and Pinnacle Drive on Friday. Waterloo Regional Police responded to the scene at 11 p.m. and quickly located the victim. He was transported to hospital with “minor non-life-threatening injuries,” police said. It is believed that the victim and the outstanding subject are known to each other. Police did not provide ages or a description of the outstanding subject.
Police investigating stabbing at Kitchener park on Friday night

1 week ago | therecord.com | Robert Williams

Police are investigating after a “male youth” suffered a stab wound in a park near Homer Watson Boulevard and Pinnacle Drive on Friday. Waterloo Regional Police responded to the scene at 11 p.m. and quickly located the victim. He was transported to hospital with “minor non-life-threatening injuries,” police said. It is believed that the victim and the outstanding subject are known to each other. Police did not provide ages or a description of the outstanding subject.
University of Waterloo faces a $94M shortfall, plans to balance budget by 2028

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Robert Williams

The University of Waterloo has developed a three-year financial plan that will see two more years of deficits before getting back to a balanced budget in 2028. The three-year plan, which has been approved by the university’s board of governors, shows the university is facing a $94-million shortfall for the 2025-26 school year.
How a Burger King receipt got Santa Claus in the federal election

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Robert Williams

If Santa Claus is prime minister, every day will be Christmas. The law of gravity? Abolished. And for all the young people who want to become “influencers,” he will create a foreign interference college to train the next generation of misinformation maestros. “Santa Claus believes in a wonderful utopia where no one has to work and it is always a stat holiday,” said Santa Claus Chatham, a candidate for the Rhinoceros Party in Waterloo in the upcoming federal election.
Union says 191 support staff affected in layoffs at Conestoga College

3 weeks ago | therecord.com | Robert Williams

The union representing support staff at Conestoga College say 191 of its full-time members have been affected by a mass layoff announced to staff Tuesday. All impacted staff have been given 90-day notices, said Local 238 president Vikki Poirier, who represents support staff at the college. This includes probationary workers who have been let go, members who have been directly laid off, and another subset of workers who are being reassigned.