The Waterloo Region Record

1 day ago | therecord.com | Joe McGinty

A once popular restaurant and bar in St. Jacobs is up for sale after the owner was evicted over a rent dispute. In a notice posted at the the Village Biergarten and shared on social media, the landlord claims the restaurant’s owner, Denis Fontana, had breached the lease contract.

1 day ago | therecord.com | Gordon Paul

A forensic hospital has placed more restrictions on Udo Haan, the Ontario Review Board says. Haan was found not criminally responsible (NCR) for fatally strangling his wife, Edra Haan, with a rope in 2018 and then triggering an explosion that obliterated their Kitchener house. Haan, now 65, was recently charged with three counts of disobeying an order made by the review board, which has jurisdiction over people found NCR due to a mental disorder.

1 day ago | therecord.com | Joe McGinty

Goldfish are being introduced into Waterloo Region waterways at an alarming rate. The stormwater management team at the City of Waterloo said that nearly all of the 59 city-operated stormwater ponds contain goldfish. “Generally speaking, we find goldfish in most of our ponds when we go to do cleanouts,” said Jessica Kellerman, manager of stormwater operations in Waterloo.

2 days ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

The Kitchener Rangers have made their first off-season signing, and it’s a big one. The Ontario Hockey League team inked centre Adam Valentini on Thursday in a move that was a long time coming. The Blueshirts acquired Valentini’s rights from the Mississauga Steelheads this past September, knowing that last year’s first round pick (13th overall) was going to spend the entire season with the Chicago Steel in the United States Hockey League.

2 days ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

Ira Needles Boulevard is moving up, and not in a good way. The road, which runs through Kitchener and Waterloo, was ranked as the second worst in Ontario’s western region — which includes Brant, Huron, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth County and Waterloo Region — in the annual list of patchy pathways put out by the Canadian Automobile Association. It’s the third year in a row that the bumbling boulevard has cracked the list after ranking fourth worst in each of the past two years.