Waterloo Region Record

The Waterloo Region Record, which used to be known simply as The Record, is a daily newspaper that serves the Waterloo Region in Ontario, Canada. This includes the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge, along with the nearby areas. The newspaper has been published by Metroland Media Group, a part of Torstar Corporation, since December 1998. On May 26, 2020, Torstar announced an agreement to be acquired by NordStar Capital, a private investment company, with the transaction anticipated to finalize by the end of the year.

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140 apartments will replace 6 Waterloo houses in campus neighbourhood

1 day ago | therecord.com | Jeff Outhit

Waterloo city council has approved a six-storey apartment building where six detached houses will be demolished in the central campus neighbourhood known as Northdale. The building is meant for student rentals, fronting on Albert and on Hemlock streets, where other student apartment buildings have also sprouted. It will feature a mix of apartments with one, two or three bedrooms. It’s unclear when it will be built to help Waterloo move past its housing crisis.
Two more Waterloo Region Starbucks get first unionized contracts

1 day ago | therecord.com | Joe McGinty

Two years after workers at a Waterloo Starbucks became the first Ontario franchise to unionize, two more local locations have secured their first contracts. The United Steelworkers union (USW), representing the coffee shops on Fairway Road at the Fairway Plaza and at the Indigo inside of Conestoga Mall in Waterloo, announced the first ever contracts for the local locations.
Missing for 23 years: Family calls for forensic investigation on a Kitchener home in cold case

1 day ago | therecord.com | Joe McGinty

It’s been nearly 23 years since Linda Shaw saw her son, David MacDermott, who went missing after a night out. The missing persons case has sat with Waterloo Regional Police since Nov. 9, 2002, with little to no leads, but Shaw says she has reason to believe his remains may be on the property of his former residence on Mill Street in Kitchener.
Mark Carney cabinet live: MPs being sworn in; Sean Fraser becomes justice minister, Gregor Roberston takes over housing

1 day ago | therecord.com | Alex Ballingall |Tonda MacCharles |Althia Raj |Raisa Patel

‘There’s a “Hunger Games” aspect to it’: Liberal insiders brace for Mark Carney’s cabinet appointmentsCarney will enter the House of Commons this month as a parliamentary novice whose party — with 169 seats at the latest count — is just shy of a majority, prompting speculation the Liberals might convince opposition MPs to cross the floor and strengthen the government’s hand.
Waterloo council aims to go big with a $20M renovation to its McCormick community centre

2 days ago | therecord.com | Jeff Outhit

Waterloo city council aims to go much bigger than initially planned in spending up to $20 million to renovate a popular arena and community centre. The larger ambition will expand a library branch, add a commercial-grade kitchen, add gender-neutral washrooms and change rooms, incorporate spiritual space for wellness and inclusion, and retrofit twin ice pads at the Albert McCormick Community Centre.
Trees, lawns and pets are treated better than migrant farm workers, Waterloo forum told

2 days ago | therecord.com | Jeff Outhit

Images filled a screen like a housing horror show. Soiled toilets. Mouldy showers. Bare, dirty mattresses piled against each other. A stained, broken refrigerator. Broken mirrors. Torn and shredded sheets, hung for privacy. This is how some farms house the migrant farm workers they employ and it has to stop, a national coalition said Friday in calling on the federal government to impose proper housing standards.
TLTI invests $15K to help designate historic properties

2 days ago | therecord.com | Keith Dempsey

The Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands is spending $15,000 in an effort to preserve its past. At its May 5 meeting, TLTI council unanimously approved a $15,000 allocation from the heritage conservation and celebration grant reserve fund to hire a consultant who will evaluate four private properties for potential heritage designation under the Ontario Heritage Act. The funding will also cover advertising costs required by the Act, as the township works to meet a provincial deadline.
Gananoque greenlights Kinsmen Community Hall renovations

2 days ago | therecord.com | Keith Dempsey

A long-awaited expansion of local day-care services is officially underway in Gananoque, as the town moves forward with transforming the Kinsmen Community Hall into a new child-care facility. At a special council meeting held April 29, Gananoque council approved the tender award for the renovation of the interior of the Kinsmen Hall, located at 400 Stone Street North. “This facility will provide a much-needed increase in day-care capacity in Gananoque,” said Mayor John Beddows.
Doug Ford is undermining democracy while blaming Donald Trump

2 days ago | therecord.com | Martin Regg Cohn

“Special Economic Zones” are coming to Ontario. A better description might be: “Zones of Special Superpowers for the Premier.”In these designated areas, democratic norms will be suspended until further notice. Doug Ford’s Tories will do away with environmental assessments and other meddlesome manifestations of red tape. They will impose streamlined regulations of their own design, details still to be determined by the Progressive Conservative cabinet meeting in supreme secrecy.
Nominees announced for Waterloo Region athlete of the year award

2 days ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

They shoot pucks, arrows and lacrosse balls. They conquer water, ride bicycles and run track. And they are seven athletes nominated for the new Waterloo Region athlete of the year award, which is replacing the K-W athlete of the year award, which was dished out annually from 1999 until last year.