Trustees with the Waterloo Region District School Board have approved name changes for two elementary schools. Ryerson Public School in Cambridge has been renamed Blue Heron Public School and A.R. Kaufman Public School in Kitchener has been renamed Hillside Public School.
One of the largest strike actions in Canadian history, an ongoing murder trial in Kitchener, and a big lottery win for a Kitchener receptionist round out the most-read stories of the week.