Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Waterloo region on Wednesday and Thursday as temperatures are forecast to break through 30 C, with the humidity making it feel nearly 40.
The first confirmed local case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in a Guelph male between the ages of 10 and 20, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health reported Friday.
Select groups will be able to book a COVID-19 booster shot at the Every Dose Counts event at the Pinebush vaccination clinic coming up in Waterloo Region this weekend.
There were 46 new COVID-19 cases reported in Waterloo region on Thursday. As well, the region has announced three pop-up vaccination clinics in Kitchener and Waterloo this weekend that can immunize children as well as offer third doses to people aged 70 and older and health-care workers.