Kitchener city council have unanimously voted to go ahead with a plan to build a new community centre in Williamsburg with the region's Catholic school board.
As 2021 draws to a close, CTVNewsKitchener.ca is looking back on some of the stories that made headlines this year.
Here are 10 of our the most read stories from 2021.
It was listed at $500,000. After 53 offers, it sold for $801,000. Neighbours in the area said they weren t surprised, saying they ve noticed a hot market in Waterloo Region. I knew this would cause some disruption in real estate in our region, for the sole fact that it s a semi-detached home, said Dan Porlier, the broker behind the sale. Statistics Canada said Waterloo Region had the fastest growing population in Canada in 2020 as more people looked to move out of big, urban areas. Waterloo Region re-entered the province s red control tier on Tuesday as the provincial stay-at-home order came to an end. The region fell into the red control tier, which is the highest a region can be before entering the grey lockdown tier.
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KITCHENER A 48-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after police responded to reports of a disturbance in Kitchener. According to a news release, it happened on Monday at around 5:45 a.m. in the Laurentian West neighbourhood. The victim, a 44-year-old woman, reportedly suffered non-life-threatening injuries as a result. Police said the victim and the accused are known to each other and that there was no concern for public safety. Court documents show that on Dec. 21, the accused allegedly attempted to murder a woman by strangulation. Very concerning incident that was investigated by our front-line services, Chief Bryan Larkin said.