Both Waterloo school boards cancelled regional track meets on Wednesday as smoke from wildfires in Quebec and Ontario continue to cause air quality issues in the area.
They buzz. They bite. They carry diseases that can be bad for your health. It seems there’s more mosquitos than ever this year – and people are noticing.
Waterloo region will see the temperature rise to 32 C on Friday for a mini heat event. But an Environment Canada meteorologist says it's not abnormal to see such warm temperatures at this time of year.
Christina Hecktus's five-year-old daughter Quin came home from school in March with a cough and a fever, and died days later. The Kitchener mother is now warning parents about the rare consequences of invasive Group A streptococcus, circulating in Ontario at the highest rates in a decade.