When Ontario declared a state of emergency on Tuesday and also issued a stay-at-home order, some were confused at what they could and couldn t do under the new rules, and how it differentiated from past lockdown restrictions. During a Thursday morning media conference, Waterloo Regional Police Service Police Chief Bryan Larkin stressed that their approach would be empathetic and caring, only targeting those who overtly put others in danger. I do see this as a common sense approach, I do see this as being a good citizen, he said during the virtual conference. On Friday, seven more charges were laid against people who were not complying with regional and provincial COVID-19 rules over the past week. On Sunday, Kitchener city officials confirmed two charges were laid over the weekend, while only one was made in Waterloo.
KITCHENER Morning rain has since transitioned over to wet snow throughout Waterloo region, and across much of southwestern Ontario. According to Rob Kuhn with Environment Canada, the region reached Thursday s daytime high of 8.6 degrees in Kitchener and Waterloo at around 9 a.m., temperatures steadily dropped throughout the day. The snow is expected to carry into Friday morning, meaning we will see a white Christmas. We are looking at two to five cm of snow across the region heading into Friday morning. With wind gusts out of the north west on Friday between 20 to 40 kilometres an hour, there is a risk of snow squalls along the eastern shores of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay and into Waterloo Region as well.