It's officially a snow day for elementary, high school and post-secondary students in Waterloo region and Guelph on Monday.

Jude Valant, a 19-year-old non-verbal student with severe autism, relies on a communication method called Rapid Prompting Method to express his thoughts. His school won’t allow its use because it is not a recognized form of communication.

The government said so far, approximately 665 department positions have also been reduced and nearly 1,050 employees received notices on Thursday.

Disposable sanitary products can take 500 years to decompose, but a research team at the University of Waterloo is on a mission to cut down that time.

A 26-year-old Kitchener man was taken into custody by police after another man died in a stabbing incident on Friday.

Guelph MP Dominique O’Rourke has announced her office will pause using X, formerly Twitter, after the platform's AI chatbot Grok was used to make sexually explicit images of people without their consent, including children.

More and more Canadians are looking to add more plant-based foods to their diets. It's often a more cost-efficient option than meat, but knowing how to incorporate them into your meals isn't always easy. CBC K-W's food columnist Jasmine Mangalaseril offers tips and tricks on how to get more veggies into your meals.

Host Craig Norris looks at how artists are being forced into proving they didn't use AI in their work. You'll hear tunes from Cold Specks, Daniel Caesar, K'Naan, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar to name a few. Plus, we get a bit of a preview of this year's Juno Awards.

Kitchener is well-known for its music and arts scene, with events like the annual blues Festival, multicultural festival, performances at Centre in the Square and K-W Oktoberfest. Kitchener is also home to artists, including photographers, graphic designers, filmmakers and actors, who are eager to grow.

The largest automotive employer in southwestern Ontario doubled down on its commitment to its Canadian workforce on Friday, despite uncertainty across other parts of the auto industry.

In response to a colder winter and demand for more warming spaces, St. John's Kitchen on 97 Victoria St., will open its doors overnight starting Monday. Joe Mancini, co-founder of The Working Centre, who runs the space, says doors will be open overnight until March.

Two yellow weather warnings are in effect for Waterloo region and Guelph as Environment Canada warns of bitter cold and blowing snow that could impact travel and outdoor activities Friday.

A 65-year-old man was hit by a car on Friday morning in Kitchener after he got out of his vehicle following a collision with another vehicle. He was taken to an out-of-region hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

A multi-million-dollar investment from the province is set to create hundreds of new spaces at a Waterloo Catholic school.

Two people were taken to hospital Thursday afternoon after a transport truck crashed into two vehicles on the shoulder of Line 86 in Wellesley Township that had been in a collision earlier.

Winter lovers will get a chance to celebrate all things snow and ice at Winterloo in uptown Waterloo, plus there's a seed giveaway, music, a craft whiskey festival and a family event to celebrate nature in Guelph.

CBC, Canada's Olympic Network, will offer 22 hours of live coverage every day from the Milano-Cortina Winter Games, with over 1,200 hours of live content available on its digital platforms. Here’s how you can watch all of CBC's live Olympic coverage.

Ontario hospitals have already started making some "lower risk" cuts in the face of rising deficits, but those alone won't alleviate hospitals' financial strain, said the association head.

Teenaged Black boys from the Greater Toronto Area, groomed into the illegal drug trade by adult criminals, are being sent to remote communities into Ontario’s north, putting them in danger, an investigation by the fifth estate found.

Canada’s biggest grocery giants — including Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro — are using property law to control how other grocery stores, dollar stores, pharmacies and gas stations can compete with them, an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found.