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CTV News
20 hours ago
- CTV News
WRPS investigate distraction theft in Waterloo
WRPS included a photo of a vehicle believed to be involved. (Courtesy/WRPS) Waterloo Regional Police say a female was distracted while suspects stole her jewelry in Waterloo earlier this week. Police received a report of a theft Wednesday around 7:30 the area of Amos Avenue and Vogel Place. A female was walking home when unknown suspects approached her. 'A distraction was committed and the victim's jewelry was stolen while suspects remained in a vehicle,' police said in a news release. Police said an unknown man and unknown woman were in the vehicle described as a newer model Toyota Rav4. Police included an image of the vehicle believed to be involved. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
CBC
a day ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
Kate's 5 fun things to do in and around Waterloo region: July 18 to 20
This is one of the busiest weekends of the summer so far when it comes to events happening in this area. The Kitchener Ribfest and Craft Beer Show starts at noon Friday and runs afternoons and evenings Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Admission to the event in Kitchener's Victoria Park is free, but donations are accepted for The Food Bank of Waterloo Region. Elora Community Theatre will present Shakespeare in the Park starting Friday night with The Merry Wives of Windsor. Performances are in the yard at the Elora Centre for the Arts. In Guelph at McCrae House, it's Backyard Theatre season. We Lived, Felt Dawn, Saw Sunset Glow is the title of the performance by Mike Ford, who is described by the museum as a solo troubadour opera. The piece was commissioned by Guelph Museums to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation in Europe. If you can't make it this weekend, the show also runs July 24 to 26 with afternoon and evening performances. Sunset Sessions in Vogelsang Green is a free concert in downtown Kitchener. Music starts at 7 p.m. and you won't know who is performing until they step up to the mic. The Scotland Yard Hockey Classic to support kids cancer care will be held at The Boardwalk in Waterloo with 96 teams taking part. People can show up and cheer on their favourite teams and just enjoy a day of street hockey. The day benefits the Waterloo Region Health Network Foundation. Latin Music on Main happens in Galt on Saturday evening. Beginner dance lessons are at 6 p.m. with dancing from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The Kitchener Panthers are on the road this weekend. They're in Welland Friday and Barrie on Saturday. The Guelph Royals are home Saturday night and host the Brantford Red Sox. If you need to drive, here are some local gas prices: Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival Friday 3:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday 12:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Uptown Waterloo This free, outdoor festival in uptown Waterloo has everything a jazz music lover would want, plus community vendors and food. Headlining Friday night is Monkey House and on Saturday it's Travis Knights. Plus check out the youth ensemble, Freddie's Freeloaders, the Christine Jensen Quartet and much more. Friday 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Guelph Lake Conservation Area This annual festival is back and along with a very long list of musicians on three different stages, there are workshops, vendors, food, children's area and activity areas. Amanda Keeles Sunday at 7 p.m. Forbes Park, 16 Kribs St., Cambridge Cambridge is holding a number of Summer Live events and this weekend, it's a free concert from London, Ont., country singer-songwriter Amanda Keeles. Bring a lawn chair, some snacks and be prepared to enjoy an evening of music. AfroVibes Festival Friday 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 12 p.m. to 9 p.m and 10 p.m. to late Deb 1880 in Waterloo, Carl Zehr Square in front of Kitchener's city hall, Rare Nightclub in Waterloo This festival kicks off Friday night with a panel discussion talking about business and the creative economy locally. On Saturday, the festival takes over the space in front of Kitchener's city hall with a free day of music, workshops, food, fashion, games and lots of interactive activities for people of all ages. There's also an after party with DJ Neptune later in the evening, which requires tickets. Sights and sounds from AfroVibes Festival in Kitchener 1 year ago There was food, music and vendors in front of Kitchener's city hall and on the Gaukel Block on Saturday as part of the AfroVibes Festival. The three-day event celebrating African culture also included a karaoke night and a panel discussion in Waterloo. Cambridge Scottish Festival Friday 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Churchill Park, Cambridge The festival gets underway with the Celtic sip and shop Friday night, which has vendors set up, there's live music and watch swords clash in a battle performance. Saturday will see various pipe, drum, band and dancing competitions and performances, a children's glen, the heritage area and live music in the beer tent. Cambridge Scottish Festival website Fitness in the Forest Saturday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Stanley Park Conservation Area, Kitchener This is a resident-led project that is supported through the City of Kitchener's Love My Hood program. The trail through the park now has signs that offer some additional suggestions on exercises that can be done to get even more out of an evening stroll. A grand opening celebration takes place Saturday with some refreshments and giveaways, but the trail is now open to anyone who wants to use it. Facebook event page
CTV News
a day ago
- CTV News
Jewelry stolen in Waterloo distraction theft
A vehicle was captured on camera on July 16, 2025. (Courtesy: Waterloo Regional Police Service) The Waterloo Regional Police Service are looking for two people who may be running a distraction theft scam in Waterloo. Police said they received a report about a theft in the Amos Avenue and Vogel Place area on Wednesday around 7:30 p.m. They were told a female victim as walking home when she was approached by two unknown suspects in a newer model Toyota Rav 4. Police said the suspects, a male and a female, distracted the victim and stole her jewelry without leaving the vehicle.
CTV News
2 days ago
- Health
- CTV News
UW researchers develop warning system for extreme indoor temperatures
The recent stretch of extreme heat doesn't just pose life-threatening conditions outside, but inside too. It has University of Waterloo researchers developing ways to identify regions across North America that are most at risk. No laws exist in Canada for cooling buildings and rental units, so the team is creating a warning system to alert vulnerable populations who may not be aware that their home has gotten too hot. 'The threshold that we used was 26 degrees. So when your home is at that temperature for a prolonged period of time, that can be dangerous to your health,' said PhD student Irfhana Zakir Hussain. The data was collected between 2015 and 2024. The team from UW's Ubiquitous Health Technology Lab (UbiLab) gathered the information from smart thermostats with Wi-Fi to automatically control heating and cooling settings. They then used machine-learning algorithms to accurately track indoor temperatures to determine households with life-threatening conditions. They set out to find this information after noticing a gap when it comes to how public health agencies have historically approached extreme heat – focusing largely on outdoor temperatures. 'Unfortunately, that lacks insight on what's actually happening inside homes across Canada,' said Plinio Morita, a public health sciences associate professor. uw researchers This image shows household heatwave predictions. (CTV News/Spencer Turcotte) The team says during heat waves, a building, home or rental unit with no air conditioning continues to accumulate heat due to the insulation that keeps us warm in the winter. 'That prevents the heat from leaving the house during the night,' said Morita. That's where their warning system comes in thanks to the dashboard they hope to make online and public. 'I'm trying to build a system that can predict and map the climate related-health risks that we're dealing with,' said Zakir Hussain. 'How many people are going to be calling the ambulance? How many people are going to the emergency department because of the heat?' She says the dashboard can help pinpoint a pattern of heat-related problems in particular neighbourhoods, like with older populations. 'As people get older, they also lose the ability to sense the temperature changes in their houses,' said Morita. 'The purpose of our project is to develop tools that we can notify people whenever these extreme heat events are happening and when their houses are getting too hot.' Once an alert identifies vulnerable households, authorities could know where to implement both immediate and long-term measures. These interventions include establishing cooling strategies by distributing fans, for example, in addition to deploying emergency health services. With not every dwelling equipped with a thermostat, people at risk may not know they need to get out of that hotspot and seek relief. It's something they hope municipalities and governments can help with. 'The idea is if we can get this information out to them before they need to plan their budgets or allocate resources, they can use this information to make sure that everyone in the city is equally safe during these heat waves,' said Zakir Hussain. In the long-term, the team hopes this data will lead to subsidies for smart thermostats and investments in green infrastructure to help reduce these heat risks.
The Guardian
2 days ago
- Health
- The Guardian
The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – the psychiatrist who abused female patients
In a hospital in Waterloo, London, in the mid-1960s was a psychiatric ward full of sleeping women. Suffering from disorders ranging from post-partum depression to chronic anxiety to anorexia, the residents of the 'sleep room' were sedated and woken only to be washed, fed or subjected to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). All were under the supervision of psychiatrist William Sargant, who at the time was hailed as a pioneer. Sargant claimed that a combination of enforced narcosis and ECT could fix disturbed minds. Failing that, the treatment would be surgical lobotomy. The Sleep Room is author Jon Stock's gripping account of a scandal in which female patients were denied dignity and agency by a man who wielded absolute power over their bodies. The book is ably narrated by actors Richard Armitage, Antonia Beamish and Celia Imrie. The latter's contributions are unusually personal since, at 14, Imrie had been hospitalised with anorexia and was put under Sargant's care. In her remarkable and haunting testimony, Imrie remembers Sargant as 'tall with an evil presence'. Though she doesn't believe she had electro-shock treatment, she witnessed a woman in a neighbouring bed going through it, recalling a 'huge rubber plug jammed between her teeth; the strange, almost silent cry, like a sigh of pain, she made as her tormented body shuddered and jerked; the scent of burning hair and flesh'. Stock's book paints a grim picture of the medical establishment's attitude to mental illness. Sargant's ward was finally closed in 1973. In the weeks before that happened, he destroyed most of the case records. He was never investigated and died in 1988 with his reputation intact. Available via Little, Brown, 11hr 48min BookishLucy Mangan,Penguin Audio, 6hr 59min The Guardian's TV critic reads her memoir in which she looks back at a life shaped by literature. My Next BreathJeremy Renner, Simon & Schuster Audio, 6hr 35minThe American Hustle actor's memoir recalls his accident in 2023 when he was crushed by a snow plough, leading to surgery and months of rehabilitation.
