One woman dead - Via train in Northern Ontario quarantined

 Police say a 60-year-old woman who died today aboard a Via Rail train had ``pre-existing health issues'' and don't believe are connected with the illnesses of several others on board. Although several ...

Multi million dollar boost to research aging

A University of Waterloo professor is giving a 4 million dollar boost to research on aging. Ronald Schlegel is adding that amount to the initial 2 million dollars he used to develop the Schlegel-UW Research ...

Health Minister at St. Mary's to open addition

  The province's health minister was in town today for the official opening of a 100 thousand square foot addition to St. Mary's Hospital in Kitchener. George Smitherman says projects like this one will ...

The Bulls are back in the run for the OHL title

The Belleville Bulls are not making it easy for the Rangers. The Bulls nipped the Rangers 2-1 at the Aud last night cutting Kitchener's lead to 3-2 in the OHL Championship Series Final. The Rangers out ...

United Nations and World Vision say aid flights to Myanmar will resume

The United Nations says it will resume food aid flights to Myanmar on Saturday. The announcement by Nancy Roman, the World Food Program's chief spokeswoman, came Friday just hours after the UN agency said ...

Perimeter Institute names Executive Director

Dr. Neil Turok has been named the new Executive Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo. Dr. Turok who most recently did work with Stephen Hawking on the birth of inflationary ...

10th Annual Police Appreciation Breakfast

Police and RCMP officers from Waterloo region gathered for a very special event this morning: the 10th annual Police Appreciation Breakfast. A special painting is being unveiled today, depicting the David ...

Jim Balsillie wants Canadians to speak up

Jim Balsillie says Canadians need to become more involved in national and global issues and make their voices heard.
The RIM Co-CEO  spoke at The Canadian Press annual dinner last night, saying Canadians ...

Police identify industrial accident victim

 Police have released the name of a Waterloo man who died in an industrial accident yesterday. Waterloo regional police say 39 year old Jeffery Sean Norley was killed during an incident involving a piece ...

Police investigate pellet gun shooting

Regional police in Cambridge are trying to figure out who was firing pellets near a city school yesterday.
The shots were fired at Central Public on Main Street just after 11 in the morning. 

House fire sends two to hospital

A Holstein man is in hospital in serious condition after a house fire in the Mount Forest-area community.
The OPP report that the blaze broke out late yesterday afternoon on Grey Road 109. The fire ...

Leafs look to Rangers for new coach?

The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking for a new coach and one of the names on the list of potential candidates is Rangers coach Peter DeBoer. The Leaf's handed coach Paul Maurice the pink slip yesterday ...

Kitchener prison fires 2 managers and suspends 2 others

Corrections Canada won't confirm it, but 570 News has learned the former acting warden and deputy warden at Kitchener's Grand Valley Institution for Women have been fired following the death of an inmate ...

Mobile One in Cambridge

  Mobile One is in Cambridge today, but it's not a racing circuit.  Emergency Management Ontario uses the state of the art field coordination vehicle to assist staff in managing emergencies. There are ...

Sabres franchise won't allow team to be moved

The Buffalo Sabres' ownership says they are not against selling the team as long as the buyer promises to keep them in Buffalo. 
As 570 News told you yesterday, RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie made overtures ...

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