Waterloo Region

Loraine Centeno Waterloo Chronicle Thursday, February 16, 2023

The cancellation of classes for students in a medically fragile class at a Kitchener school is just one among dozens of establishments that have been forced to close due to staff shortages.

These underpin the issue…

Terry Pender The Record Mon., Nov. 28, 2022

KITCHENER — At a time when more refugees and newcomers than ever before are arriving in the region, a medical clinic that specializes in helping them has to cut back operations because of a lack of funding.

Beginning Jan. 1, the Refugee…

Jeff Outhit The Record Tue., Nov. 1, 2022

WATERLOO REGION — Immigration has exploded in this region after years of decline, and racial diversity is surging.

Waterloo Region received 27,840 immigrants between 2016 and 2021, twice as many as it received in the previous five years…

Terry Pender The Record Thu., Oct. 27, 2022

WATERLOO REGION — Wasai Rahimi waited for hours Wednesday evening at Pearson airport for a family of eight to clear customs and immigration as privately sponsored Afghan refugees.

Rahimi’s Kitchener-based non-profit, iHelp International…

Thousands of international students hoping to have been in Waterloo region for the start of the fall semester are still back in their home countries waiting to hear about the status of their study permits.