Remembrance Day is on Monday and there are a number of ceremonies happening around the area. As well, Monday will see government offices and some businesses close due to it being a holiday for some workers.

In Foxboro Green, a small retirement community in Baden, Ont., 30 women came together to create a 15-metre-long banner covered in small handmade poppies. CBC Kitchener-Waterloo's Cameron Mahler went to where they've displayed the banner ahead of Remembrance Day to find out more.

It took Kitchener resident Laura McBride and her family 80 years to discover what happened to her great uncle Thomas Ferguson Wilson after he died in April 1944 during a training mission.

A 15-year-old from Kitchener, Ont., faces 29 charges in connection to a line of swatting calls between May and October 2024, police announced Monday. The charges come after officers investigated calls made threats to schools, businesses, public areas and residences but all turned out to be false.

Here comes Santa Claus! There are a number of parades set to take place in November and December both during the day and in the evening. Here's a list of where you can find the big man in red.

Make The Season Kind is a month of giving in support of The Food Bank of Waterloo Region. Join CBC K-W for a kick-off show on Friday, Dec. 6 at TheMuseum in downtown Kitchener with performances by I, The Mountain, singer-songwriter Mandippal, local chef Terry Salmond and more.

The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University has confirmed a tornado touched down in Fergus, Ont., on Sunday night.

Saskatchewan's police watchdog is investigating an incident that led to the suspension of five Saskatoon police officers and a sixth officer is also off work because of an unrelated incident.

The dust has finally settled on the 2024 Saskatchewan election and Premier Scott Moe has appointed a smaller cabinet with many new faces. The Morning Edition political panel discusses the potential impact.

Drivers are being warned to use caution on Saskatchewan's highways after five separate collisions involving moose were reported to RCMP in a 30-minute window on Friday evening.

Every November, Jan Diehl adorns her Martensville, Sask., home with a special Remembrance Day tribute.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will face the Toronto Argonauts in their fifth straight Grey Cup appearance. The Bombers advanced to the CFL title game after disposing of the Saskatchewan Roughriders 38-22 in the West final Saturday night in Winnipeg.

The Regina Rams won the Hardy Cup showdown against the Saskatchewan Huskies Saturday, in the first finals clash between the two teams in 22 years.

Across Canada, there’s a growing number of political leaders proposing to force people into treatment for drug addiction, despite inconclusive evidence about its effectiveness.

Head coach Corey Mace, quarterback Trevor Harris and linebacker Jameer Thurman talk about coming up short in the CFL West Final. The Roughriders lost the the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 38-22 sending the Bombers to their fifth straight Grey Cup.

It was only the second time the Saskatchewan Huskies and the Regina Rams have met in the Hardy Cup championship game. This time it was the Rams coming out on top 19-14. Huskies head coach Scott Flory says there were too many turnovers and too many plays left on the field after a hard fought game.

Hundreds of people filled the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon as young cadet bands and bagpipers streamed through the building to remember the men and women who have defended Canada in times of war and peace and the 118,000 Canadians who have been killed in service to this country.

A seed company based in Regina names all new plant varieties after veterans —something a 102-year-old Second World War veteran says is "a great honour."

The final election results are in for the 2024 Saskatchewan election, which received a higher vote turnout than 2020. The NDP's April ChiefCalf won Saskatoon-Westview. And Saskatchewan Party’s Ken Cheveldayoff was re-elected in Saskatoon-Willowgrove.

A recent study out of the University of Calgary estimates that more than 10 million Canadians are being exposed to high levels of radon, an odourless, tasteless radioactive gas that is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the country.

We've heard what the candidates want to do about community safety in Saskatoon. Here's what the people already doing the work say the new mayor and council should do after the civic election.

A Saskatoon woman is accused of damaging multiple vehicles and assaulting a man with a baseball bat on Nov. 11.

Dozens of public library workers hit the picket line for the first day of job action in downtown Saskatoon on Tuesday. The union is demanding better wages and safer working conditions.

One week after the lockout began at B.C.'s ports, the federal labour minister is again urging the employers and the union, back to the table.

A number of ceremonies were held in B.C. on Monday as veterans and communities gathered to commemorate Remembrance Day.

The Surrey Police Service is less than three weeks from taking over from the RCMP to manage policing in British Columbia's second most populous municipality, but there's still no formal deal on how responsibilities will be split between the two forces.

A blaze at an apartment building has displaced residents and led to two injuries, almost two years after a fire at the same building displaced dozens.

Five people are in hospital after a five-vehicle crash on on Highway 1 just east of Kensington Avenue on Tuesday morning, police say. 

The family of forklift operator Bill Sherstobitoff says that the company he worked for, the Great Little Box Company (GLBC), has not made enough of an effort to make things right in the two years since his death in December 2022.

Malloree Enoch alleges she was sexually coerced by former Whitecaps coach Hubert Busby Jr., who was recently reinstated as head coach of the Jamaican women's national team.

Officials have issued wind and rainfall warnings for Tuesday night in several regions as another fall storm approaches southwestern B.C.

Several firearms, body armour, diamonds and fentanyl shaped like dog treats were among the items seized in a recent bust, say Metro Vancouver Transit Police.

A Penticton city councillor who was arrested and charged with historical sexual offences this summer is facing new charges after more victims were identified, say police in Sarnia, Ont.

Two newly elected members of British Columbia's Green Party will officially take their seats in the legislature following the first of three swearing-in ceremonies since last month's provincial election. 

Carleton University will soon need to take 'significant measures' to balance its budget, according to a letter the Ottawa institution recently sent out to staff and students.

More than 14 months after flooding caused by heavy rainfall forced the Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre to shut down its birthing unit, it's once again welcoming expecting families.

A heartfelt initiative is taking root in some small towns across eastern Ontario where light and hydro poles are being adorned with banners that pay tribute to local veterans.

A Veterans Affairs Canada education and training benefit is helping retired soldiers, sailors and airmen fit into a new uniform at Ottawa's Le Cordon Bleu.

The National Capital Commission says it opened the Rideau Canal Skateway below its usual stands for ice thickness a few times last season — and plans to do the same this year. 

Health officials say it’s the right time to get your seasonal flu and COVID-19 vaccines as levels of both viruses rise in Ottawa. The CBC’s Kimberley Molina reports.

After playing her first season with the WNBA's Washington Mystics and representing Team Canada at the Olympics, forward Aaliyah Edwards held her second annual "You Got Knext" camp in her hometown over the weekend.

The Pinecrest Queensway and Somerset West health centres are aiming to get a slice of $370 million of provincial funding to operate centres focused on addictions recovery and links to supportive housing.

OC Transpo is short $120 million for next year, and Wednesday's draft budget will shed light on who can expect to pay the bill.

"It's just like a big blur. It doesn't seem real," says the mother of 16-year-old Kaylie Smith.

That Figure Skating Show previews the final Grand Prix stop of the season. The Russian skaters are expected to dominate, but the biggest showdown is in the women's event.

Canada's Roman Sadovsky is in third place after the men's short program with 84.59 points, meanwhile Canadian ice dancing duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen.

Montreal's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen finished the Rostelecom Cup in bronze position Saturday for their fourth medal in as many figure skating competitions this season.

That Figure Skating Show recaps the ice dance event at Rostelecom Cup that saw Canadians Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen take their second bronze this season.

The figure skating Grand Prix Final next week has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic for the second season in a row. The Dec. 9-12 event in Osaka, Japan, was the only global event matching the best skaters across all four disciplines before the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February.

Two-time Olympian Gabrielle Daleman was victorious in Sunday's free skate to win the women's event at the 2022 Skate Canada Challenge in Regina.