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Jun 30th, 2008 | By Scot Ferguson-Barber | Category: Community, Politics
Cambridge recently added a new pet bylaw. There is a limit of 3 dogs per household without a kennel license, which the city no longer issues! You can have up to five rabbits but no pot bellied pigs. Poisonous snakes, reptiles and spiders, including “pet” tarantulas, are banned completely. There ... Full Story

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Police investigate death at Cambridge plant [update]

Jun 30th, 2008 | By Scot Ferguson-Barber | Category: Community
[an update to this breaking story] The employee parking lot at Delft Blue Meat Processing remains cordoned off with crime scene tape. One 38 year old man is dead and a 34 year old man is in custody as police continue to investigate a death there today.   Although details are sketchy it is known that ... Full Story

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Police investigate death at Cambridge plant

Jun 30th, 2008 | By Scot Ferguson-Barber | Category: Community
CAMBRIDGE - Waterloo Regional Police are investigating a death at a Cambridge company There was a large police presence at The Delft Blue plant at the corner of Dobbie and Savage drives early this afternoon. There are few details available, a police spokesperson did tell the media the victim is male ... Full Story

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Driver In Fatal Accident Was St. Benedict Student

Jun 27th, 2008 | By Colin Carmichael | Category: Community
The teenager killed in a car accident this week has been identified as 17 year-old Christopher Robbins, a student at St. Benedict High School in Cambridge. A passenger in the car, who sustained life threatening injuries, is also a student at the school. School officials and teachers are working to help ... Full Story

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Pesticide Ban in Effect for July and August

Jun 27th, 2008 | By Colin Carmichael | Category: Environment & Health
The Region of Waterloo is reminding residents that use of pesticides is prohibited during the months of July and August. The Region's pesticide reduction campaign includes lawn care workshops, information displays at events and retail outlets, newspaper and radio advertising, and an interactive website: www.letscurbpesticides.ca. In addition, this year the region is ... Full Story

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Gore Mutual Donates $500k to CMH

Jun 27th, 2008 | By Colin Carmichael | Category: Community, Environment & Health
In one of the largest single donations ever to the hospital,Gore Mutual Insurance has provided the means for Cambridge Memorial Hospital to perform 300 more colorectal cancer screenings per year. The gift, earmarked for the endoscopy unit, "will go a long way to support cancer prevention in our community,” ... Full Story

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Regional Council Approves Biosolids Strategy

Jun 27th, 2008 | By Colin Carmichael | Category: Environment & Health, Politics
Waterloo Regional Council has approved an updated interim strategy to manage biosolids. The provincial Ministry of the Environment has a mitigation program in place to minimize the use of biosolids lagoons. The approved strategy was created to address that issue. One approach available to the Region is biosolid dewatering. The ... Full Story

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Hilborn Pottery Receives Mayor’s Award for Community Service

Jun 26th, 2008 | By Colin Carmichael | Category: Community
Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig recently awarded the prestigious Mayor's Award for community service to Hilborn Pottery Design Inc. The plaque was presented at the Mayor's Gala with the nomination coming from the various charitable associations in Cambridge. Nancy and Rick Hilborn were in attendance to accept the plaque. From the Mayor's Gala ... Full Story

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Teen Killed in Crash

Jun 26th, 2008 | By Colin Carmichael | Category: Community
A single-car accident on Clyde Road near Village Road last night (June 25th) has claimed the life of a 17-year-old boy. According to Regional Police, the car flipped over and another occupent was airlifted to to Hamilton with serious injuries. Source: 570 News Full Story

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COM DEV Lands Federal Satellite Contract

Jun 26th, 2008 | By Colin Carmichael | Category: Announcements, Community
COM DEV International has announced that it has been awarded an $8.6 million contract to design, produce and launch a micro-satellite for the Government of Canada. This follows an announcement last week that COM DEV would be persuing the capacity to produce micro-satellites. The Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Micro-Satellite (M3MSat) is ... Full Story

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