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The City of Kitchener has opened a new round of funding for property owners seeking to conserve their culturally significant heritage buildings. 

Find out more about the grant, including whether you will first need a pre-consultation meeting with City staff, on our heritage funding page. 

Today, we mark the National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia. 

The City of Kitchener is cancelling the current significant weather event effective 4 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.  

Kitchener City Council has approved a four-year deal between the City and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Locals 68 Civics and 68 Mechanics.

The celebration begins at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, February 13, 2026 at the Kitchener Cenotaph (corner of Frederick and Duke Streets). The a group bike ride will follow the newly opened separated bike lanes in the Downtown Cycling Grid, including the recent transformation of East Avenue. Everyone who participates will receive a free coffee or hot chocolate, and there will be special prizes for first-time winter cyclists. winter cyclists. Kitchener now maintains more than 300 km of separated bike lanes and trails, designed to keep people active year-round.  

The City of Kitchener is cancelling the current snow event effective 6 p.m. on Monday, January 26, 2026. The street parking ban will be lifted once the snow event is cancelled. 

The City of Kitchener has declared a snow event. Residents have until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, January 25, 2026, to remove their parked cars from city streets. This helps ensure our plows and snow clearing equipment are able to effectively and efficiently clear snow from roadways across the city.    

This morning, Kitchener Fire (KFD) responded to a call at a mixed-use building at Queen Street South and Charles Street East. The fire is believed to have started in a second-storey apartment in the building. Six trucks were dispatched. The fire is now out and under control. 

Late this afternoon, fire crews responded with five trucks to a house fire at Calais Place. The home is a semi‑detached, split‑level residence consisting of four levels.