In 2019 three snowmobilers died after falling through the ice in the Northwest Territories. Find out how researchers at Laurier are hoping to prevent similar deaths -- with remote ice sensors.

Rockway Mennonite Collegiate high school in Kitchener wants you to rethink your relationship with single-use plastics. So they've released a rock video to help get their message across. We hear from the teacher and some of the students who put together an environmental cover of Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself For Loving You."

It was a bleak winter, but now, spring is in the air. People living in Waterloo region share some of the things they're looking forward to doing this spring.

Alcohol sales in Canada are the lowest they've been since 2013. CBC K-W asked people in Waterloo region about whether they're drinking alcohol and some said they aren't consuming as much as before for various reasons.

The cost of virtually everything has risen in the past year and people who spoke to CBC Kitchener-Waterloo near Waterloo Town Square say they've starting to feel the pinch and it means they've started to cut back on certain things in order to make ends meet.

It's still winter but summer job hiring is already underway. The cities and townships in Waterloo region have hundreds of opportunities available for people aged 15 and up, but many students who spoke with CBC K-W said they had no idea those jobs were available to them.

The real estate market in Waterloo region had an unprecedented year of extremely high highs and some significantly low lows in 2022. But 2023 is getting off to a more 'predictable' start, the president of the Waterloo Region Association of Realtors says.