Joe Pavia
Reporter/Editor
Joe Pavia is a Reporter/Editor with CBC K-W 89.1 FM. He's normally heard weekdays on The Morning Edition but also covers a wide range of news and feature stories for both radio and web. If you have a story idea, email Joe at Joseph.Pavia@cbc.ca
Latest from Joe Pavia
Tornado touched down in Fergus Sunday, research team confirms
The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University has confirmed a tornado touched down in Fergus, Ont., on Sunday night.
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Family of late Guelph woman 'very proud' to see her featured on a new Remembrance Day stamp
Mary Barnaby Fountain signed up with the Ontario Farm Service to work the fields to feed Canadians at home and abroad during the Second World War. She was 16 at the time. Her work, along with 20,000 other women, is being honoured on a stamp.
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2 Waterloo region farmers look back at challenges and success stories from this year's growing season
The 2024 growing season came with a lot of rain, some drought and a list of challenges. But there was also some good in the growing season according to two Waterloo region farmers.
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'I wish you could see it': Kitchener student dedicates ribbon skirt to girl who died at residential school
The students in a fashion design class at Huron Heights Secondary School in Kitchener, Ont., were given an assignment to create Indigenous ribbon skirts and write a reflection about what it meant to them to make them. Now, those skirts are part of an exhibit in Huntsville, Ont.
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Neighbourhood watch 2.0: Guelph police ask businesses, residents to register security cameras
It's being branded as Neighbourhood watch 2.0. A program led by the Guelph Police Service is asking people to register their home and business security cameras. Police say It will provide easier access to footage when a crime happens. But some security experts are saying you should think twice before volunteering your Ring cam.
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2 schools, 1 community hub planned for southeast Cambridge
In a first in Waterloo region, the public and Catholic school boards are set to build schools on the same propery while the city will build a community centre there, too.
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Is it hot enough for you? It will be and experts want you to be prepared
Waterloo region experts offer advice on how to keep yourself and where you live cool during a summer forecasted to be hot and humid.
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Cambridge woman explains how scammer e-transferred thousands out of her bank account
Sydney Dinsmore thought an alert from her bank about a transfer from an account was fake. But she says eventually, scammers got into her account and were able to take out $4,000 in November of 2022.
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This woman honoured her husband with a commemorative bench along GRCA trail
The Grand River Conservation Authority has created a new online map that outlines locations of commemorative benches and trail markers. People can make a donation and honour a loved one. Shirley Dodman shared her story about why she dedicated a bench along a favourite trail to her husband.
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As the time to plant crops approaches, local farmers mull options to deal with drier conditions
Local crop producers are preparing for another growing season and hope the weather is good and wet. But whether its rain or shine, one company offers seeds for such a condition.
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