Monday.Īccording to police, officers believe all suspects involved in the robberies are in custody. The arrests were made at three different parking lots in Waterloo around 11:15 a.m. “The vehicles were taken to our headquarters where they will be searched,” said Jason Boutcher, an inspector with the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS).Īccording to police, a pharmacy near Belmont Avenue West and Claremont Avenue in Kitchener was robbed, followed by financial institution on Erb Street West in Waterloo around 8:45 a.m., and then another robbery less than an hour later, at a pharmacy on Stanley Street in Ayr. Waterloo regional police say six males have been arrested after three Waterloo region businesses were robbed Sunday night and Monday morning.ĭuring a media briefing Monday afternoon, police said two stolen vehicles were seized as well as a replica firearm. 'Heard these 2 loud explosions': Witnesses describe dramatic takedown after 6 people arrested following Waterloo region robberies The report shows Ontario’s $15.50 minimum wage falls well below the actual wage of $27.54 needed to rent a one-bedroom apartment and the calculated $33.19 wage needed to rent a two-bedroom apartment. The estimated rental wage would allow tenants to spend no more than 30 per cent of their pre-tax earnings on rent, and it assumes tenants work a standard 40-hour week for all 52 weeks of the year. Even in the three provinces with the highest minimum wage in Canada-B.C., Ontario, and Alberta-there’s a shortfall in what minimum-wage workers earn and the rent they have to pay, on average,” the report reads. “The rental wage is considerably higher than minimum wage in every single province. Released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the report calculated a “rental wage,” which is the hourly wage required to rent an apartment and still fall within the affordable living calculated by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) as less than 30 per cent of before-tax household income. Here’s how much you need to make to reasonably afford an apartment in southwestern Ontario citiesĪ new report outlining the cost of renting in cities across Canada is painting a bleak outlook for those who want to spend less than 30 per cent of their gross income on housing. Then in the days or weeks that followed, the accused would use the information from the contracts to take out liens against the victims’ homes for amounts ranging from $40,000 and $70,000, police said. Using high-pressure tactics, the accused allegedly convinced the victims to sign contracts.Ĭontractors working with the accused would then complete quick and often poor-quality renovations at the victims’ homes, police said. Homeowners were told they could only receive the money through home renovations. In the first case, police said the accused told homeowners they were entitled to money through a lawsuit against HVAC companies involving products they’d previously purchased, like air conditioners, furnaces, HEPA filters and water filtration systems. Police released information about both of them on Thursday. Waterloo regional police have made arrests in two separate fraud investigations with losses totalling a combined $1.7 million.īoth schemes targeted homeowners in Waterloo Region and other areas of Ontario. They also go by the name Economy, EZ Car Rentals and Fox Car Rental.Multiple people arrested for scams targeting Waterloo Region homeowners I highly do not recommend this company and I hope Kayak can take them off their website to save their customers from an awful experience. When we got the rental there was dirt on the floors, dirty napkins in the back seat and the front seat cup holders were sticky. $1000 deposit and a pile of hidden fees (ie a daily fee on top of what we already paid, early drop off an extra $30.00). The bathroom was a war zone-garbage can was overflowing. Garbage scattered all outside along the building and entrance AND inside on the floors (they were only open for 1 hour when we arrived). Once we got to the office to pick up the rental vehicle, the building was horrendously dirty. The shuttle that picked us up had papers taped to the windows to identify the name of the company. The instructions provided were not clear. 2023 When we arrived, it took us nearly an hour to find the shuttle pick up area.
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