Want to catch up on what’s happening in Waterloo Region? These are five of the most popular stories on CTV News Kitchener this week. Brantford group marks anniversary of Baby Parker’s death Baby Parker should have celebrated his 21st birthday on July 28, 2026. Instead, a group gathered for a memorial service at his grave in Brantford. The body of the full-term infant was found wrapped in a towel in 2005. When investigators couldn’t identify his family, they gave him the name Baby Parker. The case remained unsolved until February 2026, when Brantford Police charged a 39-year-old woman who is believed to be Baby Parker’s mother. Shalyn Wilson organized the memorial service for Baby Parker. “It’s very heartbreaking that his mother felt there was no other resources that she could lean on,” she told CTV News. University of Waterloo dissolves departments in favour of ‘schools’ in Faculty of Arts shift The University of Waterloo has restructured its Faculty of Arts. Fifteen departments have now been separated into six schools. The university said the change is meant to create new opportunities for collaboration, while improving support and communication. The restructuring is mainly organizational and not expected to impact student programs or their degrees. Dog falls off 60-foot cliff at the Elora Gorge A three-year-old Labrador retriever is recovering from a 60-foot fall at the Elora Gorge. Willow wandered off while her owner was tubing and it was park workers who finally spotted her on a cliff. “She just felt overwhelmed by the people around her, and she ended up slipping off the edge and falling,” said owner Becky Popiolek. Three members of the Centre Wellington Fire Department rappelled down the side, but they couldn’t see Willow. Two days later, she was found about 500 yards down the river from where she fell. The fire department used an inflatable boat to reach her. “She’d been out for a couple days without water, without food,” said Deputy Fire Chief Jonathan Karn. Willow was taken to a local animal hospital for exhaustion, dehydration and a pulmonary contusion. She is now recovering at home. Police investigate shooting near Waterloo’s university district, man sent to hospital Waterloo Regional Police are investigating a shooting that sent a 31-year-old man to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. It happened on July 26, around 12:15 a.m., on Marshall Street in Waterloo. One neighbour said officers were running past his home with assault rifles and told him to “get back inside.” Police believe the shooter was known to the victim. No one has been arrested. ‘Somebody knows what happened’: Family wants answers for Kitchener man’s 2014 disappearance Jed Ouillette, 52, was last seen at his Southwood Drive home in Kitchener on Sept. 8, 2014. What happened next remains a mystery. Ouillette was reported missing when his dogs were discovered inside the home, without any food or water. “He left everything,” recalled his older sister Donna Wall. “He didn’t have his wallet. He didn’t have his passport. He didn’t have his bank cards.” Police have not ruled out foul play. “There’s no crime scene,” explained said Det. Const. Duane Gingerich with the Waterloo Regional Police Service. “There’s no remains that we’ve uncovered.” Investigators still believe someone out there has answers. “All I want to know is where he is so he can be put to peace,” Wall told CTV News.
