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 [email protected]

Latest from Joe Pavia

Kitchener man's 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card on the auction block

A Kitchener, Ont., man is auctioning off two sports memorabilia cards he has owned since he was a kid this weekend and it could net him thousands.

Local group wants to return Kitchener's Centennial Stadium to its former glory with new facility

A local group has launched a petition to start the process to build a multi-sport stadium at the site for the former Centennial Stadium on the grounds of the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.

Buying or selling online? Beware of scammers and question everything, police and fraud victims warn

Whether buying or selling online this holiday season or any other time of year, you should question every transaction, say police and two people who were caught up in fake online scams.

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.

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.