The City of Waterloo says it will be holding its Canada Day event online rather than in person due to the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s widely understood that when restrictions are eventually lifted, it will be a slow and gradual process,” Tim Anderson, Waterloo’s chief administrative officer, said in a statement. “Given the advance planning time it takes to run a community-wide event such as Canada Day, we felt it was prudent to announce now that we would not be staging an event at Waterloo Park as originally scheduled on July 1.” This was the first year that the city was to hold an event after the University of Waterloo announced that it would no longer be hosting a celebration as a cost-cutting measure. [ Sign up for our Health IQ