Not quite (might need to be a subscriber to follow the link):

http://www.therecord.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=record/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=1024322398726&c=Article&cid=1155333032181

Google not confirming plans for research office in Waterloo Region

WATERLOO REGION (Aug 12, 2006)

Google Inc. is not confirming a news report that the Internet search engine giant is looking at opening a research and development office in southern Ontario, possibly in Waterloo.

A report in a Toronto newspaper yesterday quoted Shona Brown, Google's senior vice-president of business operations, as saying the company wants to establish a research and development centre in Waterloo, employing between 100 and 200 people.

Brown, a Canadian citizen, was not available for comment and officials at Google's head office in California did not respond to e-mails yesterday inquiring about the proposal.

Google opened a small engineering office on Dutton Drive in Waterloo last year after purchasing Reqwireless Inc., a startup company that makes Internet browser and e-mail software for wireless devices.

The office has a workforce of about 10 people and has openings for two more employees listed on Google's website.

Roger Skubowius, manager of the Waterloo office, referred questions about a possible research centre to head office.

Iain Klugman, president of Communitech, a local technology association, said he had not heard anything about Google opening such a centre in Waterloo or this area.

But he would not be surprised if they were seriously considering it.

"My interpretation is that when Google looks across the world map as far as where is the top software development talent and the top search engine interface talent, this is one of the leading locations in the world. That's probably what's at play," he said yesterday.

In addition to its Waterloo engineering office, Google has a sales office in Toronto and an engineering office in Montreal.

interesting.  thanks for the follow-up info, Marc!