Do you have thoughts or concerns about child vaccination as you send your kids back to school? I’m writing on this. Reach me at jouthit@therecord.com.

Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife may ponder seeking leadership of the provincial NDP. Says she’ll sit with her family and supporters to talk about “what the future looks like.”

Applause for Catherine Fife who won her Waterloo riding.

Waiting for Waterloo winner Catherine Fife at the legion branch in Waterloo.

I’ll be covering the Waterloo riding tonight. Will Catherine Fife win her 4th election for the NDP? Stay tuned.

Waterloo council told it must hike city taxes/fees by twice the inflation rate for this term and for years to follow, to fix its crumbling roads, buildings, ponds. https://t.co/EZT8cUiNEe

I'm gripped by the never-ending story around Helmut Oberlander and Nazi war crimes. https://t.co/Aedy9RWuup

Divided in life, united by death. German-Canadian Remembrance Day reveals a human truth. https://t.co/w2F6njWewC

Fewer than 300 daily passengers ride GO trains in Kitchener. That's a failure after eight years of service. Will a better service draw more than a marginal ridership? https://t.co/ls9RpqOpXP

'Mistake after mistake after mistake.' Grieving parents sue Waterloo Regional Police and children's aid for negligence after their daughter Taryn, 16, is killed during a Cambridge police chase. https://t.co/zxOkja7tWZ

Public schools in Waterloo Region miss 3 in 4 goals meant to improve student achievement between 2016 and 2019. https://t.co/WQaqupHR9b

Disabled Kitchener man battles UW for 6 years after being denied admission. Court provides him partial victory after human rights tribunal rejected his claim. Many twists and turns. https://t.co/yqaHKX3ogZ

Our children test well below average across reading, writing and math. Is that good enough in a community aiming to be an innovation, education champion? https://t.co/8DmYkpUhXZ

Elections, prime ministers come and go. Canada's WW2 prosecution of Waterloo's Helmut Oberlander soldiers on for 24 years, enough time to defeat the Nazis four times over. https://t.co/f5thbjPu8O

I'm intrigued by a 'diet' that may trim driving lanes from Waterloo roads. Also that planners are walking back growth and travel targets deployed a decade ago to sell the public on LRT and green-related shifts. https://t.co/fxQUSTIdiE

Unreliable trains are delaying the better LRT service (1 train every 8 minutes) that was promised to passengers, taxpayers. https://t.co/Oj7lU7OSKl

If German is the past, Mandarin may be the future, as the Chinese language and culture deepens in this region. https://t.co/Xm4TFjSTFj

Seniors almost never ride Grand River Transit but planners keep hoping they will. Will retirees ever embrace it? https://t.co/TBEb1rSCuZ

Unwell police have almost exhausted their sick bank but not their taxpayer support with $3M payout, $2.7M disability plan and $4.3M in paid lunch hours coming. https://t.co/UgO2hP3qHQ

Ford government reopens funding tap for new schools. But should education trustees keep pushing for two new high schools after repeated rejections? https://t.co/LdYmZZIDgb