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“We don’t want to suspend,” says Dr. David Aoki with Waterloo Region Public Health. “We want to get them up-to-date and also remind parents you need to get this shot. It’s important.”

Letters to the editor call for local minicipal councillors to respect the preservation of farmland, and criticize an editorial cartoon.

Region of Waterloo Public Health reported Wednesday morning that 2,969 elementary students have been suspended because of out-of-date vaccination records. The records must be updated under the Immunization of School Pupils Act.

A drug alert has been issued for Waterloo Region after three people died over the past week from suspected overdoses or drug poisonings.

Ontario Farmland Trust is calling for more transparency and accountability surrounding a plan to buy hundreds of acres of farmland in the Township of Wilmot.

The Waterloo Region Integrated Drug Strategy (WRIDS) says from March 19 to March 26, three people have died of suspected drug poisonings.

As Good Friday and Easter approach, here's a roundup of what's open and closed over the holiday weekend in Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo.

Waterloo Region Community Legal Services files injunction against City of Cambridge on behalf of two residents facing eviction from encampment, seeking order to prevent displacement and damages for loss of property.

Canadians have trusted that their immigration system would let people into Canada in a manner that would benefit all. But amid a record influx, the balance seems to be out of whack and trust is eroding.

Here are the death notices published Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024, in the Waterloo Region Record: