Special polling stations have been set up at Conestoga College, the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Guelph. It's a way to encourage students to vote, but anyone is able to vote at the locations.

Civic Tech WR has launched a website to help local voters learn more about their candidates and find out about events like all-candidate debates.

With ethics violations and questions about who politicians really are coming up regularly in this federal election, the candidates in Waterloo were asked what they think an ethical government looks like.

There are several events around Waterloo region this weekend including a walk in downtown Kitchener to see various places of worship, free art workshops for kids in Waterloo and Craftoberfest.

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark received a report from the special advisers who were conducting a review of regional municipal governments in the province. Clark has said he will review the report before deciding whether to make it public.

Kitchener-Conestoga incumbent Harold Albrecht stands behind his anti-abortion stance and says while his party won't re-open the debate, he is allowed to vote his conscience. Some of his challengers say the abortion debate has been settled and there's no question about a woman's right to choose.

Canadiates in Kitchener South-Hespeler say they're hearing about a lot of issues when they knock on doors and talk to voters and trust is among the top concerns people raise.

Kitchener is considering a levy on property taxes to help pay for aging infrastructure. The candidates for Kitchener Centre all say they'd work to ensure local municipalities have the funding needed for infrastructure but offered different ways of funding it.

Five candidates in Cambridge were asked for their views on climate change and how it should be addressed. All agreed the climate is changing, but at least one disagreed on how much it was changing and they all had different views on how to address the issue.

Young people say their voices will be heard in this federal election, whether or not they're old enough to vote. "I wouldn't buy for a second that youth aren't going to be engaged in this election," says a young panelist on CBC K-W's The Morning Edition.

A man and woman who moved to Waterloo, Ont., in 2013 so their teenage son could attend the Perimeter Institute are now at the centre of a court case in Indiana. Kristine Barnett and her ex-husband, Michael Barnett, are alleged to have abandoned a daughter they adopted from Ukraine.

Theo Davidson Snider, 5, of Cambridge wrote a letter to the prime minister and some local federal candidates asking them to do more to save the polar bears.