Open Sesame: More Than Just a Downtown Store
Open Sesame’s owner, Lauren Weinberg, did more than just open an art store. Though the shop has been...
Alexandra Bissley
The New Quarterly Pushes CanLit Boundaries
35 years in the game, Waterloo literary magazine keeps asking critical questions about "our" identities
Menstruating While Poor
Tampon Tuesday is new local program that fundraises to meet health needs of women and girls
Power to the People, One Birth at a Time
TCE continues new series profiling WR at work, this time with doula (and much more) Beth Murch
While Opioid Use Grows, Data Remains Sparse
Region first in province to introduce overdose monitoring system to address "public health crisis"
Driving with the Dragon
New mobile outreach project hits the streets in K-W.
New Dry House Has Deep Roots in WR
In weaving together the evolution of the houses, both Cachagee and Bender stress the collaborative nature of the project; it, as the saying goes, has taken a village. The fruits of those efforts belong to the community, too. Cachagee and Bender share stories of where their “walking with” has led, from hearing men’s heartfelt speeches at their residential treatment graduations, to witnessing one dry house resident stand before the Stirling congregation to share his gratitude for the program. “Everything had changed,” Cachagee marvels, “his language, his outlook on life.” “The biggest treat,” Bender concurs, “is watching people transform before your eyes.