Brett Paulin is Designing Spaces With Love
Local interior and furniture designer did what a lot of Waterloo Region natives do — he left his childhood home in Galt for Toronto at age 18 in search of somet...
Beth Bowles
Erb and Culture Takes Over Beta’s Former Space
Two years ago, Beta, one of Waterloo’s most infamous EDM nightclubs, closed its doors forever. Since then, the building, which began construction in 1930, appea...
Red Eye Donuts are Thinking with Their Stomachs
In June 2018, Megan and Larry Dron opened Red Eye Cafe on Hespeler Road in Cambridge. Since then, the cafe, known for its specialty donuts, has created quite th...
Women and Weed: Cannabis Through a Feminine Lens
After a few unexpected life events and a “crisis of conscience,” Kitchener-Waterloo native Emily Squirrell left her corporate life in KW for an eight-month stay...
New KW Co-op is the First of its Kind in Canada
The photo above is of Fair State Brewing Cooperative, Minnesota’s first and only cooperatively owned craft brewery. It’s owned by NorthEast Investment Cooperati...
Editor’s Note: Just Leash Your Damn Dog, Okay?
If you’ve ever driven through the far borderline of Mount Hope — the main stretch being on Moore Ave., in between Union and Wellington in Kitchener — chances ar...
New Speaker Series Clears Up “Common Knowledge”
New local speaker series works to teach millennial 'basic adulating' topics and skills...
New Tune Review: Let’s Get Stabilized
Song: "Stabilize" by Jojo Worthington
Kitchener-Waterloo based singer-songwriter Jojo Worthington is back with a new single and music video, “Stabilize.”
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New Film Celebrates KW Architect John Lingwood
In 2005, The Waterloo Region Record moved office buildings. It moved from its home on Fairway Drive to where it sits now, on King and Scott near the Kitchener M...
Editor’s Note: Holidays With My Big Blended Family
At the beginning of every December, I have the same conversation with my older sister, Rachael. I ask her where we’re going on Christmas Eve, who we’re h...
Beth Bowles
Beth is the former Editor in Chief of the Community Edition. She held this position from October 2017 - November 2019. When she's not writing, she's usually knocking back too many coffees at Princess Café, searching for new craft beer in the Region or forcing one of her foster cats to love her. Follow her on Twitter @angryelbows.