Hyperlocal Travel: Good Conversation over Homemade Bread
Esther and Wesley Weber welcomed our group of eight into their kitchen where the table was set with light refreshments. Typical of an Old Order Mennonite lunch,...
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Sexplanations: Building a World That Respects “No”
We live in a society that has learned not to take no for an answer. We have been socialized to hear no and take it as a challenge to change someone’s mind. It i...
The Side Hustle: Bangs & Braids
Feeling stuck in the mundane routine of her nine-five job, Hayley Davidson found a way to brighten up her life through embracing her life-long sewing skills and...
Craft Drafts: A Walk on the Lighter Side
With warm summer days supposedly here to stay, there are a lot of people who may find their weekends filling up fast. Neighbourhood barbeques, outdoor hikes, af...
Framelines: Finding Authenticity in Aisle Nine
Central Fresh is my local grocery store. Smack-dab in the middle of the otherwise food desert that is the Mount Hope area (I resist the Midtown rebrand).
Centr...
519 Schmecks: Cooking on an Open Flame
It all started when the gas line on my hand-me-down barbecue rotted out. As crisis leads to creative solutions, the guts of the aging barbecue were ripped out a...
Easy Being Green: What is the Carbon Tax?
This April, the long-promised carbon pricing system in Canada finally took effect — with a growingly heated anti-tax sentiment surrounding it. So what is it, ho...
Easy Being Green: Buying — and loving — my Tesla
Recently my family made a decision. When we needed to get a new car a couple of years ago, and we decided on a Kia Soul EV which we knew wasn’t a perfect soluti...
Sexplanations: Abortions are an Essential Procedure Within our Health Care System
Making abortion illegal does not reduce the number of abortions. It reduces the number of safe abortions. An abortion is a simple and safe procedure when conduc...
519 Schmecks: Eating Along the Iron Horse Trail
5.5 kilometers of old rail line turned community trail connects beautiful downtown Kitchener to the heart of uptown Waterloo, Victoria Park to Waterloo Park, go...