WR and Howe: Local Politicians Need Active Websites
All the politicians elected to serve the people of Kitchener at city and regional council had a website for the 2014 election—except for John Gazzola who was ac...
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Seekers Corner: Hindu Prayer On Kitchener’s Edge
At the far edge of Bridgeport East on the cusp of the farmland stretching northeast of the Grand, sits Ram Dham Hindu Temple and Brahmavidya Yogashrama. The Can...
Mental Matters: Triggers
Imagine stumbling across a grizzly bear as you strolled through Victoria Park.
Without stopping to think about the oddity of the situation, you’d do one of fou...
Sexplanations: Reciprocity
“The single most important skill for maintenance of a relationship is reciprocity.” Author and consultant Dave Hingsburger said this at a recent workshop. He wa...
WR and Howe: DTK Needs a One Stop Shop
A grocery store is at the top of the list of retailers desired in downtown Kitchener. Waterloo’s core has one, as does downtown Galt.
The new J & P Grocery...
About Refugee Health and Home
Most of us have experienced, at one point or another, the unsettling phenomenon of homesickness. You might have felt it for the first time while attending summe...
Sexplanations: Consent and Dementia
In 2014, Henry Rayhons of Iowa was charged with sexual abuse for having sex with his wife who had Alzheimer’s disease. They were intimate in Mrs. Rayhons’ nursi...
WR and Howe: Facilities First, and Then Summer Games
While Waterloo Region may have finished on the podium in the race to host the 2021 Canada Summer Games, Niagara Region came out on top. I’m OK with that, as lon...
Sexplanations: On Self-Cleaning Vaginas
Someone recently told me they read online that a mixture of baking soda and vinegar was a good vagina cleaner. Last week a person told me they heard tea tree oi...
Mental Matters: Life Is Suffering, but Anxiety Isn’t Inevitable
Being human is hard. So hard, in fact, that the very first thing the Buddha had to say about life was that “existence is suffering.” That may sound like a downe...