Hyperlocal Travel: Get Outside, Safely
Honestly, I wasn’t sure there would be anything to say about local travel for this month’s column. As the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic became a stark real...
Columns
519 Schmecks – Coming Home to the Family Table During COVID-19
Holy shit. Like actually, holy shit. What can I say that hasn’t already been covered, talked about or asked? So much is happening, the landscape literall...
New Tune Review: Distinctive and Hypnotic
Kitchener rapper Pizzy Only’s brand of aggressive, brooding trap is both distinctive and hypnotic.
With releases on popular upload sites SoundCloud and Datpi...
Hyperlocal Travel: Be a Tourist in Your Own City
A 200-year-old Mennonite farmstead now surrounded by Kitchener’s urban core. A granite and limestone Scottish cottage in downtown Cambridge built in 1858. A ten...
Sexplanations: Endometriosis Awareness Month
A big word, with even bigger consequences…
I got my first period over Christmas break when I was in grade seven. I remember looking down at the red streak in m...
Mental Matters: What is the Continuum of Mental Health
"Mental health exists on a continuum.”
These days, more and more Instagram posts are saying something along these lines and I agree wholeheartedly. But it does...
Easy Being Green: Lettuce Band Together Against Food Waste
Food production, transport and waste are all big contributors to our carbon footprint as humans. One of the things I noticed in my own home recently was that we...
The Side Hustle: Support for Brain Injuries with @keepyourheadupkw
When we experience an unexpected trauma, relying on our community can be one of the most valuable pieces of our recovery — a network of people who can empathiz...
519 Schmecks: One Sappy Article and Recipe
Maple marauder, sapsucker, syrup skeezer, pancake soaker, I’ve been called it all. A walking talking syrup slurping Canadian cliche — chubby, bearded and clad i...