With a Lack of LGBTQ+ Spaces in KW, They Made Their Own
It was a bright morning following the rainy week that washed out tri-pride, when bright eyes, a dashing smile, and a full on willingness to be taken down by any...
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FemCare Waterloo is Tackling Period Poverty
Period poverty is popping up on social media more and more lately — and the stats are shocking. “Many women don’t even know what a menstrual product is and ...
Get Out Adventure Therapy is Taking Therapy to New Heights
Clinical social worker Brandon Spunar now works his craft outside of the office. Since last October, Spunar has spearheaded Get Out Adventure Therapy, allowing ...
Framelines: Fixing Everything, Even if it’s not Broken
I spent a day shooting at The Walper Barber a few weeks after their landlord served them with an eviction notice. According to Jordan, Linda, Robert and Sandra,...
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...
Relationship Status: It’s Complicated?
Otis the swan has been named the star of The Bachelor 2019- The Victoria Park Edition...
Not Just Easy Money: Dancing at Roxxanne’s
Last Friday, at half past midnight, I was home, in my bed, fast asleep. Being the millennial that I am, I’d just binge-watched Bonding on Netflix, smoked myself...
If Streets Could Talk: Queen Street South
I’ve always been captivated by history, even as a kid. The stories, the people — the chain of events, like dominos — that have lead humanity to a single point, ...
Waterloo Region and Weed: The Results
It's been five months since cannabis was legalized in Canada. The first brick-and-mortar stores opened in Ontario in April 1, although there are none in Wat...
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...