Editor’s Note: 10 Years of Steel Rails
“The first bus is here,” my publisher Lakyn Barton yelled to me. She was standing at the front doors of LOT42, and I was in the neighbouring room.
Steel Rails ...
Opinion
If you wish to write an op-ed, please send pitches to beth@communityedition.ca. Please include a description of your story idea and why you would be the best person to write this story.
Review: New Patio Will Have you Running to St. Jacobs
It’s all about the local at The Village Biergarten, a beautiful patio-centric business that offers a perfect way to spend a sunny afternoon. This new St. Jacobs...
Opinion: World Refugee Day? Not my Problem.
If you don’t know a refugee, or have lived in Canada for a long time, you may feel like World Refugee Day, commemorated on June 20 every year, is not a cause re...
Opinion: I Broke up With the GTA for DTK
It was November of 2018 when I sent the official break-up text to my realtor in Toronto. After two full months of venturing half-heartedly to the big city for v...
Opinion: Can Unity Destroy Authenticity?
“Well let’s talk it out … Let’s take the opportunity for a frank discussion,” wrote Carl Zehr, former Mayor of Kitchener on the provincial review of our local g...
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...
How We Service the Homeless is Still in Favour of Men
This article originally appeared as a Facebook status. We’ve come a long way in Canada in our efforts to end overt and intentional sexism. But we still stru...
Why An Ex-Con Could Be the Best Employee
After serving 10 months in federal prison, Emily O'Brien is encouraging business owners to hire those with criminal records...
A Father’s Plea for Funding
On April 1, 2019 my son’s life will be irrevocably changed.
His name is Jack. He is five-years-old and he has autism. He lives with me, my wife and his little...
Too Bad, So Sad: Saying Goodbye to Open Sesame
I often joke that although Open Sesame — my gallery/shop/event venue, which until Feb. 28 occupied 220 King Street West in Kitchener — wasn’t a registered nonpr...