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Opinion
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Hello from the New Staff
Hello readers! We are excited to bring you our first edition as the new Editor in Chief and head of Community Engagement — we hope you like it. Ev...
Editor’s Note: On Saying Goodbye
I’ve never really been good at goodbyes.
One of my best friends moved hours away last month, and when I dropped her off at her house after a farewell dinner, ...
Editor’s Note: Nurturing Creativity
As someone who often expresses vulnerability on social media, I recently made an Instagram post about my current woe: the challenge of nurturing my own creativi...
Opinion: Waterloo Region’s Syntax
The Waterloo Regional Economic Development Corporation has quietly dropped the “Regional” qualifier and started presenting itself as the “Waterloo Economic Deve...
Editor’s Note: Someone Please Wake Me Up
TW: Discussions of domestic violence. This article also uses the word “woman,” but we acknowledge that domestic violence affects every gender and is prevalent i...
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 ...
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...