Breaking up with Diet Culture
This might be one of the hardest relationships you’ll ever need to end – but I can almost guarantee that it’ll make you a much better version of yourself. As a ...
Opinion
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Youth in Politics: On Hope and Our Region
The political arena can sometimes feel like this greasy, name-calling, finger-pointing, cesspool of a home stadium.
It can be hard to escape the storm – Donal...
Letters to the Editor
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU Calling all readers and community members with something to say. Send us your opinions, comments, hopes, dreams......
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...