Waterloo Region’s Best Indoor Playgrounds
It’s no secret that the winters here are long, so it’s time we trade parks and splash pads for some snow fun and indoor playgrounds! Here is a list of some plac...
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The Feminist Shift asks Waterloo Region Federal Election Candidates Important Questions
The Feminist Shift is a new initiative by the Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge YWCAs in order to support women and tackle gender-based violence in the Region....
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, ...
One Year Check in with Kitchener City Council
As we currently sit in the middle of our Federal election, memories of last year’s municipal seem so far away.
Yet, only last October, Kitchener’s city counci...
Joanna Rickert Hall on a Waterloo You Never Knew
In 1869, the Waterloo County House of Industry and Refuge opened its doors and admitted its first “inmate.” The suspiciously named institution was one of the fi...
These are the Pumpkin Patches you Should Visit in Waterloo Region
My favourite season has always been fall. Visiting a pumpkin patch is the best way to make the most of it. You can go for a walk, get lost in corn mazes and ma...
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...
Easy Being Green: What is the Carbon Tax?
This April, the long-promised carbon pricing system in Canada finally took effect — with a growingly heated anti-tax sentiment surrounding it. So what is it, ho...
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...