New Magazine Aims to Diversify KW’s Stories
Lifetime Kitchener residents Fitsum Areguy and Andy Myles have recognized a gap in the voices that are telling Waterloo Region’s stories. Certain voices haven’t...
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Forgive Me, For I Have Ginned (At Willibald Farm Distillery)
When Cam Forminca, Nolan van der Heyden and Jordan van der Heyden finished post-secondary, like most recent grads, the three bounced ideas about their future. W...
YC Drum Company Makes a lot of Noise in Waterloo
Jordan Gauthier, sole proprietor of YC Drum Company, believes there is a big difference between schooling and education.
“You can spend all this money and al...
Letter To The Editor: Saying Goodbye To A City
Like a lot of other people, I came to Waterloo when I was an 18-year-old kid: bright-eyed and eager to begin my university career. Seven years later and here I ...
TCE Poetry: Instructions from One Immigrant to Another (How to Cram a City)
don’t forget, Food Basics on Highland has the cheapest vegetables, and a couple of blocks east, Kishki sells food from back home, the fresh bread comes in Monda...
Easy Being Green: More Than Just Pulling Weeds
As soon as the weather starts to warm up, I begin seeing many of my neighbours who have been hibernating all winter long. It seems that once the winter blanket ...
The Importance of World Refugee Day
June 20 is World Refugee Day, a day that must be regarded as more than a one day affair; it’s a month-long celebration, reflection and call to action organized ...
Mental Matters: Practicing Mindfulness
Mindfulness has reached uber fad status in the field of mental health. It also happens to be one of those words we throw around a lot without ever really defini...
TCE Fiction: Lessons for the Long Haul
‘And that concludes our discussion of the main differences between Shia and Sunni Islam,’ said Henry, closing his book. ‘Thank you to William and Fatimah for yo...
The Side Hustle: Bashar Jabbour
Since coming to Kitchener-Waterloo from Syria with his family 13 years ago, Bashar Jabbour has wrestled with complex feelings about home, place and identity. A ...