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...
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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 ...
Stripping Down with Guelph-Based Photographer Julia Busato
Guelph-based photographer, Julia Busato, has a simple goal.
“I want to make people feel good,” she said, over coffee on a rainy afternoon in downtown Guelph. ...
Bossy Women Podcast Discusses Female Entrepreneurship in KW
Two Kitchener-Waterloo women have begun a new venture in efforts to inspire female business owners.
Katie Bentz and Katie Steckly started the Bossy Women Podc...
#LoveForZion: Kitchener Mother Advocates for Education About Drug Use
When I asked Kitchener resident Jaimie Farrell to describe her son, Zion Farrell-Williams, she paused smiling, while tears gathered in her eyes. It was the mix ...
WR & Howe: How to Get Involved this Election Season
The start of May marks the start of not one, but two, elections. As the provincial election is kicking into high gear, nominations are opening for this fall’s m...