VOL. 13, ISSUE 5

FEBRUARY 2025
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TO JOURNEY, SEARCH AND FIND
KW AUTHOR PAMELA MULLOY EXPLORES THE INTROSPECTIVE AND SOLITARY ASPECTS OF TRAVEL The COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying years of varying quarantine forced the world to slow down. It confined… Read more ›
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KITCHENER WATERLOO’S BELOVED IRON HORSE TRAIL
Since moving to downtown Kitchener in 2001, I find myself absolutely smitten with the Iron Horse Trail. This unique, paved pathway is an inner-city trail system that connects downtown Kitchener… Read more ›
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A LITTLE WALK THROUGH A LITTLE TOWN: REFLECTIONS ON GALT
The philosopher Immanuel Kant lead a life of immutable rituals, walking a particular route around his home city of Königsberg for an hour at exactly 3 p.m. every day for… Read more ›
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A WALK IN THE PARK WITH BRENDA MABEL REID
It was a cold Saturday morning and George Lippert Park had not yet woken up. A pick-up hockey game at the rink would soon provide the soundtrack for the neighbourhood,… Read more ›
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THE REVOLUTION IS NOT COMING
When reading Florence Ashley’s “Gender/Fucking”, a book of essays largely about navigating the world as an openly promiscuous transfeminine person in a society that both fetishizes and reviles you, I… Read more ›
COLUMNS
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A WALK IN THE PARK WITH BRENDA MABEL REID
It was a cold Saturday morning and George Lippert Park had not yet woken up. A pick-up hockey game at the rink would soon provide the soundtrack for the neighbourhood,… Read more ›
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COSMIC RELIEF: ASTROLOGICAL GEOMETRY AND THE NORTH NODE
Throughout history, scholars, philosophers and scientists have looked to nature’s patterns to enhance human experience and design. Similarly, astrology uses natural geometries and blends them with mythology to find insights… Read more ›
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A WALK IN WATERLOO PARK WITH KEZ VICARIO-ROBINSON
For Kitchener-born and raised resident Kez Vicario-Robinson, our walk in Waterloo Park was also a trip down memory lane. “When I was growing up home-schooled, we would often meet [here],” Vicario-Robinson… Read more ›
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THE ELEPHANT: SECTION 33’s NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE THREATENS UNHOUSED PEOPLE
The winter months are the most dangerous for the unhoused population. A lack of shelters and proper winter clothing makes surviving the elements a life-or-death struggle. Now, unhoused people are… Read more ›
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THE LOCALIST: A MUSICAL SNAPSHOT OF 2024
For many people the end of a calendar year and the beginning of the next is a time of both reflection and anticipation. Looking back on 2024, the local music… Read more ›
FEATURES
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BREAKING THROUGH THE MONOTONY OF ONLINE DATING
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit businesses and individuals alike, Samantha Bendo made the effort to help her friend’s business and regular folks connect. “I started it because, one: that… Read more ›
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PIECES OF BABEL IN MYSTERY PACKAGES
All people have an innate drive to learn, a curiosity that drives them to new revelations. Olivier Szczepaniak, founder of Box from Babel, is a believer that everyone has this… Read more ›
OPINION
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KITCHENER WATERLOO’S BELOVED IRON HORSE TRAIL
Since moving to downtown Kitchener in 2001, I find myself absolutely smitten with the Iron Horse Trail. This unique, paved pathway is an inner-city trail system that connects downtown Kitchener… Read more ›
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A LITTLE WALK THROUGH A LITTLE TOWN: REFLECTIONS ON GALT
The philosopher Immanuel Kant lead a life of immutable rituals, walking a particular route around his home city of Königsberg for an hour at exactly 3 p.m. every day for… Read more ›
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THE REVOLUTION IS NOT COMING
When reading Florence Ashley’s “Gender/Fucking”, a book of essays largely about navigating the world as an openly promiscuous transfeminine person in a society that both fetishizes and reviles you, I… Read more ›
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THE HYPERNORMAL NOW
Valentine’s Day is in February, so some of our content naturally skews that way—see our Tiny Love Stories on the center spread—and the original idea was that we use this… Read more ›
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