• EDITOR’S NOTE: APPROPRIATION VS. APPRECIATION

    The debate on cultural appropriation versus appreciation is complex and ongoing.   Appreciation is more than mere recognition that something is from a different culture. Simply stating that you’ve borrowed […]

  • ARMS EMBARGO NOW! COLLECTIVE AGAINST CENTRA INDUSTRIES

    On Friday, June 20, several activist organizations and community members held a rally in front of Centra Industries in Cambridge.    These organizations included Palestinian Youth Movement, Neighbours for Palestine, […]

  • FIGHT NIGHT 2 AT GALT ARENA GARDENS

    Galt Arena Gardens in Cambridge hosted Fight Night 2, a Muay Thai and Muay Lao competition by Phady’s Muay Thai, on June 21.   Phady’s Muay Thai, established 1987, is […]

  • KW YOSHINKAN AIKIDO CREATES MARTIAL ARTS COMMUNITY IN WR

    Shelly Keilikhis, Jake Hutter and Michael Wright met at a Yoshinkan Aikido workshop. There they discovered they were all from the Waterloo Region and decided to form their own club. […]

  • EDITOR’S NOTE: BEAUTY, BEAUTY, LOOK AT YOU

    When Qays, unable to marry Layla, wandered the wilderness composing poems in her memory, he eventually became known as Majnūn—loosely, Insane One.   Hearing his poetry, the Caliph sought and married […]

  • A BRIEF HISTORY OF A SECOND LOOK BOOKS

    John Poag and Rosemary Tait—partners in both business and life—opened A Second Look Books & Movies on Apr. 28, 1986. Since then, the store has become a local cultural icon […]

  • ISRAEL BREAKS CEASEFIRE, COMMUNITY PROTESTS

    On Mar. 18, 2025, Israel recommenced their attacks on Gaza after a tenuous two-month ceasefire. This comes after Jan. 15, 2025, when Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal with Israel, […]

  • LONG WEEKEND BAND CRAWL TAKES OVER WATERLOO

    On Feb. 16, 2025, over 200 people gathered despite the ongoing snowstorm in Uptown Waterloo to attend the Long Weekend Band Crawl. Although many musicians cancelled due to the weather, […]

  • CAMBRIDGE’S FASHION HISTORY MUSEUM HONOURED WITH MEDAL

    Jonathan Walford believes that fashion is one thing that ties everyone together which interests and concerns each person.   “[…] it’s identity,” Walford said. “It’s everything. It reflects what the […]

  • 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 […]