• Visual Playback – TONIGHT at Maxwell’s Music House

    Our good friends and community partners the Waterloo Arts Collective are throwing a shindig tonight at Maxwell’s Music House. Make sure to make it out and support local community arts […]

  • One down…

    After tons of interviews, trips, designing, writing and late night working, we’re so glad the Cord Community Edition is out in the world! This has been an idea a long […]

  • Dear Photograph

    HG Watson ASSOCIATE EDITOR Dear Photograph (dearphotograph.com) is one of those Tumblrs that took the Internet by storm. The concept is simple enough — find an old photograph of importance […]

  • Flight risk

    Waterloo Air Show looks for additional funding Helen Hall EDITOR, KITCHENER CITIZEN Two years of poor weather has reduced attendance at the Waterloo Air Show and left the organizers $350,000 […]

  • LRT on track

    Waterloo Region enters the early stages of its transit plan Justin Smirlies CCE CONTRIBUTOR The Region of Waterloo is entering the early phases of the construction of the Light Rail […]

  • Housing crunch: Inside the struggle for Waterloo’s real estate

    Words by HG Watson & Justin Fauteux Design by Taylor Gayowsky Walk down King Street as it stretches across Waterloo. From Uptown to past the universities, the horizon is dotted […]

  • Fresh Mex

    Holy Guacamole brings burrito love to downtown Kitchener Amy Grief CCE CONTRIBUTOR After opening a mere ten months ago self-described “Fresh Mex” restaurant Holy Guacamole, located in the heart of […]

  • Into the wild

    Carrie Snyder leads the pack at the first annual Wild Writers Festival Rebecca Allison CCE CONTRIBUTOR Words are the paintbrush of every writer as they embark on their journey into […]

  • Quantum art

    Learning to tinker with Waterloo’s hackers HG Watson ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ben Grossman is making noise. On a sunny Saturday afternoon in a Guelph conference centre, about 50 odd nerds, tinkerers, […]

  • Urban legend

    The story behind Waterloo’s favourite eatery (with one TV) Justin Fauteux EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Stubborn and stupid.” That’s how Glenn Smith describes himself with a laugh as he sits at the back […]