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Ken’s World
Inside Ken Wilson’s Store WOW, and the tricky business of deciding what’s garbage, what’s not, and what normal looks like.
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“We Just Have To Show Them Our Hearts”: Islamophobia in WR
Noor describes November 16 as an unseasonably warm day—a high of 15 degrees Celsius according to Environment Canada—and, pointedly, “the first Monday after Paris.” On that Monday her car windows were rolled down as she sat waiting for the lights to change at the intersection of King and Weber Streets. “When the arrow opened for…
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Letter From the Editor: New Year, New Beginnings?
Jesse Bauman EDITOR IN CHIEF I am a bit of a navel-gazer, and so I tend to look back during New Year’s celebrations, to reflect on what was, as I […]
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#BestofWR 2015 Winners!
5,217 of you voted, and after multiple re-counts, Supreme Court challenges, and no small amount of gerrymandering, the results are in. Here are your favourite spaces, places, and people. Congratulations!
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The Morning After Voting Strategically
The so-called Anyone But Conservative campaign also attracted a great deal of criticism. Now that we are on the other side of the election, TCE checked in with voters, to see how the process made them feel. Here are select responses, edited for clarity, along with each person’s riding.
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Waterloo Region’s Gentrification Fixation
Concentrated poverty, not economic displacement, might be our greatest urban challenge.
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Time For Craft Brewers To Go Local
I love to think about what it would look like to work within the confines of local—by using only local unaltered water, local malt and grains, local hops, local yeast, and any other possible local ingredients—to create a style that is true to our region and climate. Many Ontario breweries are already incorporating local hops…
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A LETTER FROM THE INCOMING EDITOR IN CHIEF
An independent community newspaper like this one can and should be many things: speaker of truth to power; teller of stories, big and small; and, through those and other functions, builder of community. It depends also on your participation, and input.
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Help Us Be Better, Maybe Win Some Art: Fill Out TCE’s Readership Survey
We have not surveyed you, dear readers, for some time. And, as you know, a good relationship requires honest communication, understanding, and bubble baths. Our bathtub is full of newspapers, but we aim to be an understanding, honest communicator. We just need a bit of your help. Help us! We’ve put together a readership survey.…
