• 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 […]

  • PUBLISHER’S NOTE: HELLO, AGAIN

    I’m back! What is up? It’s been a while since I have written anything. I wanted to become a graphic designer, so I started learning how to draw and now, […]

  • #BESTOFWR2022: The Winners

    You decided! We sent you some categories and you hit us back with some amazing nominations. When we posted the shortlist, you cast way more votes than we anticipated. Here […]

  • Publisher’s Note: A Complicated World

    The chain link fence steals my focus from the baseball field in front of me. Tracing the pattern of steel wire, I get lost in the consistency of its twisting […]

  • Retro Video Game Swap Meet Redux

    Zack Schaff er and Rui Couto met at a video game swap meet in Waterloo a little over 10 years ago. Schaffer was vending–he has an unbelievable collection of Nintendo […]

  • Home is Somewhere Close: Meditations on Home, Community and Family

    When I finish writing this I will probably grab some food and then stop by my childhood home and take things in one last time. My parents lived in that […]

  • What is ‘Punk’?

    My friend called me a punk the other day and I brushed it off. The inner child in me felt validated but the lack of spikey accessories in my wardrobe […]

  • Best Of 2021: The Winners

    We provided the categories: you supplied the nominations. We made the shortlist: you selected the winners. Here they are, folks, Waterloo Region’s Finest: Your #BESTOFWR 2021 winners! Notable Folks & […]

  • New Tune Review: Magical Music

    I kind of get the vibe that Magical Music Moments is a project that will live only on Bandcamp, but I think that fits the vibe really well. Described as […]

  • New Tune Review: Different Now

    The new EP Different Now by Kitchener-based musician Anxiety Weekend contains a set of chill tracks that pair well with long car rides. When I first met the artist behind […]