K-W’s Chinese New Year
“It’s fun It’s lots of work,” said Stephanie Hong, communication and public relation coordinator for the Fo Guang Shan Temple On Feb9 the newly established Fo Guang...
Weiler announces early
Kitchener Waterloo’s Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Ontario candidate, Tracey Weiler, announced that she would be running in the next provincial election However, the...
Investing in the ‘cutting edge’
The new Quantum-Nano Centre at the University of Waterloo has begun to fill its centre with the “machines of tomorrow” UW has purchased the GEN10 Molecular Beam Epitaxy...
Student info compromised at U of G
University of Guelph students opened their e-mail inboxes last Wednesday to learn of a situation no one ever wants to deal with — personal information held by their school may...
Columbia St. apartment building evacuated
Residents of 21 Columbia St W were evacuated following a small fire in a fourth-floor unit, which set off alarms shortly around 8:15 pm last night The fire was quickly...
Playing the waiting game on affordable housing
In these trying times, there are a significant number of students and families in the Waterloo Region who are in need of financial assistance They are advised to seek local...
Murder brings light to underbelly of K-W sex trade
Kelsey Louise Felker’s name can now sadly be added to the ever-growing list of sex workers who have been killed or are missing in Canada At a vigil in memory of Felker in...
Responsibility for pets a priority
A “plague of cats” is upon the Kitchener-Waterloo area, says Holly Wiseman, and according to city officials and Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society representatives,...
Neighbouring cities join mental health services
The Mental Health services and associations that provide outreach and programs to community members in Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph have joined in order to better...
Global problem, local action
Imagine that in the place of fear and secrecy regarding gender-based violence, people stood up all over the world and refused to accept the status quo of violence against...