Conestoga College celebrated the special occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8 in its Kitchener Downtown campus. Michaela Angemeer, a queer Canadian poet passionate about sharing healing stories with people and inspiring them to embrace their emotions, joined the event as a guest speaker.
Featuring eye-catching artworks based on South Sudanese Shilluk peoples, the exhibit brings abstract designs and striking portraits to life. “I’ve gotten comments on the fact that this is sometimes a scary painting because of how real the eyes look as if there really is a soul behind them,” said artist Chudear Oyual. “It’s comforting knowing that in the creation of my art, my ancestors are with me.”
Guelph beer bus is back with free rides, a DJ, food, activities and brewery tours.
Over 100 families from the Brampton area attended the Easter Egg Hunt organized by Kennedy Road Church and the Downtown Brampton Business Improvement Association. The families enjoyed searching for Easter eggs hidden throughout the downtown and visiting local businesses.
Cambridge Tapestry Hall has become home to the world’s largest living architectural installation. This installation was created by Philip Beesley and it uses AI to connect and learn with its guests.
Residents of Waterloo Region are facing harsh wait times for diagnostic imaging services such as MRIs, CT scans, and ultrasounds, leaving some residents fearful for their health. “I’m worried that when I really need these services, I won’t be able to get them in time, and that scares me,” said Alex Jha, a student at Conestoga College.
Grand River Transit finally revealed the design for their electric buses as they prepare to put them into service. This is the latest step in the region’s plans to cut their carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
Brooke Lax is a 17-year-old high school student from Toronto who created a non-profit organization catered to putting smiles on children’s faces.
The University of Guelph was buzzing with Black culture as it hosted the Kween Company’s third annual Black-owned market. The Kween Company is a Black-owned business that works to support other black businesses and initiatives in black and indigenous communities and hosted this year’s market in partnership with the university’s Student Experience Department.
Exam season is fast approaching, and with that comes student burnout. Thanks to a busy work schedule and social media distractions, it can be harder than ever to focus on studying. Here’s how these Conestoga students keep their cool without failing their classes.
Social media was originally made as a hub to help people connect digitally with friends. Now it is a space filled with hatred, keyboard warriors, and most disturbingly, children being exploited.
In 2021, the House of Commons in Canada agreed to commemorate March as Irish Heritage Month. According to Statistics Canada, there are about 4.5 million Canadians with Irish ancestry.
The games studio behind the beloved Batman Arkham games, Rocksteady, dropped their latest venture into the live service games genre, Suicide Squad Kills the Justice League, eight years after their last flagship release of Batman Arkham Knight in 2015.
Women and men are so very different but when it comes down to the basic facts, we are the same. We are human, and yet we live in two completely different worlds. On June 24, 2022, the safety and protection of women was destroyed in much of the U.S.
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