SkedNOW March 3, 2015
Inside Kitchener-Waterloo’s threatened Out of the Cold homeless programme
As I made my way towards St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church located in the heart of downtown Kitchener, I found myself thinking about the handful of times I had been there. Just under six years ago, I briefly volunteered for Out of the Cold (OOTC), a programme that feeds, provides... Read more
University of Toronto teaching assistants on strike
More than 6,000 University of Toronto teacher’s assistants are on strike after they rejected an offer made last Friday. “We are therefore on strike as of now. Members should cease all bargaining-unit work immediately,” the union release reads. The strike comes at a critical time for students at U... Read more
Company uses guitar strings to raise money for charity
Fans of every genre can now show off their love for music while giving back to the community by buying a bracelet from Wear Your Music. Wear Your Music is a Rhode Island-based company that reuses guitar and bass strings by making them into jewelry. Along with earrings and... Read more
It’s not about the sweeter things in life
Despite the immense amount of research being conducted for diabetes, both type one and type two, nutrition seems to be the way to balance a healthy lifestyle while battling this lifetime disease. Type one diabetes, is when your body does not naturally produce insulin due to the dysfunction of... Read more
An unforgotten trauma
Homa Nouri: mother, daughter and wife, lives with her five children and husband in Mississauga. Homa raises her children, the oldest being 29 years old and the youngest being 11. She works at the local elementary school as a teacher’s assistant and volunteers at the community mosque on the weekend. Her... Read more

How Dylan became Diana and how with the support of her friends she is facing challenges from society and from her family.

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Leonard ‘Spock’ Nimoy dies at 83

Leonard Nimoy: Obituary

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Target has begun the long road ahead of clearing aisles and more importantly people’s jobs. Big red clearance signs are marked with a black sharpie displaying 20 to 40 percent off. Target’s time is up and a dark cloud is left shadowing the American retail world as Canadian consumers second guess... Read more
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