Is “This is Us” emotionally manipulating its audience?
Contributed image With the fifth season of This Is Us set to premiere next Tuesday, fans are eagerly awaiting the answers to many questions Will Randall and Kevin reconcile...
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The controversy and criticism around Bill Burr’s SNL monologue
Contributed image Bill Burr recently went on Saturday Night Live and delivered an opening monologue that has stirred up quite a bit of controversy Some have been praising...
Are university libraries necessary in our digitally motivated world?
During my first year of university — back when the world was COVID-19 free — I frequently went to the library on campus to study or find books for my projects and assignments...
Say goodbye to Halloween and autumn festivities
Photo by Candice Yin As the second wave of COVID-19 continues to roll across Ontario, our ability to adhere to society’s new social distancing practices is being put to the...
What we lost with the COVID-19 pandemic
This year has been a huge shock for everyone The initial outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China affected many people, and it rapidly evolved into a global pandemic, which we are...
Pandemic productivity or panicked production? Why it’s okay if you didn’t start a small business in quarantine
Graphic by Kash Patel We all have those people on our social media feeds You know, the annoyingly organized and well-adjusted people who go for morning runs, have a perfect...
Ex-convict released into KW region sparks criticism of Canada’s justice system
Last month, Hayan Yassin, convicted for two separate accounts of rape and kidnapping in 2011, was released into the KW region after serving ten years in prison The Waterloo...
Is Christopher Nolan’s newest movie Tenet worth the watch?
I believe Christopher Nolan is one of the greatest directors of our generation, with many classics to his name already such as Inception, Interstellar and The Dark Knight, to...
‘The Social Dilemma’: Why a one-week social media hiatus will not fix your addiction
Graphic by Daniya Siddique The beginning of Netflix’s new documentary, The Social Dilemma begins with a quote from the philosopher Sophocles which I think very much covers...
A vacant seat should not be a battleground
Contributed image Until the passing of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept 18th, American political junkies had little to quarrel about: responses to the...