Charity in Kitchener-Waterloo
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How are local businesses coping one year into the pandemic?
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March 24, 2020 marked the first time that Ontario Premier Doug Ford ordered all non-essential businesses to close their doors in an effort to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Over a year later, businesses are stuck in the same predicament. Ontario once again had declared an emergency and a provincewide stay-at-home order, effective…
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Local charity Strong Start looking out for our future generations
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As the pandemic continues to fester, I’ve been contemplating different ways we can all assist our community. Whether it’s supporting local businesses, working our essential jobs or volunteering at a charity, now more than ever it is important to back each other as much as possible. During my research, there was one organization in particular…
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Amazon vs curbside pick-up: Which is better?
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Amazon is no doubt one of humanity’s most convenient technologies of the past decade. You need a gallon of cod liver oil? Give it a day. How about a seven-foot cardboard cutout of Sean Penn’s Harvey Milk? Samuel the Haitian neurosurgeon will have that to you by morning. However, Amazon is an ethical nightmare. We…
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