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Dyke Bar Takeover aims to create more LGTBQ+ spaces in Kitchener-Waterloo
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“There’s not many places in Kitchener Waterloo where it’s like, this is our queer space. And this is where we go,” Jules Hall said. Hall is part of Dyke Bar Takeover Kitchener Waterloo; an organization which aims to create safe spaces and events for members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community. Kitchener Waterloo’s lack of…
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Laura Mae Lindo speaks at event for marginalized communities
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On Monday, Jan. 28, between 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Hawk’s Nest, located in the Turret Event Space at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus, Laura Mae Lindo, the member of provincial parliament for Kitchener Centre, came to speak with students to discuss and advocate in favor of including more diverse voices within their…
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Noise complaints flood in as Ever After draws to a close
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The Ever After Music Festival, which draws in crowds of thousands every year to Bingemans, also drew in hundreds of noise complaints from city residents, as reported by The Record. Kitchener residents filed 97 noise complaints on Sunday evening, the final day of the festival. June 2, the first day of the festival, police only…
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Beta’s six year soundtrack finally came to an end this past Saturday
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Last Saturday, Beta, one of Waterloo’s most infamous nightclubs, closed its doors for the last time. The club’s final night — “The Final Chapter” — paid tribute to the artists who have played at Beta in the past and for the EDM fans who have been followers of the club since their beginning. As…
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“Women’s” march: white feminism in Washington
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On Jan. 21, millions of people came together across the globe to advocate for women’s rights. The main march that took place in Washington, the day after Trump’s inauguration, was recorded as the largest mass march in American history. These peaceful protests were concerned with women’s rights to their bodies, reproductive rights, gender-based violence and…
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