May 10, 2024

Relive your prom with Prom4Pups

BY MIKE STROMME Who doesn’t remember their high school prom? To relive it, attend Conestoga in Action’s latest charity event, Prom4Pups. On the evening of April 8, CIA will be holding a prom on campus with all of the proceeds going to Therapy Tails Ontario, a program that has volunteers and therapy dogs that go into the community to teach, listen, visit, mentor and become involved with numerous outreach programs. … Continued

Lockdown causes confusion

BY CHRIS HUSSEY Kayla Merkus, a second-year advertising and marketing communications student, was sitting with her friend in the Sanctuary around 4:30 p.m. on what seemed like a normal Thursday afternoon. Aside from the two of them, the only other people in the space were two other young women. It was dead silent. That stillness was soon interrupted as a voice came over the speaker system. “Attention, attention, attention. This … Continued

Cancer survivor speaks publicly

BY CHRIS HUSSEY It’s a rainy evening in downtown Kitchener, and Josh Martin is celebrating. The 35-year-old man is standing at the front of a small room inside the Kitchener Public Library. The room is simple and unobtrusive. The white walls and grey chairs seem far more corporate than they should be for an event like this. There is a projector in the back that illuminates the wall beside him … Continued