Out of the Cold
The first of two W.I.S.H sites in London Ont.
The Dream to Perform
By Tristan Day An array of city lights is seen spread across the Mississauga skyline from the 34th floor of an apartment building. If you looked inside the floor to ceiling windows, you would see a 20-year-old kid enjoying the luxuries of living alone and being caught up into the workings of their ascribed educational…
Sidelined
Rocked by eight concussions in five years, an athlete bids farewell to her dream and launches an organization to promote awareness about head injuries
Life, Legacy and Loss of the Mod Club Theatre
The closure of Toronto’s Mod Club Theatre will leave a gap is the city’s music scene
‘Blood in your veins, Egg coffee in ours’
A wartime invention out of scarcity becomes a regional delicacy, its secret passed from father to children
Queen Adrianna
After years of experimenting with gender and identity, Adrianna Exposée is a ruling queen in Ottawa’s drag scene
How hate inspired a career
By Jasmine Afnan Al-kholani Sarah Hussain, CEO and founder of Bridge HR, sits at her desk, tired from her long stream of meetings. Though her responsibilities are never-ending, she likes being in charge and having control over her day—a far cry from the shift that inspired her to launch her human resources company. It’s a…
The View from the Sidelines
By Rachel Aversa The sidelines of the soccer field are packed with people. They cheer as both teams race up and down the pitch, struggling to gain control of the play. Everyone’s eyes go wide as a wingback drives the ball, sending the bomb flying through the air. As it rockets its way down, it…
A capital coronation
By Thomas Publow Adrianna Exposée stares into a vanity mirror as she applies glue to her eyebrows. Behind her, a rack of colourful outfits, some sheer and feathered, others satin and fringed, sit next to three shelves that hold white mannequin heads topped in wigs of different styles. The beige wig cap she wears is…
From high school graduate to Paris Fashion Week
By Trevor Carter Like most recent high-school graduates, Kieron Harper starts his day by checking his phone. But unlike most of his fellow teens, the Halifax native scrolls through his messages looking for casting calls like the one that put him on the runways of Paris Fashion Week and in the pages of the January/February…