On the morning of New Year’s Eve 2022, Jessica Sharkey’s twin sister Brooke had gone to visit their mother in Georgetown, Ont. When she arrived, she realized her coat and medication were gone and her mother was nowhere to be found. As the girls looked back on their mother’s home security camera footage from the previous evening, they saw her being restrained and escorted out of the house by police. They later discovered

Laura Mae Lindo sits in the Ontario legislature amongst a crowd of older white men. Her presence is a striking contrast. She exudes confidence and her gaze remains steady as she looks around the room. The murmur of conversations and paperwork shuffle momentarily recede in her presence. Lindo’s headscarf, adorned with vibrant African colours, is an emblem of her identity, standing out like a beacon of pride amidst the traditional sea of dark suits.

If you attended a concert at Budweiser Stage this summer or ventured outside the Rogers Centre after a Blue Jays game, chances are you’ve likely encountered the vibrant musical force that is James Flannagan, better known as Kip James. “Kip,” being the name he was almost given as a child, one he feels holds more star power.

Amplifier humming with live drum backing tracks boasting and his guitar and vocals soaring above it all, he’s hard to miss, and that’s exactly what he’s aiming for.

When Aziza Agasee visited California in 2016, her trip quickly turned sour. On her flight, her wheelchair's power assist—which is a motor attached to a manual wheelchair—was damaged during the flight. This equipment costs thousands of dollars, and luckily Agasee was able to successfully file for reimbursement. Still, this process created unnecessary stress and made the trip more difficult for the third-year politics and governance and sociology student as she could no longer rely on the feature