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Privacy expert reacts after summer camps were unknowingly livestreamed in Waterloo region
Kids and staff at summer camps in Waterloo region were livestreamed last week without permission. The cameras set up in local arenas are used to broadcast minor hockey league games, as well as other sporting events. But they were accidentally left on. The operator of the cameras, LiveBarn, said it was the result of human error. Krystle Shore is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Waterloo's department of sociology and legal studies. The privacy expert shared her thoughts with CBC K-W's Aastha Shetty.
CBC
a day ago
- CBC
Privacy expert reacts after summer camps were unknowingly livestreamed in Waterloo region
Kids and staff at summer camps in Waterloo region were livestreamed last week without permission. The cameras set up in local arenas are used to broadcast minor hockey league games, as well as other sporting events. But they were accidentally left on. The operator of the cameras, LiveBarn, said it was the result of human error. Krystle Shore is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Waterloo's department of sociology and legal studies. The privacy expert shared her thoughts with CBC K-W's Aastha Shetty.
CBC
3 days ago
- CBC
Survival, pain, resilience and healing: Kitchener author finds peace in writing memoir
For Matthew Greg, growing up and living in Ireland was a traumatic experience. From emotional to physical and sexual abuse, he felt unwanted and unloved. That changed when he met his husband and they moved to Canada, settling in Kitchener. After some encouragement from his husband, Greg decided to write his life story, which is now a two-volume book called Love Shouldn't Hurt. He joined CBC K-W's The Morning Edition host Craig Norris to talk about the book and what it took to write it. Warning: The following interview details about sexual and physical abuse as well as suicide. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Craig Norris: This memoir details all the trials and tribulations you've gone through. Let's go back a bit. Tell me about growing up in Ireland? Matthew Greg: I'm the middle of 10 children and at the age of three weeks I had very, very severe asthma and my whole body was turning yellow. We call it yellow jaundice at home and my doctor had told my parents to rush me to the hospital, but there was no guarantee that I'd still be alive by the time I got there. At the age of 5, I had been sexually abused by a neighbour. He used to tie my hands to the back of his bed, onto the steel frame and he used to whip me, but he never left marks … that went on for a few years and he had threatened me if I had said anything to my parents, he would kill my dad. And I didn't want my parents to know anything. Craig Norris: In the ensuing years, then, when did you come to realize what that experience did to you? Matthew Greg: At the age of 12, I knew that I had been kind of into guys by then, but that's the time that the abuse with the neighbour had stopped because he had passed away. And that was when a new friend came into my life … His name was Peter … we spoke about everything and anything you could speak at, you know, as best mates would. [The book details how Peter killed himself.] Craig Norris: Did it start as, you had the idea that you were going to write a book or was this sort of a way for you to document what had happened to you and maybe sort of use it as a healing process? Matthew Greg: My husband had actually inspired me. He said to write it down on the computer, you know, get it out of my system because it was bottled up inside me. Every time I'd see a child being abused, I used to bawl my eyes out. And my husband said, you know, put it down on … And then he said we'll try and see if if it's possible to get it published in all which is done. Craig Norris: And was it healing for you? Matthew Greg: It is now knowing that it's out there because I know there's lots of other people going through with it. Matthew Greg: Hope. I hope it heals somebody. That if somebody is going through what I've been going through, that it, it helps ease the pain, you know, might make it easier for them to be able to put their own story down on paper.
CBC
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Guelph author Melinda Burns uses poetry to connect to her Indigenous roots
The medicine wheel is a sacred symbol in many Indigenous cultures. It represents the four seasons and how each is associated with different aspects of life, growth and teachings. For Guelph author Melinda Burns, it served as a way for her to reclaim and celebrate her heritage. And she does this through a collection of poetry found in her recently released book Homecoming. Her poems are grouped according to the directions found on the medicine wheel. Each section reflects both the universal human journey of growth and learning, and the author's personal experiences. Burns recently sat down with CBC K-W's The Morning Edition host Craig Norris to talk more about the book. The following interview has been edited for length and clarity. Audio of the interview can be found at the bottom of this article. Craig Norris: The poems you wrote represent the four directions of the medicine wheel. For those who aren't familiar with what each direction means, could you walk us through them? Melinda Burns: I t's a symbol in Native American spirituality of wholeness and balance, and it's a circle that's divided into four quadrants. The east is for beginnings, spring, morning, starting out. The south is for summer and the afternoon adolescence of life. And that represents innocence and joy. The west is autumn and evening, and it has to do with loss, but also introspection. And then the north is for winter and for the ancestors and old age. And it has to do with wisdom. Norris: How does your poetry correlate with the wheel? Burns: When I was starting to put this collection together, I was trying to think of how to order the poems that I've written over a long time. So there were poems for my childhood and growing up and my relationship with my mother, marriage, motherhood. And when I thought of doing it chronologically, it just didn't seem quite right. And when I hit on the idea of arranging them according to the medicine wheel, it really presented a sense of wholeness in a life. In the east there are many beginnings, not just the beginning of our life. And in the south there are many joys, not just the joys and wonder of childhood. And of course many losses and the need to go within to understand them. And also a lot of gathering of wisdom over the years as we live and as we connect with our ancestors. Norris: As you've been writing and compiling these poems, what has that done for you personally, as you continue your own journey of reclaiming your heritage? Burns: Well, it is an ongoing journey. I called the book Homecoming from the very beginning because it's about the journey that all of us make to come home to ourselves, to who we're meant to be and who we really are. So there was a double impact for me. One was just compiling the poems and getting to see my life [and having] that feeling of wholeness, that everything fits, that nothing is good or bad or right or wrong, it is just part of the cycle. But the other part certainly was about putting it out as a native person claiming this very rich heritage that I didn't get to know about from my mother because of her connection to residential schools and her distancing from our heritage. Norris: What has your poetry helped you to learn about yourself? Burns: I really do think poetry helps us learn a great deal about ourselves. There's a quote from Rumi at the beginning of the book that says: 'Through love, all pain will turn to medicine.' And I think it's helped me to see how true that is, that when we, when I approach my life with love, with everything that's happened in it, the highs and lows, the joys and losses, that it does turn to medicine and in the sense that it strengthens and fortifies me. Norris: Could you share a poem with us? Burns: I have one that I wrote some years ago, and you might recognize this particular festival this is referring to... Norris: What do you hope people take away from your collection of poetry? Burns: I hope that they can relate to each section as they read it. So there's four sections and then the centre, which is the place of mystery and the creator. And that as they read my poems in those sections, they think about their own beginnings and their own joys and their own losses and times of going within and their own wisdom that they've acquired. And that it helps them to see their lives in this sense of wholeness rather than that linear idea of birth on the left and death on the right and trying to get somewhere in between. That there's really no place we need to get. We're just always circling the mystery. And I hope that's a comfort to people. Norris: What's next for you? Burns: A couple of things I'd love to mention. The French edition of the book is coming out in 2026, which is just amazing to me to be able to see my poems in another language. I'll be reading at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival this year. It's on Sept, 7 and right now the The Hillside Festival poem is in a poetry and art rotating exhibit at The Boathouse in Guelph, and the exhibit is going to feature poems and artwork that is inspired by the poems [in Homecoming ].
CBC
20-07-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Join CBC K-W at South Asian Family Sports Day in Waterloo Park
Get ready to cheer and celebrate community at the Kitchener-Waterloo South Asian Family Sports Day. Watch cricket, volleyball, soccer and throwball as teams from several local organizations play at Waterloo Park on Saturday, July 26 and Sunday July 27. Join the CBC K-W team on Sunday, July 27 for this family-friendly event open to all spectators. Stop by our booth from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and take your shot on goal against a CBC personality for a chance to win some fun prizes! About the event This event brings together members several local organizations, including: The Tamil Cultural Association. Grand River Malayalee Association. India Canada Association. Grand River Kannada Association. Bengali Sports Group. KWC Rajasthani Association. The Golden Triangle Marathi Association. The event focuses on playing friendly, yet competitive games including cricket, football, volleyball and throwball. There will be kids activities and yoga and zumba as well.
