Author: Melissa Handford
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Soup Challenge Raises Money for Homeless Youth
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JEREMY VYN / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Get your taste buds ready for St. Leonard’s Community Services’ 17th Annual Soup Challenge. Each year, restaurants and organizations across Brantford go head-to-head…
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Wondering What to do After Graduation? The Career Centre is Here to Help
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Further education is a possibility for many students thinking of what to do after graduation. During March, the Career Centre is running Plan…
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Real Life Superhero Speaks to Students: An Evening with Simu Liu
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JEREMY VYN / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Feb. 24, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Kim’s Convenience star Simu Liu spoke to post-secondary students across Ontario. …
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Everyone Deserves a Voice in Education: Laurier Co-Hosts Panel on Diversity in STEM
GRAPIC CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH On Feb. 11, Laurier co-hosted the “Leveraging the Brilliance and Energy of African Women in Engineering and Math” panel. The main focuses of the panel included…
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Laurier Student Publications to elect new president and board members
GRAPHIC CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Feb. 3, 2022, Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications (WLUSP) will elect a new president and members of the Board of Directors. WLUSP…
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Where are the COVID-19 Tests?
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SERENA ANAGBE / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In the midst of the fifth wave of the pandemic, COVID-19 testing feels impossible to find. Pharmacies and other locations across the province…
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What you need to know about the Omicron variant
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Since it was first reported on Nov. 24, 2021, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has taken over the world and sent communities scrambling to…
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Ontario Announces New COVID-19 Restrictions
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Jan. 3, the provincial government of Ontario announced the province would be implementing stronger COVID restrictions as of Jan. 5. Restrictions include reduced…
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The Decrease of Online Extracurricular Participation During the Pandemic
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Although many students are itching for in-person programming, participation in extracurriculars has decreased. In the Fall 2020 semester, all digital events and extracurriculars…
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Help Wanted: Canadian Businesses Struggle to Find Workers
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Canada’s worker shortage due to COVID-19 is affecting businesses around Brantford, creating a struggle to find workers and fill jobs. A short walk through…
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Foot Patrol’s Return to In-Person Walks
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SERENA ANAGBE / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Foot Patrol is back on campus making their presence known, walking with Laurier Golden Hawks every step of the way. Walking alone at night…
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Laurier Votes: Students’ Union By-Election
On Dec. 8, 2021, Laurier students will head to the polls to vote for three new members on the Students’ Union’s Board of Directors. The initial date for students to vote was…
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Canada’s First Truth and Reconciliation Day
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Sept. 30, 2021, Canada celebrated its first National Truth and Reconciliation Day. This day was established in light of the discoveries earlier this year…
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This Year’s Fight Against the Flu Begins
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As Ontario prepares for another flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists are both trying to secure vaccines and encourage the public to get theirs. …
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The Long-Awaited Return to In-Person Learning
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY After a long year and a half, Laurier Brantford students began their return to campus on September 9, 2021 with the first day of school. …
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Laurier celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility
GRAPHIC BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY This year’s Transgender Day of Visibility is March 31. The day serves to both celebrate trans people and their accomplishments, as well…
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Laurier Brantford YMCA reopens to the public
PHOTO BY JEREMY VYN / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY After lifting lockdown in Brantford, the Laurier Brantford YMCA announced it would reopen as of Mar. 1. In response to revised provincial guidelines,…
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Relay for Life continues at Laurier Brantford
Although the world is currently focused on beating COVID-19, there is another disease that continues to demand attention. According to the Canadian Cancer society, nearly 50 per cent of Canadians will…
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Students hunt for summer employment
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY March 2020, the economy took a tumble due to the COVID-19 pandemic and left many people out of work and relying on financial…
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Laurier’s twitter community connection
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRPAHY With more than twenty five thousand followers, the Spotted At Laurier Twitter account has become a hub for all things surrounding student life…
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Help for small businesses coming to Brantford
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The stock market took one of the worst crashes since the Great Depression in March 2020. This event, and the recession following it,…
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How COVID has affected homelessness and housing
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY COVID-19 has impacted everyone’s lives but there has been concern not only over the risks it poses to the healthcare system, but the potential…
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Students strike back against webcam use
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As of Nov. 16, just over 3000 people signed a petition started by Laurier students to remove the use of webcams during online…
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Searching for a Different Vaccine
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In an effort to reduce the severity of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase this year to…
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Are students driving the second wave?
PHOTO BY TEJAS SINGH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Sept. 28, the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, declared that Ontario had officially entered the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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Where are the clubs and how do I join?
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH, THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Getting involved in extracurricular organizations and attending events is widely regarded as one of the best ways to meet other people at university. In…




