PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY When I was first handed this job in Nov. 2019, I can assure you I had no idea what I was doing. I was pretty overwhelmed at the fact that…
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Laurier Brantford will be getting a new mascot and officially changing their mascot from the Golden Hawk back to the Mule. In the 1950s Wilfrid Laurier University was a college…
PHOTOS BY REUBEN JAMES SORIANO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Having the creative liberty of taking photos of anything relating to cannabis, capturing the moment & perhaps the high one gets when smoking was a necessity. The best way to…
PHOTOS BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Poem by Natasha O’Neill, Editor-in-Chief Ghosts, goblins, witches and vampires heading towards us Halloween night, they all provide us quite a fright. Stocking up on candy, and handing it out…
Photographer Jeremy Vyn took a nice walk around the trails of downtown Brantford to create a beautiful fall, sunny day collage. These photos were created to bring a sense of peace and tranquility during this time. Taking a walk during…
Photo submitted by Anika Berringer Wilfrid Laurier University cancelled all in person classes and moved everything online March 13, and much like the rest of the country we did not understand what this would mean. That particular Friday…
Photo by Natasha O’Neill Ward 5 councillor Joshua Wall wants to pass a motion giving students a place to park their car downtown. Wall hopes the motion will be passed soon by council to create a discount for Laurier…
CONTRIBUTED IMAGE (Left) Linda Schuyler, Stacie Mistysyn (Caitlyn Ryan) and Christopher (Kit) Hood with geminis awards for Degrassi Junior High, 1989. Linda Schuyler has always been ahead of her time. Her strongest memory growing up in Paris,…
We are hiring for the following paid positions: Photo manager – Manages volunteers and oversees photo editing and makes sure all photos are done for all articles. Recruits future volunteers and promotes the Sputnik. Sports Editor- Has working relationship with…
Canadian Federation of Students wins the fight against Ford’s PC Government in a unanimous decision in the Divisional Court. November 21 the courts ruled that post-secondary students should not be allowed to opt out of their student fees. In…
The City of Brantford has committed to becoming net carbon neutral by 2050. On November 12 Brantford City Council unanimously voted in favour of passing the resolution declaring a climate emergency and what actions the city will take to…
