City of Brantford in talks of new sports facility taking over the current Civic Centre Contributed photo/ City of BrantfordRendering of proposed development Downtown Brantford The City of Brantford has proposed a new sports and entertainment facility downtown as a…
The annual Halloween Festival returns to Harmony Square Piper Force/ News EditorPumpkins on display after carving contest On the weekend of Oct. 4 and 5, the City of Brantford celebrated the 16th annual Scare in the Square in Harmony Square. …
Serena Anagbe/ Photo EditorMilitary man in uniform standing at attention, Remembrance Day 2023. November marks the halfway point in the fall semester, two months down and two months to go. As leaves fall and temperatures drop, it is clear summer…
A year of genocide continues as humanitarian zone with 400,000 people are affected by Israel airstrike Contributed photo/ Al Jazeera Bombs falling from the sky In Northern Gaza, Al-Aqsa Hospital, a shelter for thousands of patients and families to recover…
How the Brant Naval Veterans’ Association remembers those who served Alexa Ford/ Editor-in-Chief Replica ship wheel hung on the wall of the Brant Navy Club. The Brant Veterans’ Naval Association began during the Second World War in the garage of…
How these Laurier student clubs are raising awareness and fundraising for ongoing genocide overseas Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) held a Palestine Awareness Week on campus from Tuesday, Oct. 8 to Thursday, Oct. 10, as the one-year…
Long-term care centre in early days of converting into affordable housing Long-term care centre Fox Ridge Care Community was recently bought by the City of Brantford in efforts to provide more affordable housing. The purchase was made when Fox Ridge…
Lansdowne hosts gala to raise money for development of new building Lansdowne Children’s Centre is hosting an Eras Gala on Saturday, Nov. 16 to celebrate 50 years of helping children develop their learning in Brantford and the Brant, Haldimand and…
Issues students face while attending the downtown campus and what the university is doing about it The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act is a statute put in place in the province in 2005. The AODA aims to create accessibility…
How Laurier faculty, students and alumni will be celebrating a quarter of a century in Brantford The 2024-25 academic year marks the Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford campus’s 25th anniversary. The university has multiple events planned to celebrate the achievement. In…
Umaymah Suhail / Editor-in-ChiefThe Laurier Brantford campus. Wilfrid Laurier University’s digital media and journalism program recently took a pause on enrollment in 2023 and students are curious if this is the end of the program. Just over a year ago…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorFrom left, Michelle Finch and Sue Dungey Wilfrid Laurier University is celebrating Sue Dungey and her 25 years on the Brantford campus. Dungey has been with the campus since it opened in 1999 and continues to…
Alexa Ford / Arts & Culture EditorA goat on a student’s back. Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Students’ Union hosted goat yoga sessions for students on Thursday, March 7 in the Research and Academic Centre West courtyard where there was a…
Serena Austin / President & Publisher Protestors show support for Nicholas Nembhard outside WRPS Central Division. On Friday, Feb. 23, protestors gathered in front of the Waterloo Regional Police Services headquarters in solidarity with Nicholas Nembhard, a schizophrenic Black man…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe Belmont restaurant in One Market. The Belmont restaurant recently opened on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus as a new one-stop-shop for students to grab coffee and food while on the go to class. Laurier’s new…
Contributed Photo This article is cross-published with The Cord. In preparation for the arrival of the Milton campus’ first class of students at the end of October 2023, Wilfrid Laurier University invited prospective students to get a feel for the…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe Lansdowne Children’s Centre in Brantford Brantford city leaders announced on Jan. 12 that the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services approved Lansdowne Children’s Centre for a new facility – a long-awaited development for…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorStudents at an election booth in One Market on the Brantford campus Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Feb. 6 to include the election results. The Wilfrid Laurier University’s Students’ Union prepares for elections to…
Contributed Photo / Michel PorroThe trial at the International Court of Justice in The Hague On Dec. 29, 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel and brought forth genocide allegations to the International Court of Justice at the Peace…
Celina Shamon / Sports EditorStudents at the PPC’s first event, Panel for Palestine After over 100 days of relentless carpet bombing and violent ground invasions throughout all of Gaza and the West Bank, institutions, national governments and communities around the…
Editor’s Note: This page was updated on Feb. 7 to include two more platforms for student director. Thea Biallas – President, Publisher & Chair Photo unavailable. Hi, my name is Thea Biallas, and my passion is drawing psychedelic art. Outside…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe emergency department at the Brantford General Hospital. A recent Ontario Health Coalition report says there have been 1,199 hospital service closures in the province alone last year up until November. The report was released in early…
Olga Steblyk / Sputnik Photography Currently, 28 per cent of Brantford residents are participating in the city’s new Green Bin program to reduce its carbon footprint. Around 200 tonnes of organic waste was collected in just the first month of…
Celina Shamon / Sports EditorThe Panel for Palestine in Waterloo. For the last 12 weeks, there have been numerous demonstrations, vigils and charitable events in support of Palestinian civilians who are being targeted, murdered and forcefully displaced from their homes…
Contributed Photo / Reverend Munther Isaac Baby Jesus amid rubble in Lutheran Church’s nativity scene. Bethlehem in the Israel-occupied West Bank is considered Jesus’ birthplace, yet the city was empty with no holiday lights, decorations, tourists or Christmas trees last…
Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor A Starbucks location. Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Jan. 12 to include Maham Wyne’s position on campus as co-president of the Muslim Student Association. Wilfrid Laurier University students in Brantford have been boycotting…
Celina Shamon / Sports EditorTwo girls commemorating the lost lives with a candle. Local residents and families from different communities came together to mourn the lives lost in Gaza at a candle-lit vigil in downtown Hamilton on Nov. 3. Not-for-profit…
Karen Savoy / Sputnik PhotographyHouse with a ‘for sale’ sign in the yard. The Bank of Canada has kept the policy interest rate at 5 per cent since Oct. 25, keeping mortgage interest rates at around 5 per cent. Currently,…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorScreenshot from the SpacesShared website. On Oct. 19, Wilfrid Laurier University announced a partnership with SpacesShared, a platform that matches adults with extra space in their home with students looking for more affordable housing. “We know…
Celina Shamon / Sports EditorA woman holding up a sign at the protest. Hundreds of community members gathered in front of Brantford City Hall on Sunday, Oct. 22 to voice concerns about the Canadian government’s lack of support for Palestinians…