Bridging Divides: what can we do?

Contributed photo/Bridging Divides research team information pamphlet The documentary that shines a light on the prevalence of homelessness in midsize regions A four-year research project culminating in a documentary premiere at Cambridge’s Public Library on Water Street, Bridging Divides: Voices…

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Possible new long-term home for the Brantford Bulldogs

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…

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Scare in the Square turns 16

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. …

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Editor’s Note: Lest we forget

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…

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Al-Aqsa Hospital burns

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…

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Honouring heroes in Brantford

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…

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Laurier Brantford’s MSA and MESA host Palestine awareness week

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…

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Lansdowne Children’s Centre celebrates 50 years with Eras Gala

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…

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Laurier’s Brantford campus: Is it really accessible for all?

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…

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Laurier Brantford Celebrates 25 years

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…

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Laurier’s DMJ program “not getting ‘cancelled,'” says dean

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…

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Sue Dungey celebrates 25 years with Laurier Brantford

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…

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Goat yoga returns to campus

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…

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Police Killing renews calls to defund police in Waterloo Region

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…

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New Laurier restaurant opens in One Market

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…

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Laurier Milton prepares for its inaugural class

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…

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Brantford builds new Lansdowne Children’s Centre

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…

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Students’ Union prepares for annual elections

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…

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Students react to universities’ stance on the Israel-Hamas war

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…

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WLUSP 2024-25 Election Candidates’ Platforms

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…

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Action against the closure of public healthcare services

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…

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Brantford’s new Green Bin Program takes off

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…

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New culture club hosts Panel for Palestine 

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…

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Bethlehem churches cancelled Christmas 

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…

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Starbucks boycotts continue for Gaza 

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…

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