Tag: brantford
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Thomas Mulcair visits Brantford
On Tuesday evening, leader of the NDP, the official opposition, Thomas Mulcair, addressed a hall full of Brantford residents. After a full day of visiting within the GTA, furthering the NDP’s affordability…
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Social work week event unites Brantford’s community, students
Community members and students gathered in the Odeon building last Thursday for a conference on poverty and inequality, with keynote speaker Trish Hennessy. Hennessy is a former journalist, and currently Ontario director…
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A cultural angle of celebrating International Women’s Day
Laurier Brantford held two unique events on campus in recognition of women’s empowerment this past week. International Women’s Day was celebrated on Mar. 8 and Laurier Brantford showed its support with two…
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EcoHawks help out in a Residence downtown cleanup
Laurier Brantford’s EcoHawks motivated students in a downtown cleanup event. Yesterday in the Carnegie foyer, Laurier Brantford’s EcoHawks handed out garbage bags, gloves, and hot chocolates for students that participated in the…
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Public editor Kathy English visits Laurier Brantford
Toronto Star’s public editor, Kathy English, visited her hometown to talk about her unique position. English addressed students and professors at Laurier Brantford’s Carnegie Building. She outlined her role as public editor within the Toronto…
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More jobs coming to Brantford
A protein sports supplement factory will bring more jobs to the Brantford area in the near future. NutraBlend Foods is amongst the four newest companies receiving financial support from the Southwestern Ontario…
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Seniors to get support: Ontario accepting applications
Communities can now begin to apply with the Ontario government for the new Seniors Community Grant. The applications are being taken from not-for-profits which are looking to help seniors feel more connected…
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Two Brantford residents arrested on drug charges
Two Brantford residents now face drug related charges. Last week, the Brantford Police Street Crime Unit stopped a vehicle near Henry Street and Empey Street in East Brantford. The occupants of the…
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B is for Brantford
After years of work, the City of Brantford has a new city logo. But after just one week, complaints and debates over the new logo throughout the Brantford community has forced the…
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James Alfred Cooper back in custody
A 78-year-old convicted sex offender was arrested and taken into custody on Friday. James Alfred Cooper, at one point named the worst sex offender in Canada, moved to downtown Brantford earlier this…
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Brantford: The city of romance
Everyone has a different definition of romantic. Some define it as a fine dinner with the best wine and a quartet of string instruments in the background. Others define it as…
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Finance Minister to visit Brant
Finance Minister Charles Sousa will be discussing Ontario’s pension plan this Monday in Brantford. Sousa will be meeting up with the Brantford, Hamilton and Halton Hills chapters of the Canadian Association of…
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Black History Month in Brantford
February is Canada’s Black History Month, and the Brantford arts community wants the public to get in the know. Black History Month is an annual celebration of diversity to help recognize the…
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International Development Week a success at Laurier Brantford
This past week was International Development Week and it was celebrated at Laurier Brantford by a number of events put on by WUSC. But what is International Development Week and what,…
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Local Lifetime Achievement Award announced
Local volunteers will finally be getting some of the attention they deserve. Last Wednesday, a committee of citizens gathered at the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts on Dalhousie St. to announce…
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Hidden treasure: The Arts Block
I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, perhaps something that embodied the stock images in my head, the ones I’d retained from the pages of glossy art magazines. On a frigid Tuesday…
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20-year old woman not assaulted
Last Friday, news spread of a young woman sexually assaulted early in the day before dawn. The Brantford Police Service has now confirmed an assault did not take place. The Major Crime…
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Two Brantford Police Officers charged
Two Brantford Police Officers are now faced with charges under the Police Service Act. An investigation into incidents surrounding three arrests made on July 9, 2013 at a Memorial Drive housing complex…
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Golden Hawk Limelight: Lindsey Miller
She may enjoy the time she can spend with her friends, playing sports, travelling and tuning into Netflix’s latest content, but it is equally as important to her to serve the campus…
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Students unhappy with university’s used book buyback system
Because money is not in abundance for the average student, he/she will do what is possible to save here and there. What better way to make a little pocket change than sell…
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Detoxification centre to come to Brantford
The city of Brantford will be home to a residential withdrawal management and addiction treatment centre this upcoming year. M.P.P. Dave Levac pressed the government with support for a detoxification-rehabilitation centre…
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The Calendar Girls are coming to Brantford
Everyone has seen, or at least heard of, the resourcefully raunchy group of women from the United Kingdom who created a calendar full of domestic nudies for charity. Calendar Girls is a…
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Grand River to experience dangerous icy flows
A The Grand River Conservation Authority are advising civilians to keep themselves, children and pets away from the river banks. Because of the warm temperatures occurring, ice-covered rivers, streams and ponds may…
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Fire in GRH building; no one injured
For the second time since the October fire safety session, Laurier Brantford has experienced another fire incident, this time in Grand River Hall. Special constables and the fire department arrived on the…
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Students express dismay over the campus being open during frigid two days
With this past Monday and Tuesday’s frigid temperatures that dropped below -15 Celsius, many Laurier Brantford students were expecting the campus to be closed. However, regardless of weather conditions, the campus chose…
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Ontario recovers after ice storm hits province hard
On Saturday, Dec. 21, most of southwestern Ontario faced an ice storm causing multiple power outages across the province. More than 1,400 workers from various hydro companies pooled together towards restoring power…
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Pedophile returns to Brantford
James Alfred Cooper, 78, is a former resident of Hamilton. He was once considered Canada’s worst pedophile, due to the fact that he raped and tortured six children, five of them his…
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Expositor residence experiences minor fire
Shortly after 10 a.m. this morning, Laurier Brantford’s Expositor residence building experienced a small fire. One student was injured in the incident with second degree burns, and was taken to the hospital.…
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Study and munch simultaneously
It’s that time of the year where students start cramming for exams. Everyone’s studying, preparing for the last hurrah of the semester. This time of year can be quite stressful for many,…
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Brantford begins Out of the Cold program again this season
As Ontario enters the season of sub-zero temperatures, Brantford’s Out of the Cold program has begun to open its doors again. Based out of the basement of Yes Church on West Street,…
