Tag: downtown
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Parking in Downtown
Spending more time parking than the destination The city of Brantford has a plan. Over the next ten years there will be construction around the downtown area. The city has deemed construction…
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Old World Marketplace giving old things a new home
Vintage, antiques and thrifting all in one place There are many local businesses in downtown Brantford, many of which are unique to the city. Old World Marketplace is one of these businesses; part of…
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Discover the spirit of downtown Brantford
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorBrando’s Beach House bar, a popular spot in town for students. After a long and hard school week, students need to let off steam. For some students, this…
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Celebrating the holidays Brantford-style
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorDowntown Brantford. There are so many events that are happening in Brantford during the holiday season, all different and wonderful ways to enjoy and be a part of…
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Brantford Downtown Outreach Team (BDOT) program takes new approach to social outreach
The Brantford Downtown Outreach Team, otherwise known as BDOT, is a pilot program implemented in July of 2019 with a focus on reaching out to people struggling with addiction, homelessness and other…
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Homecoming 2019 celebrates 20 years of Laurier Brantford
Last month marked a significant milestone in the history of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus, as the community celebrated its twentieth anniversary with Laurier’s Homecoming on Sept. 21. The satellite campus, which…
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Clerks: The Crew
Brantford’s downtown is home to a wide variety of shops and small businesses. These businesses define Brantford, but what defines the businesses? This is the inspiration behind “Clerks”; getting to know those…
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Through the Time Capsule: Where Laurier Brantford Stands
Information and dates in this article were provided by Brant Historical Society board member Douglas Summerhayes and also from the book Reinventing Brantford: A University comes Downtown by Leo Groarke. For anyone…
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Several new businesses developing in Brantford’s downtown
With spring fast approaching, there are many new businesses for Laurier students to check out in downtown Brantford. The newest addition within the downtown community is the Rose and Thistle Pub, which…
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Sorcerers and Lattes: Brantford to get a board game café
Brantford’s downtown is about to get nerdier, as Devil’s Bench gears up to open its doors April 2015. According to Bill Dungey, one of three partners behind Devil’s Bench, the board game…
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Making it big in the little city
A grant program is being issued to help small businesses survive in Brantford’s downtown Recent times have proven challenging for small businesses within Brantford’s downtown as can be seen in the case…
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Laurier buys Market Square for $5.8 million
On Thursday night, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus purchased the Market Square building on Market St. for $5.8 million. With the school year just beginning, Laurier Brantford’s community is quickly expanding to…
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Time to get our hands dirty with the YMCA project
The long awaited YMCA is finally breaking ground as construction is set to start this fall and be carried out on schedule for the two-year build. “It’s what we’ve been planning from…
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Pay-and-display may be on its way
Free parking may become all but a memory for Brantford’s downtown core. The City of Brantford’s Downtown Parking Task Force has created a recommendation that downtown convert from free parking, to a…
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Downtown parking fees a poor decision by City Council
On Monday, August 18,a meeting of Brantford’s Operations and Administrative Committee endorsed a new pay-and-display parking system to take place of the current free two- and three-hour on-street downtown parking. Parking meters…
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Humans of Brantford: Giving the city a face
A collaborative project by Brittany Bennett and Dillon Giancola Jaquie Daniel Jaquie Daniel has loved her life in Brantford for about 25 years now, and currently works at Grand Erie…
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Foot Patrol ≠ Taxi Service
When I applied to Laurier Brantford, the one major concern I had with school was my safety. Like some, I never stepped foot on Brantford soil until the first day of Orientation…
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The honest truth about the locals of Brantford
Since coming to Brantford, I’ve heard a lot about “the locals”. How someone pulled a knife at 2 a.m. on one of my friends, how someone started a fight at local nightclub…
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Ruining an art form: Using classical music to keep people away
As local citizens walk down Colborne Street, they are able to listen to classical music as they pass by the Brantford Public Library. The music is very enjoyable for some people walking…
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Brantford: The rebirth of a community
A growing university and a revitalized downtown core have worked to create a sense of community that Brantford hasn’t seen in almost 20 years. The economic recession in the early 1990’s and…
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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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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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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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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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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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Downtown Brantford blackout
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Downtown Brantford blackout
On October 22 at approximately 6:45 p.m., most of downtown Brantford experienced a power outage. All classes and exams came to a screeching halt, and campus foyers and hallways were packed with…
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Zombies in Downtown Brantford
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Rumour has it
The city of Brantford has big plans for its downtown core, specifically around the Colborne Street area. According to these plans: • 41 decrepit buildings, some of which are still inhabited, would…
