Brantford public library reaches 135 years

This year, the Brantford Public Library celebrates its 135th anniversary, and the library staff is hard at work planning events and activities to promote the occasion. “I think any opportunity to really get to share the library’s story is what…

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“Legally Blonde” on the stage

“Omigod, you guys!”, Laurier Brantford Musical Society brings the infamous Elle Woods and cohort to the stage in Legally Blonde the musical.     On Friday, January 25, the Laurier Brantford Musical Society – a new club on campus — put on its first production of the hit Broadway…

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The “happy chemicals”: what are they?

Happiness: the sought-after feeling that can for many, seem just out of reach. Whether it is exam stress, family troubles, or just being stuck in a slump, everyone deals with periods of unhappiness at some point in their lives (periods…

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Let’s not sugar coat it

“That was so sweet it gave me diabetes,” or “I’m definitely getting diabetes after this” are phrases I have heard countless times over the course of my relatively short lifetime. If I were anyone else, I would not give seemingly…

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What’s your thing?

  Meet Julie Anne Tamilia, the dancer. This 19 year-old Brantford native is taking the dance world by storm, having shared the stage with the likes of performers such as Avril Lavigne, Walk Off the Earth and, most recently, Janet…

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Best Buddies: support, inclusion, acceptance

Support, inclusion, friendship and acceptance: all well-founded values that are of vital importance in any strong community. Thankfully for us here at Laurier Brantford, we have a club on campus that works tirelessly to promote these very values. Best Buddies,…

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Laurier Brantford’s new fresh faces

Starting university is an experience that for some, can be frightening, exciting and overwhelming all at once. Earlier this month, hundreds of first-year students began their university careers at Wilfrid Laurier’s Brantford campus. Coming back after summer vacation can be…

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