PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JEREMY VYN / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Get your taste buds ready for St. Leonard’s Community Services’ 17th Annual Soup Challenge. Each year, restaurants and organizations across Brantford go head-to-head in a battle of the soups. The…
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Further education is a possibility for many students thinking of what to do after graduation. During March, the Career Centre is running Plan Ahead for Further Ed Month, a variety of…
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JEREMY VYN / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Feb. 24, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Kim’s Convenience star Simu Liu spoke to post-secondary students across Ontario. Liu immigrated from China to Canada at the…
GRAPIC CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH On Feb. 11, Laurier co-hosted the “Leveraging the Brilliance and Energy of African Women in Engineering and Math” panel. The main focuses of the panel included life as a woman in science, technology, engineering…
GRAPHIC CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Feb. 3, 2022, Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications (WLUSP) will elect a new president and members of the Board of Directors. WLUSP is the dual campus organization that hosts nine…
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SERENA ANAGBE / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In the midst of the fifth wave of the pandemic, COVID-19 testing feels impossible to find. Pharmacies and other locations across the province have been struggling to receive and administer both…
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Since it was first reported on Nov. 24, 2021, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has taken over the world and sent communities scrambling to catch up. COVID-19 cases are soaring worldwide,…
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Jan. 3, the provincial government of Ontario announced the province would be implementing stronger COVID restrictions as of Jan. 5. Restrictions include reduced indoor and outdoor gathering numbers, a halt to…
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Although many students are itching for in-person programming, participation in extracurriculars has decreased. In the Fall 2020 semester, all digital events and extracurriculars saw a drop in student participation. Many students…
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Canada’s worker shortage due to COVID-19 is affecting businesses around Brantford, creating a struggle to find workers and fill jobs. A short walk through downtown Brantford will show many businesses with “Help…
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SERENA ANAGBE / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Foot Patrol is back on campus making their presence known, walking with Laurier Golden Hawks every step of the way. Walking alone at night can be daunting for students, especially those who…
On Dec. 8, 2021, Laurier students will head to the polls to vote for three new members on the Students’ Union’s Board of Directors. The initial date for students to vote was Oct. 5., to be open until Oct. 7.…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Sept. 30, 2021, Canada celebrated its first National Truth and Reconciliation Day. This day was established in light of the discoveries earlier this year of mass grave sites at former residential schools…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As Ontario prepares for another flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists are both trying to secure vaccines and encourage the public to get theirs. Last year because of the pandemic, there was…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY After a long year and a half, Laurier Brantford students began their return to campus on September 9, 2021 with the first day of school. Although the university has been sending regular email…
GRAPHIC BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY This year’s Transgender Day of Visibility is March 31. The day serves to both celebrate trans people and their accomplishments, as well as raise awareness about the discrimination they continue…
PHOTO BY JEREMY VYN / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY After lifting lockdown in Brantford, the Laurier Brantford YMCA announced it would reopen as of Mar. 1. In response to revised provincial guidelines, extra safety precautions will be added to make…
Although the world is currently focused on beating COVID-19, there is another disease that continues to demand attention. According to the Canadian Cancer society, nearly 50 per cent of Canadians will develop a form of cancer at some point…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY March 2020, the economy took a tumble due to the COVID-19 pandemic and left many people out of work and relying on financial support from the government. As the pandemic progressed,…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRPAHY With more than twenty five thousand followers, the Spotted At Laurier Twitter account has become a hub for all things surrounding student life at Laurier. Since 2013, the account has attracted…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The stock market took one of the worst crashes since the Great Depression in March 2020. This event, and the recession following it, led to many businesses having difficulty staying afloat–or…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY COVID-19 has impacted everyone’s lives but there has been concern not only over the risks it poses to the healthcare system, but the potential side-effects it might have on communities. The economic…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As of Nov. 16, just over 3000 people signed a petition started by Laurier students to remove the use of webcams during online examinations at the university. The Change.org petition titled…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In an effort to reduce the severity of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase this year to get as many people vaccinated against the seasonal…
PHOTO BY TEJAS SINGH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Sept. 28, the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, declared that Ontario had officially entered the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Oct. 13, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH, THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Getting involved in extracurricular organizations and attending events is widely regarded as one of the best ways to meet other people at university. In the absence of in person gatherings, clubs at…