Umaymah Suhail / Editor-in-ChiefOne of the signpost stops on the trail. This year on National Trail Day, the City of Brantford will release the next season of songs for the Trail Mix, a collection of songs from local artists placed…
Contributed Photo / CongerdesignA cup of tea in a porcelain cup. Susan Ikpeama, a Toronto local, excitedly showed off her vast tea collections in her cupboard and on top of her refrigerator. The teas she shows are from all over…
Olga Steblyk / Lead Photographer Sex work often conjures up images of red-light districts and disadvantaged women working out of desperation, but these are images that the media has told us are normal. “Sex work is not like it is…
Contributed Photo / Katie Bird Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Books Its Up members know what it’s like to be in a reading slump and here are some of our fav books that cured ours. So if you are in a…
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 can look like curling up with a good…
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography The following submission has been modified for readability. First date horror — My friend set me up on a mall date with one of her friends. I went to the mall with this girl, we…
Sienna Bilancia / Lead Arts & Culture WriterThe expo networking event, women ran booths to promote their business. International Women’s Day was on March 8 and on this same day, the Women in Business Expo was held at the TownePlace…
Contributed Photo / City of BrantfordEnglish primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall. On April 8, 2024, the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts will welcome Jane Goodall back for the second time, thanks to a partnership with the James Hillier Foundation.…
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography The following anonymous submission has been modified for readability. When I was in Grade 11, I thought it was a really good idea for some reason to join a dating app and lie about my…
Contributed Photo / Katie Bird Need more book recommendations? Then keep reading as Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Books It Up members have suggested some of their all-time favourite reads! The first book is better known as a series as it…
Olga Steblyk / Sputnik PhotographyThe Laurier Brantford Theatre Club’s cast and crew. Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus has many clubs and associations; one of them is Laurier’s Theatre Club. The club is student-run and putting on a production of The…
Contributed Photo / Abbey KilnerA Laurier St. Patrick’s Day street party at full capacity. Now that the month of love is over with, students have to prepare for the upcoming daunting event that is St. Patrick’s Day at Wilfrid Laurier…
Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik PhotographyValentine’s Day is right around the corner Swipe right, swipe left. How tall are you? How much money do you make? How recently was this photo taken? Swipe, Swipe, Swipe. Today’s dating scene is flooded with…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorDifferent clubs host speeches for Black History Month As students attending Wilfrid Laurier University, we all want to feel welcome and encouraged by our school and the community that exists within it. There are so many…
Contributed Photo / Katie Bird What better books to read than the ones made into a TV series so you can binge the book and the show back-to-back? Here are some recommendations for you! An absolute must read is Daisy…
Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik Photography Romcoms are the type of movie that people may enjoy all year long, but with Valentine’s Day fast-approaching, it now becomes the season of love, meet cutes and stories of romance. Romcoms are warm feel-good…
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography The following anonymous submission has been modified to maintain subjects’ anonymity and for clarity. I was on a date with this guy, and we went to his place for dinner. It was very nice, he…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorA New Year’s resolution typed on a laptop. Out with the old and ringing in 2024, a new year and time again for New Year’s resolutions. While speaking with students and those who work with them,…
Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor The City of Brantford has created a new way for local artists of all kinds to share who they are and the work they do, called the Artist Database. What was once just an idea…
Contributed Photo / Katie Bird One of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Books It Up’s favourite tropes to talk about is grumpy/sunshine, which means we have endless recommendations to share! Grumpy/sunshine tropes are essentially when two characters with opposite personalities and…
Contributed Photo / David Neil LeeThe Great Outer Dark, the last book in the trilogy. David Neil Lee, a Wilfrid Laurier University creative writing professor on the Brantford campus and the author of The Midnight Games series, has finally finished…
Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik PhotographySanta commanding his reindeer. Brantford’s annual Santa Claus Parade graced the streets of downtown on Saturday, Nov. 25. The parade began at 6 p.m. on Stanley Street and finished in Harmony Square. The parade has many…
Contributed Photo / Apple MusicCher’s Christmas album cover. Cher’s newest contribution to the sound waves is something she has never done before — a Christmas album. The album entitled “Christmas” released on Oct. 20 with 13 tracks. When first released,…
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography The following anonymous submission has been modified for readability. I once went on a date that went awfully. This was in February, after a particularly nasty snowstorm. He texted me to let me know he…
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 the Brantford community. A lot of them are…
Contributed Photo / Azrieli FoundationHide and Seek: In Pursuit of Justice by Ben Carniol. Each of us is shaped by the events in our lives; what we hold onto, the events we learn from and almost everything in between. The…
Contributed Photo / LB Books It Up December is here, which means it is time to take notes of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Books it Up winter book recommendations that will have you feeling like it’s a winter wonderland. A…
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography As the sun sets earlier, the days feel crisper and fallen leaves crunch under feet, it is clear the seasons are changing. With fall hanging in the air, it is time for strappy sandals and…
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography The following submission has been modified for readability. I’m gay and I’m also pathetically romantic. Not as in I fall in love easy, but more like I love the concept of love. There was this…
Contributed Photo / LB Book Club Every term, book club chooses two books and creates a poll on their Instagram story to decide which one the club should read. This term, it was a close race. The two novels up…