Police Killing renews calls to defund police in Waterloo Region

Serena Austin / President & Publisher Protestors show support for Nicholas Nembhard outside WRPS Central Division. On Friday, Feb. 23, protestors gathered in front of the Waterloo Regional Police Services headquarters in solidarity with Nicholas Nembhard, a schizophrenic Black man…

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New Laurier restaurant opens in One Market

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe Belmont restaurant in One Market. The Belmont restaurant recently opened on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus as a new one-stop-shop for students to grab coffee and food while on the go to class. Laurier’s new…

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Laurier Milton prepares for its inaugural class

Contributed Photo This article is cross-published with The Cord. In preparation for the arrival of the Milton campus’ first class of students at the end of October 2023, Wilfrid Laurier University invited prospective students to get a feel for the…

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Brantford builds new Lansdowne Children’s Centre

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe Lansdowne Children’s Centre in Brantford Brantford city leaders announced on Jan. 12 that the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services approved Lansdowne Children’s Centre for a new facility – a long-awaited development for…

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Students’ Union prepares for annual elections

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorStudents at an election booth in One Market on the Brantford campus Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Feb. 6 to include the election results. The Wilfrid Laurier University’s Students’ Union prepares for elections to…

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Students react to universities’ stance on the Israel-Hamas war

Celina Shamon / Sports EditorStudents at the PPC’s first event, Panel for Palestine After over 100 days of relentless carpet bombing and violent ground invasions throughout all of Gaza and the West Bank, institutions, national governments and communities around the…

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WLUSP 2024-25 Election Candidates’ Platforms

Editor’s Note: This page was updated on Feb. 7 to include two more platforms for student director. Thea Biallas – President, Publisher & Chair Photo unavailable. Hi, my name is Thea Biallas, and my passion is drawing psychedelic art. Outside…

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Action against the closure of public healthcare services

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe emergency department at the Brantford General Hospital. A recent Ontario Health Coalition report says there have been 1,199 hospital service closures in the province alone last year up until November. The report was released in early…

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Brantford’s new Green Bin Program takes off

Olga Steblyk / Sputnik Photography Currently, 28 per cent of Brantford residents are participating in the city’s new Green Bin program to reduce its carbon footprint. Around 200 tonnes of organic waste was collected in just the first month of…

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New culture club hosts Panel for Palestine 

Celina Shamon / Sports EditorThe Panel for Palestine in Waterloo. For the last 12 weeks, there have been numerous demonstrations, vigils and charitable events in support of Palestinian civilians who are being targeted, murdered and forcefully displaced from their homes…

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Bethlehem churches cancelled Christmas 

Contributed Photo / Reverend Munther Isaac Baby Jesus amid rubble in Lutheran Church’s nativity scene. Bethlehem in the Israel-occupied West Bank is considered Jesus’ birthplace, yet the city was empty with no holiday lights, decorations, tourists or Christmas trees last…

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Starbucks boycotts continue for Gaza 

Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor A Starbucks location. Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Jan. 12 to include Maham Wyne’s position on campus as co-president of the Muslim Student Association. Wilfrid Laurier University students in Brantford have been boycotting…

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Interest rates paused, but remain unsustainable

Karen Savoy / Sputnik PhotographyHouse with a ‘for sale’ sign in the yard. The Bank of Canada has kept the policy interest rate at 5 per cent since Oct. 25, keeping mortgage interest rates at around 5 per cent.  Currently,…

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SpacesShared connects students with affordable housing

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorScreenshot from the SpacesShared website. On Oct. 19, Wilfrid Laurier University announced a partnership with SpacesShared, a platform that matches adults with extra space in their home with students looking for more affordable housing.   “We know…

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Hands off Gaza protest in Brantford

Celina Shamon / Sports EditorA woman holding up a sign at the protest. Hundreds of community members gathered in front of Brantford City Hall on Sunday, Oct. 22 to voice concerns about the Canadian government’s lack of support for Palestinians…

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Brantford hosts Remembrance Day service

Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik PhotographyThe Brantford Cenotaph in Brant County War Memorial Park. The City of Brantford will hold an overnight lighting display and a Royal Canadian Sea Cadets vigil for Remembrance Day to honour veterans.   The lighting display and…

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Ban on plastics difficult for businesses

Contributed Photo / Unsplash As the federal ban on single-use plastics looms closer, local businesses in Brantford are struggling to adapt to paper products.    The federal ban is coming into effect on Dec. 20 and will prohibit the use of…

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Trillium Way Housing development near completion

Contributed Photo / City of BrantfordTrillium Way Housing development. Brant County’s Trillium Housing development is on track to be completed by spring 2025 to provide affordable housing.   A multi-residential, 4-story apartment building with 49 one and two-bedroom units is being…

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Laurier’s podcast studio reopening

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorPodcasting Studio in One Market. The Podcasting Studio has reopened at Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford for the use of the campus and community members.   The studio is in the One Market Building in room OM210, near…

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Freestore grand opening

Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor Students at the Freestore. Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford’s Freestore had its grand opening on Sept. 3 at the Level One Lounge in One Market.   The Freestore is open at 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. every…

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Homeless shelters await funding

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorBoarded up home in Brantford. MPP Will Bouma announced in April that Brantford-Brant will receive $1.8 million from the province as a step towards resolving the homelessness issue in the city. Shelters have yet to receive…

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Raising awareness for World Suicide Prevention Day 

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe flag raising in Harmony Square. A flag-raising ceremony, organized by Suicide Prevention Brant for World Suicide Prevention Day, took place in Harmony Square on Sept. 7.   The ceremony, along with two more ceremonies at the…

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A first-year’s guide to O-Week

Serena Austin / WLUSP President & PublisherStudents enjoying one of the night programs at last year’s O-Week. This year’s O-Week at Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford will be running from Sept. 3 to Sept. 9.  The approximate 400 first-year students will…

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New clubs at Laurier

Contributed Photo / Students’ UnionThe Clubs & Associations booth at the Get Involved Fair last year with associate vice-president Fiza Iqbal. Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford will receive at least three new additions to their student-led and faculty clubs in September,…

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Ontario’s Greenbelt at risk; what you should know 

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe Grand River in Brantford. Ryan Amato, chief of staff to Ontario’s housing minister resigned two weeks after the release of the highly anticipated Special Report on Changes to the Greenbelt.   Released Aug. 9 by the…

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Canadian government freezes federal student loan interest

Photo Contribution by Olga Steblyk Student borrowers at Wilfrid Laurier University have one less financial concern as the freeze on federal student loan interest becomes permanent beginning April 1, 2023.    The Government of Canada will suspend federal interest on new…

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The aftermath of the earthquakes in Turkey & Syria

Photo Contribution by Nida Shanar In February, multiple earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, largely affecting the Turkish cities Gaziantep and Hatay. On Feb. 6, an earthquake with a 7.8-magnitude hit regions of Turkey and northwestern Syria, this was followed by…

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Laurier lifts last of mask requirements

Photo Contribution by Nida Shanar As of Feb. 16, Wilfrid Laurier University removed the mask mandate where everyone must wear a mask in instructional spaces like classrooms. The mandate has been effective since last winter term.   On Jan. 31, 2022,…

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