Algeria’s first women’s boxing Olympic gold champion Imane Khelif has become an international sensation. Everyone from a United States of America presidential nominee to one of the bestselling children’s authors of all time and even the richest man in the…
Upcoming tryout dates and HOCO information The Athletics and Recreation Department is housed in the Laurier Brantford YMCA, just across from Harmony Square. Your membership to use the facility and its amenities is included in your tuition, so all you…
Who will claim the ultimate prize? Ever since 1956, the Ballon d’Or has been hosted annually by French football magazine, France Football, as the season’s best footballer is chosen for the prestigious award. On Oct. 28, a new winner will…
Beach Volleyball Olympian graduated from Laurier in 2016 and has represented Canada twice since then The sun is shining, the sand is warm and the Eiffel Tower is in the distance as beach volleyball player and Wilfrid Laurier alumni Sam…
Laurier Alumni shine in Olympics Games The 2024 Paris Olympics began on July 26 and officially finished on Aug. 21. Although Canada faced some less-than-ideal circumstances, including a drone spying scandal involving the Canadian women’s soccer team, their athletes persisted…
The Canadian men’s national football team continues exceeding expectations In 2022, the FIFA World Cup took the world by storm as 32 nations from across the world travelled to the host nation of Saudi Arabia, each of them desperate to…
Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor The Brantford Bulldogs on the ice. It’s been an exciting opening year for the Ontario Hockey League’s Brantford Bulldogs to say the very least. The team had fairly low expectations heading into this season, after…
Contributed Photo / Chris ChowBaseball players. It’s been a long wait for Major League Baseball fans, but baseball season is just around the corner. After fans saw an entertaining 2023 year, the MLB is hoping for another this coming season.…
Contributed Photo / Michael OwensThe Super Bowl LVIII stadium 2024. For the first time since the 2004 season, a team has won the Super Bowl in back-to-back years. In a thrilling back-and-forth game, the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super…
Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik Photography FIFA reveals new details about the World Cup soccer games that will be hosted in two Canadian cities, Toronto and Vancouver. After the FIFA World Cup held in Qatar back in November 2022, there has…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe LB men’s indoor soccer team. In late January, Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford’s indoor soccer teams took to the pitch in their first tournament of the season, hosted at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan. Both…
Contributed Photo / Joshua GateleyFrom left, NBA rookies Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembanyama It feels crazy to say that we have officially reached the halfway point of the NBA 2023-24 season. Between suspensions, injuries and mid-season trades, there’s a lot…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe women’s team player #9 on the ice The Wilfrid Laurier University hockey season is well underway with the second tournament of the year at Fanshawe College on Jan. 25. Both the men’s and women’s teams…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorHockey fans have mixed reactions to the new idea International hockey hasn’t seen a best-on-best men’s hockey tournament in almost a decade, but that may be changing next year. Not since the last World Cup of…
Contributed Photo / Habs Eyes on the PrizeTeam Canada at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The World Junior Ice Hockey Championships are an annual tradition every hockey fan can look forward to. The games are action-packed and exciting every…
Olga Steblyk / Sputnik Photography With the Christmas season now behind us, the NHL season has unofficially reached its one-third point of the 2023-24 season. It’s been a thrilling season so far to say the least. Many teams have had…
Contributed Photo / UnsplashA basketball. Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford kicked off their homecoming weekend by hosting the second annual Alumni Basketball Game at the LBYMCA on Saturday, Oct.21. Laurier Brantford’s Extramural Men’s Basketball team hosted their alumni and current students…
Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor #17 and #12 on the women’s hockey team mid-game. Hockey season is back, and Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Golden Hawks are already getting it done. Both the men’s and women’s hockey teams travelled together to…
Olga Steblyk / Sputnik Photography The Toronto Maple Leafs 2023-24 season is well underway, with their first month of play recently wrapping up. The Leafs finished their opening month of the season with a 5-3-1 record, including a thrilling victory…
Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor Post-practice huddle for Laurier Brantford’s indoor soccer team. With Wilfrid Laurier University’s fall semester reaching its final weeks, Brantford’s indoor soccer team has been amping up the excitement for their first tournament. Team tryouts wrapped…
Contributed Photo / Megan JacklinLaurier Athletics’ headshot for Jonas Dewar. Student athletes should always give it their all in their last season of competition, and Jonas Dewar made sure of that. Dewar recently competed in his last OCAA race at…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe Brantford Bulldogs’ game at the Civic Centre. The Ontario Hockey League’s Brantford Bulldogs won their home opener in a 5-2 victory over the Oshawa Generals on Oct. 7 In front of a sold-out crowd, the…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThird-year criminology student Hay Dewar. Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford varsity cross-country team prepared hard for their provincial championships race, which took place on Oct. 28 at Conestoga College in Kitchener. The Golden Hawks represented the school…
Contributed Photo / NBA The NBA season is back for a new season and it started just like it ended last year. A double-header on opening night featured the Denver Nuggets versus the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorJackson Rice, fourth-year DMJ student and cross-country runner. Heading into his fourth year in digital media and journalism, Jackson Rice hopes to wrap up his cross-country career with a team championship and leave his mark on…
Olga Steblyk / Sputnik Photography With the fall semester now underway, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford hockey players are preparing for the quickly approaching season, which is starting up after fall Reading Week. The upcoming year not only gives new players…
Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor Students playing dodgeball in the LBYMCA. Despite being a smaller campus and being home to only two varsity sports teams, athletics play a huge role in campus life at Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford. “Playing on…
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorFitness training equipment in the LBYMCA gym. With the off-season wrapping up quickly, Wilfrid Laurier University athletes are in their final stages of preparing for when school sports start up in early fall. Between the months…
Photo Contribution by Serena Anagbe Wilfrid Laurier Brantford Golden Hawks are beginning to wrap up an athletic year that saw some ups and some downs. This is the first full athletic season before COVID-19 shut everything down. Tournaments were back…
Photo Contribution by Laurier Athletics The Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford Golden Hawks’ men’s and women’s varsity indoor soccer team are getting ready to compete at Regionals on Feb. 27. The women’s team looks to repeat last season and qualify for…
