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Brantford’s downtown is home to a wide variety of shops and small businesses. These businesses define Brantford, but what defines the businesses? This is the inspiration behind “Clerks”; getting to know t...

Information and dates in this article were provided by Brant Historical Society board member Douglas Summerhayes and also from the book Reinventing Brantford: A University comes Downtown by Leo Groarke. For ...

With spring fast approaching, there are many new businesses for Laurier students to check out in downtown Brantford. The newest addition within the downtown community is the Rose and Thistle Pub, which opene...

A new board game cafe will take the place of the former Three Blind Mice Cheese Company. Photo courtesy of Riley Campbell Brantford’s downtown is about to get nerdier, as Devil’s Bench gears up to open ...

A grant program is being issued to help small businesses survive in Brantford's downtown Recent times have proven challenging for small businesses within Brantford’s downtown as can be seen in the case of re...

Laurier Brantford purchased Market Square for $5.8 million on Thursday. Photo by Cody Hoffman On Thursday night, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus purchased the Market Square building on Marke...

Design mock-up of future Brantford YMCA facility. Photo courtesy of Wilfrid Laurier University The long awaited YMCA is finally breaking ground as construction is set to start this fall and be carried out ...

Free parking may become all but a memory for Brantford’s downtown core. The City of Brantford’s Downtown Parking Task Force has created a recommendation that downtown convert from free parking, to a pay-...

New pay-and-display parking will replace Brantford's free downtown parking. By Cody Hoffman On Monday, August 18,a meeting of Brantford’s Operations and Administrative Committee endorsed a new pay-and-displ...

A collaborative project by Brittany Bennett and Dillon Giancola   Jaquie Daniel has lived in Brantford for 25 years. By Cody Hoffman. Jaquie Daniel   Jaquie Daniel has loved her life in Brantf...

Foot patrol helps maintain safety on campus. By Aldo Zhang. When I applied to Laurier Brantford, the one major concern I had with school was my safety. Like some, I never stepped foot on Brantford soil unti...

Since coming to Brantford, I've heard a lot about “the locals”. How someone pulled a knife at 2 a.m. on one of my friends, how someone started a fight at local nightclub NV, just because one of my friends m...

Ruining classical music. By Rebecca Duce. As local citizens walk down Colborne Street, they are able to listen to classical music as they pass by the Brantford Public Library. The music is very enjoyable fo...

A growing university and a revitalized downtown core have worked to create a sense of community that Brantford hasn’t seen in almost 20 years. The economic recession in the early 1990’s and the loss of the ...

First year student, Ryan Zhang cleans up downtown. By Brittany Bennett. Laurier Brantford’s EcoHawks motivated students in a downtown cleanup event. Yesterday in the Carnegie foyer, Laurier Brantford�...

Last Friday, news spread of a young woman sexually assaulted early in the day before dawn. The Brantford Police Service has now confirmed an assault did not take place. The Major Crime Unit underwent an intens...

The Calendar Girls ring in the New Year in the buff. From left to right: Deanna Stevens, Linda Lloyd-McKenzie, Sophia Buzzelli, Elizabeth Durand, Jessica O'Connor and Valerie Harrison. Courtesy of Heather Card...

The Salvation Army building. Cody Hoffman. James Alfred Cooper, 78, is a former resident of Hamilton. He was once considered Canada’s worst pedophile, due to the fact that he raped and tortured six ch...

It’s that time of the year where students start cramming for exams. Everyone’s studying, preparing for the last hurrah of the semester. This time of year can be quite stressful for many, but this stress of ...

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Downtown Brantford during the blackout. Amber Richardson On October 22 at approximately 6:45 p.m., most of downtown Brantford experienced a power outage. All classes and exams came to a screeching halt, and...

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The city of Brantford has big plans for its downtown core, specifically around the Colborne Street area. According to these plans: • 41 decrepit buildings, some of which are still inhabited, would be purch...