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I decided I wanted to tell the story of a local busker musician and figured who better to talk to than the long-haired guitar player usually singing in the alleyway between Therapy Lounge and Williams. Right fr...

Welcome back! Or welcome, if this is your first year. September at Laurier Brantford is always exciting, bursting with possibilities. Many new experiences, relationships (and assignments) await. But it doesn’...

Transformed by makeup. By Rebecca Duce. We’ve all seen the magazine covers, announcing something that is apparently meant to be shocking: “STARS – WITHOUT MAKEUP!” I guess because some people are us...

Sons of Revelry. By Cody Hoffman. Sons of Revelry is an infant band in the music industry, but in the past 10 months as a group, they have been making waves in the North American music scene. The group star...

The first rain of spring was spitting on the sidewalk and my hair as I entered Brown Dog Bootleg Café last Wednesday night. As I walked in the door I couldn’t help but notice how the raindrops softly struck ...

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...

  Const. Chris Button talks to Laurier Brantford students about the recruitment process. By Cody Hoffman. Constable Chris Button visited Laurier Brantford today on behalf of the Hamilton Police Serv...

Craig Cardiff. By Cody Groat. Craig Cardiff is a Canadian folk musician, who is celebrated from coast to coast. Cardiff’s smooth vocals and acoustic guitar landed him two nominations in 2012, for a Juno a...

Can you become addicted to tattoos? The word addiction is often tossed around when talking about tattoos. There are several physiological and psychological reasons why people believe it is possible to become ad...

Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain. Besides each of these people being popular musicians, they have another similarity that is both eerie and not immediately obvious: all of them died at ...

You slowly sink your teeth into your bottom lip, the quickening pace of your index finger violently tapping the screen cramps your hand, and your elevated heart rate is causing small beads of nervous sweat to c...

“We haven’t made it yet. Wherever we end up, we’re still trying.” - Human Kebab. Courtesy ofmusiccanada.com. What do you get when you mix quirky introvert Ashley “Ash Boo-Shultz” Buccholz with o...

I freakin’ love the movie Juno, I wish there was a classier way to express my particular sentiments for the film, but that exact word “freakin’” sums it up perfectly.  Canadian born actress Ellen Page ...

The Hamilton ARTbus is one bus you will not want to miss! Throughout the past 7 years it has become one of Hamilton’s visual art scene icons. The Hamilton ARTbus continues to deliver art lovers to the door st...

  Alone on Valentine’s Day. Christina Mannochio. Last Valentine’s Day was incredible. I was in my car and the cool February air made the windows fog up faster than I had anticipated. I had ma...

Budweiser commercial featuring some serious puppy love. Courtesy of usatoday.com. There are three types of people who watch the Super Bowl. First, we have the die-hard fans that love any excuse to yell at t...

July Talk. Courtesy of yaletownfm.com. Last week I got the pleasure of speaking with Leah Fay of Toronto’s most dynamic indie rock band, July Talk. July Talk debuted with their self-titled album after onl...

For the fourth year in a row, Canadians were more than willing to talk. Bell’s “Let’s Talk” campaign, a mental health initiative aimed at ending the stigma associated with the illness, raised almost $5....

Ontario-natives Walk Off The Earth are also up for Juno nominations. Courtesy of chfi.com It is that time of year again, when Canada celebrates the creativity and successes of Canadian musicians. The 2014 J...

Have you ever studied Aboriginal artwork? If you haven’t, you are missing out on a large part of Canadian culture. The Aboriginal settlers as you may know were the first people to settle in Canada. Unlike man...

The Brantford Arts Block. Cody Hoffman. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, perhaps something that embodied the stock images in my head, the ones I’d retained from the pages of glossy art magazines.�...

Justin Bieber is certainty not a “baby baby baby” anymore. His innocent grin, sideswiped bangs and playful lyrics seem to have permanently disappeared, vanishing perhaps as quickly as his rise to super-star...

Changing the rap game. Rebecca Duce. One could effortlessly deduce that mainstream rap has undergone a major transformation in recent years. To say the least, we’ve come a long way since “rack city chick ...

Reality TV fans often find themselves questioning whether or not the events taking place on their favourite reality TV show is reality or staged. Reality TV shows often captures our attention because it is a re...

Paparazzi are both loved and     loathed in Hollywood. Cody Hoffman. Click, click, click. Many of us experience the sound of a camera at family gatherings, before a night out or when we see that perfec...

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...

Armand is a Toronto-based singer/songwriter who has been pouring his heart and soul into his music since he was just a high school sophomore. He has an unrequited love for all performance arts, which is refresh...

I’m supposed to eat what? Rebecca Duce. New Year, new you … right? You’ve probably been mulling over potential resolutions since mid-Christmas dinner, when that darling food baby swelled in your stoma...

Rebecca Black. Courtesy of YouTube. Remember the good ol’ days when all you could do was turn around and someone would be talking about Rebecca Black and how horrible her song Friday was? Well, Rebecca re...

Every year, the same old Christmas carols infiltrate the airwaves and instead of letting us enjoy the holidays, they make us wish Christmas was over sooner. It’s time to crush the carol-bashing attitudes by i...