It is hard to turn on the news or read the paper without being blasted with coverage of scandals in our country. Scandals and controversy are a part of life and government, and part of the media’s job is…
The Ontario government encourages kids to get outside and be active with the new Ontario Children’s Outdoor Charter. Ontario is the first province in Canada to develop an outdoor charter for children and youth. Survey results found that 70 per…
Ontario moved forward yesterday with the passage of the Skin Cancer Prevention Act, a piece of legislature that put new restrictions on the use of tanning beds. Specifically, the new legislature restricts youth under the age of 18-years-old from using…
Wayne Gretzky, Brantford’s own hockey legend, is now a permanent feature at the Wayne Gretzky Sport Centre. Thousands gathered as the star returned home to mark the grand reopening of the Wayne Gretzky Sport Centre. “This is really something our…
Andrea Horwath, leader of the provincial NDP, met with local supporters last Friday evening at the Blue Dog Café. Horwath, along with Local NDP representatives Alex Felsky and Marc Laferriere, met with supporters to speak one-on-one about their concerns for…
The government of Ontario has announced that it will allow more frontline officers to carry conducted energy weapons (CEWs), more commonly known as Tasers. This decision comes after years of incident reviews with specific regard to the usefulness of CEWs in policing…
As the first bill in the fall session of the Ontario legislature, Ontario introduced a plan for a new watchdog for legislative spending. The legislation introduced the establishment of a Financial Accountability Officer. Ontario will be the first province in Canada…
Plans for Mark Steyn’s talk titled, “Head for the Hills: Why everything in your world is doomed,” has encountered a hiccup. But since the speaker is Steyn and the group under attack is Muslims, the matter that is a molehill…
An ominous day such as Friday the 13th should be spent around large groups of happy people, so as to ward off any negative vibes. That’s why I went to The Ford Plant, a popular alternative music venue, to check…
What do building homes and a night of rocking out to bands at The Ford Plant have in common? Nothing; at least not until Caitlin Cuffari, a second year Journalism student at Laurier Brantford found a way to tie the…
