Arriving in the Waterloo Region at the end of September, the Indigenous Community’s “I am Affected” campaign has been finding success for approximately two weeks now. The campaign started out in Hamilton and was begun by the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic (HCLC) and has now spread across southern Ontario. It was brought to Kitchener-Waterloo by Luane Roberts — an Indigenous […]
The Wilfrid Laurier men’s hockey team has started off their 2018-19 season on the wrong foot. After finishing fourth in the OUA West conference last year, the Golden Hawks see themselves sitting in last place through the first two weekends of regular season play. Like many teams in the province, Laurier has seen a large roster turnover from the 2017-18 […]
As someone who doesn’t exactly like to talk about their political opinions, politics are all I’ve been hearing about lately, which makes it hard not to form a stance on what you believe in. There’s no doubt that everyone has been aware of what’s going on in the United States, and as a person who values certain things, it’s quite […]
I grew up in a small town, went to a small school and hung out with a small group of friends. It was great. About 25,000 people call Orangeville, Ontario home, and a few dozen of those residents included my mom and dad, my teachers, my acquaintances, my doctor, my dentist, my mailman, my childhood babysitter and most of the […]
It was in 2014 when sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby first went viral. Nearly four years later, he has finally been convicted of aggravated assault. Cosby’s first trial was in June 2017 — it ended in a mistrial. He was retried by a jury on April 26, 2018 and was ultimately found guilty of three counts of aggravated assault […]
A humble leader, Gagan Parhar enters into her fourth year with the Laurier Golden Hawks women’s soccer team with a new confidence and high hopes to help bring her team to the OUA championship finals. Parhar is fresh off of being named Female Athlete of the Week, and is the current leading scorer for the Golden Hawks. “Anyone could have […]
It’s been almost six years since Richard Wagamese wrote his novel Indian Horse, and yet it continues to catch the hearts and minds of many readers up to this day. Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway, Canadian writer born in Northwestern Ontario. With experience as an author and journalist, Wagamese’s pieces of work contain no shortage of heartfelt experiences and touching […]
The infamous, day-long drinking and partying spree that takes place on Ezra Avenue twice a year was no different for Laurier’s annual 2018 Homecoming. A day that should primarily be about school spirit, football and returning alumni, has become synonymous with alcohol consumption. A sea of purple and gold bodies took up space on the well-known street this year, resulting […]
My grandma is 83 years-old and has very severe arthritis in her joints. What this means for me is that whenever I take her places, I have to keep her disability in mind. If there’s an accessible space available and she has her pass with her, that’s where we park. Occasionally, she exits the car first and I’m left […]
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