‘This is a true democracy’
VANCOUVER (CUP) — In the last week, Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has become very visible as the heart of Vancouver’s dynamic and divisive housing movement While featured in...
Colbert says sorry
VANCOUVER (CUP) — Even the seldom-seen Vancouver sun was beaming as Stephen Colbert ran onstage mid-February, yelling, “I take it all back!” to thousands of Canadian...
Does a home advantage mean more medals?
VANCOUVER (CUP) — Playing at home may not be advantageous for our Canadian Olympians, suggests Doug Clement, a UBC professor emeritus and BC Sports Hall of Fame...
Students take to the street in celebration
After the men’s hockey team claimed gold in the final event of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, hundreds of students gathered on Mid-Campus Drive and University Avenue to celebrate...
Canadian athletes: success or failure?
After 11 days of competition, would the results achieved by the Canadian Olympic team be considered a success or a failure It all depends on who you ask A member of the media...
Low-profile athletes picking up the slack
In hockey, they would call it secondary scoring; when the unlikeliest of heroes steps up and delivers when the big guns just aren’t firing So seems to be the case as the 2010...
Hawks can’t finish perfect season
The team playing spoiler may have changed, but the result remained the same as the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s hockey team saw their drive for perfection end in the...
Laurier curlers come up short in OUA final
Last weekend, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s curling team fell just short of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) gold medal, losing in the provincial championship...
Golden Hawks volleyball misses playoffs
“It’s a compilation of anger, disappointment and embarrassment” That was how Shayne White, head coach of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s volleyball team, felt...
WLU men’s hockey eliminated in first round
If at the beginning of the year you had said that the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team would be booted out of the first round of the playoffs by the Guelph...