Pool receives additional $2 million from governments
On June 29, just after 9 am, the federal and provincial governments announced that they will each be committing $1 million toward the renovations of the Laurier swimming pool The...
Lagonia returns to Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier’s Alyssa Lagonia has achieved one of the highest honours in all of sports: playing for her country on the international level The third-year business student...
Inside the varsity recruitment process
Each year, along with its new class of first-year students, Wilfrid Laurier receives a new class of student athletes These new recruits are brought in from all over the country to...
Budget cuts hit Laurier Athletics
The economic crisis has sunk its teeth into Wilfrid Laurier University’s athletic department In the university’s budget presented last Thursday, the department revealed a cut...
Getting to know your Hawks
Hockey The women’s hockey team has enjoyed incredible success in recent years Led by head coach Rick Osborne, winner of five consecutive Ontario University Athletics (OUA)...
Pool closing for renovations, to re-open in September
The latest development in the Laurier Pool’s renovation project brings more good news for the initiative’s supporters After securing all the necessary funds through the...
MLSB opens season
The boys – and girls – of summer are back and playing (ie drinking) harder than ever, as Major League Summer Baseball (MLSB), Laurier’s student-run summer baseball league,...
Third time the charm for Balsillie?
Canada’s favourite renegade billionaire is up to his old tricks once again, as Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Waterloo-based Research in Motion (RIM), has put in a bid to buy the...
Pair of Hawks CFL bound
Two of Laurier’s own Golden Hawks have been drafted to the Canadian Football League (CFL) by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Offensive lineman Adam Bestard and fullback Peter Quinney...