Photo Credit: Mackenzie Gerry Niagara Region Public Health (NRPH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in student residences at Brock University. After learning the number of individuals tested positive for COVID-19 went from one person last Wednesday to 10 on...
Photo Credit: Civiconnect The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on life for us all. Young people have been hit especially hard by the pandemic, but little is known about just how this unprecedented year has affected them specifically. Civiconnect is...
Photo Credit: Khara Woods via Unsplash Several deadlines are approaching for applications to various funding streams of the St. Catharines Cultural Investment Program (SCCIP). The program offers annual funding through several program streams, serving diverse...
Photo Credit: Northfolk via Unsplash Last Wednesday, the provincial government released the 2021 Ontario budget, which focuses on protecting the population’s health and protecting the economy. The budget is the next phase of Ontario's response to COVID-19 and...
Photo Credit: Andre Hunter via Unsplash The NBA trade deadline has come and gone and Kyle Lowry still remains a Raptor, at least for the rest of this season. It certainly seemed like he had played his last game on Wednesday after flashing a somber peace sign to...
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com With just a couple days to go before the start of the 2021 MLB season, fantasy baseball hopefuls everywhere are also preparing to embark on what will almost certainly be another year of disappointment, frustration and envy. The...
Photo Credit: Mackenzie Gerry It has now been over a year since the last time a Brock Badgers varsity team played a game. For the past 12 months, the best they’ve been able to do is try to stay in shape for whenever “next season” might be. Varsity...
Photo Credit: Klemens Kopfle via Unsplash Last week I previewed the American League ahead of the 2021 MLB season and it felt very… straightforward. The National League on the other hand, feels much more unpredictable and exciting. So I’m going to do the same...
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com While it was fairly big news in the online circles I run in (**cough** **cough**, Twitter) many of you probably aren’t aware of the recent passing of Jessica Walter. Walter was an actress who, having just recently turned 80...
Photo Credit: Brock DART When Brock’s DART company first began thinking about the spring MainStage, they thought that in-person rehearsal was on the table. Director Gyllian Raby’s vision for Fever/Dream initially started off as a slapstick comedy with...
Photo Credit: Yannis Papanastasopoulos via Unsplash On Friday, March 26 from 6-9 p.m. Brock Pride will be kicking off Pride Week with a screening of The Garden Left Behind, followed by a panel discussion featuring the film’s producer, Brock alum Roy Wol, as...
Photo Credit: Piotr Cichosz via Unsplash Zero Chill is a 10-episode Netflix show that I watched specifically because I knew it was going to be bad. It’s a family show, centered around the character of Kayla MacBentley, who has to leave everything behind...
It feels surreal to be writing my last editorial for The Brock Press. This year has flown by in some ways and dragged at a snail’s pace in others. I kicked off my term as Editor-in-Chief during the early days of the pandemic. As I am wrapping up my term, we are moving...
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com “Protect women’s sports” is a phrase that I’ve been seeing a lot lately. Having read the title of this article, you might be asking yourself, “what’s your problem with protecting women’s sports?” Indeed, I am a very big fan of...
Photo Credit: Albert Antony via Unsplash By no means am I a conspiracy theorist, but UFOs are absolutely, without question, 100 per cent real and there is substantial proof of them. Of course, that statement’s a bit of a misdirect, but if you’re still reading...
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com Last week, New Zealand approved paid leave for couples who experience a miscarriage or stillborn birth. Honestly, I am pretty shocked that New Zealand is only the second country to do so. The allowance for paid time off...
Staff Superlatives: The Brock Press 2020-2021 Most likely to sneak an Oxford comma into their articles: Jonah Dayton Most likely to become Prime Minister one day: Noah Nickel Most likely to become a professional athlete: Jonah Dayton Most likely to conjure a 2,000...
