Photo Credit: Dynamic North The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on all students in various ways. However, some have taken the adversity it has brought and turned it into not only a learning opportunity, but a business opportunity as well. Lyle Dekker...
Photo Credit: Arnaud Jaegers via Unsplash The Ontario government is seeking to make it easier and safer for residents to vote by passing a new election-related act. The Protecting Ontario Elections Act, 2021 if passed, would help limit outside influence on...
Photo Credit: Steve Johnson via Unsplash The City of St. Catharines is moving forward on a commitment to become a Living Wage Employer through the Ontario Living Wage Network (OLWN). A living wage is calculated by the OLWN to show how much a household – two...
Photo Credit: Mackenzie Gerry Danielle Letourneau didn’t know Luca D’Amico all that well back in November when she asked him if he’d be interested in starting a podcast together. Now four months later, the pair is hosting Dear Marilyn, a show that aims...
Photo Credit: Mackenzie Gerry In the 26 years of the Brock Badgers baseball program’s existence, the team has won two national championships, four provincial championships and has seen four players go on to have professional careers, with one of them becoming...
Photo Credit: Melanie Lim via Unsplash While it’s been said countless times, 2020 was not the year anyone expected it would be. As much of the world focused on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many other national issues – like the issue of food affordability and...
Photo Credit: Mackenzie Gerry When Victoria Dewar started working with the Brock women’s hockey team as their social media coordinator, the coaching staff had just one question for her: how do we get more followers? It was this simple question that led...
Photo Credit: Gras Grun via Unsplash While the results of the US elections have been overshadowed (and for good reason) by the pro-Trump insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol Building, there were some important things to come of the November election that...
Photo Credit: Clay Banks via Unsplash Volunteer Contributor - Haytham Nawaz As 2021 continues to settle in and pandemic life becomes more ingrained in us all, it becomes harder and harder to find an escape. Well, if it’s any consolation, here’s four...
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com Julien Baker’s third album, Little Oblivions, is a stunningly moving, thoughtful addition to her already breathtaking discography. In the old days, when we could stand next to one another in halls, stadiums and clubs to...
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com Maybe it’s a sign that I’m getting old and cynical, but I found myself rolling my eyes at To All The Boys: Always and Forever. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a sweet movie and the two leads remain as charming and well cast as...
Photo Credit: Joseph Gonzalez via Unsplash Rest in Peace to reading week. It always seems to fly by so quickly. We’re nearing the final weeks of the semester and it’s going to be a grind to get through. Tossing a couple new songs on your playlist can keep...
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com Baseball is now officially back! The first Spring Training games of the year took place on Sunday, including the Blue Jays’ 6-4 win over the Yankees in a seven-inning game. It isn’t truly a Spring Training game until the field is...
Photo Credit: Mackenzie Gerry & Stephen Leithwood When Brock partnered with Nike back in 2015, it meant a slew of new apparel pieces, advertising and, perhaps most notably, new varsity sports uniforms. I have to say, as far as OUA sports teams go, the Brock...
Photo Credit: MacKenzie Gerry Well that was unexpected. After spending the past 17 seasons coaching in the NHL, former Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock has been named the head coach of the University of Saskatchewan’s men’s hockey team. The news, first...
Photo Credit: Tim Gouw via Unsplash As I sit writing this with over a foot of snow on the ground and much more currently falling, Spring Training is here! Pitchers and catchers for all 30 major league clubs have now officially reported to Spring...
Photo Credit: Chronis Yan via Unsplash Last week, I mentioned in an article in passing that I don’t think it is ethical for someone to have over one billion dollars. I was asked to explain my position. So with that said, here goes nothing. First things...
