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: Mackenzie Gerry Despite winning an OUA championship and making it all the way to the national championship game just over a year ago, the Brock Badgers women’s basketball team will look dramatically different whenever they next take the court. ...
Photo Credit: Craig Whitehead via Unsplash Staff Contribution Emma Kirwin - Pre-pandemic life kind of grosses me out, in more ways than one. I definitely think I’ll be a mask-wearer even after the vaccine. I have gone all year without so much as a...
Photo Credit: Mackenzie Gerry On March 13, 2020 Brock University Communications sent out a mass email. “Brock University is suspending face-to-face classes and exams for the rest of this academic term and is working on a plan to move to alternative...
Photo Credit: Edwin Hooper via Unsplash Emma Kirwin: Once the pandemic is over, whatever “over'' may look like, I hope that we keep up the good practices we have learned during this time. Whether it’s more frequent hand washing, wearing a mask in high-traffic...
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: 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...
Photo Credit: Glenn Peters via Unsplash Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl” is the anthem that inspires a group of high school students to fight back against misogyny and discrimination at their small-town high school in the Amy Poehler-directed film Moxie. ...
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...