Yearly Archives: 2023

The Brock men’s basketball team took on the University of Windsor Lancers and Western University Mustangs this weekend on Feb. 10 and 11.

The City of St. Catharines is searching for vendors for their 2023 Farmers Market.

Mirror Theatre is a not-for-profit theatre company driven to advance an audience’s understanding of social issues.

Tensions are continuing to rise between the U.S. and China after the former shot down a suspected spy balloon flying through its airspace, which has since been followed by multiple more.

The amount of Canadian partisan squabble that would be cut down by nationalizing oil is astounding.

On Jan. 24, Panic! At The Disco or rather sole remaining member Brendon Urie, announced plans to disband after completing their upcoming European tour.

Zoning practices today do not address the needs of vast swaths of people.

Degrowth economics is becoming a hot-discussed model for how the allocation of scarce resources should be done in the future, and it’s worth thinking about.

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as “MrBeast,” is known for his outrageously expensive and large-scale video concepts and execution.

Coming off two important home wins against the York Lions, the Badgers faced a tougher and even more important opponent on Saturday, Feb. 4. Sitting with a 13-2 record, the Badgers were only one game back with a game in hand on this weekend’s matchup with the Waterloo Warriors.

The women’s basketball team played two home games over the weekend, and with the regular season coming to a close, these were essential.

Feb. 4 was Seniors’ Day for the Brock men’s hockey team, the annual celebration of the team’s graduating members at one of their final home games of the regular season.

Logan Thompson had been playing hockey since before he can remember. Growing up in Calgary he played for the Calgary Bisons and Calgary Buffaloes, triple-A teams in the AMHL.

On Feb. 4 the Brock women’s hockey team took on the Laurier Golden Hawks. The Badgers were looking to win two in a row after their 3-1 win against Western on Feb. 3. It also marked their third and final matchup against Laurier of the regular season, as the Badgers beat them in their first two matchups 2-1 in a shootout and 3-1.

On Feb. 3, the Brock men’s basketball team was back at home for a game against the University of Toronto (U of T) Varsity Blues. Heading into the game, Badgers were just one win ahead of U of T in their divisional standings with a record of 13-3, but U of T had two games in hand against them at 12-6.

If you are a young entrepreneur looking for a way to start your business, you might want to consider the Summer Company.

St. Catharines will soon install its fifth splash pad, the details of which were finalized through a unanimous vote at city council on Jan. 30.

Whether a student is set on going to law school post-graduation or, at the very least, have considered becoming a lawyer, preparing for law school is a rigorous and often costly endeavour.

BOn Jan. 20, BrockTV dropped the first installment of their new docu-series When It Matters Most. Episode One: New Beginnings is the introductory chapter of BrockTV’s partnership with the Badgers men’s hockey team.

Modern therapy has its limits.

Living in the financial triangle of Ontario — Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec — it’s hard to avoid the constant reminders, from eye-grabbing chyrons to strangers’ small talk, about the recent uptick in crime in Canada with the current economic downturn.

The Brock women’s volleyball team were back in action for a home double-header this weekend.

It’s Saturday, Jan. 21 and the Brock Badgers women’s basketball team has just come up with a statement 69-62 win.

On Jan. 27, the Brock women’s hockey team took on the Toronto Metropolitan University, also known as the TMU Bold, for their first regular season matchup in just over three years.

The NHL All-Star weekend is just around the corner and this time it is set to take place on Feb. 3 and 4 in South Florida. Feb. 3 will feature the skills competition while Feb. 4 will see the return of the four-team three-on-three style tournament.

Those who wish to learn more about Niagara’s long and varied history should look no further than the Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL) Museum, which is offering free admission to all Niagara residents throughout the month of February.

The Competition Bureau’s appeal to stop the $26-billion Rogers-Shaw merger has been rejected by Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal.

Universal programs for social welfare are more durable and less expensive.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is nearing its one-year anniversary and taxpayers shouldn’t have to fund a war that western leaders don’t want to end; why not pursue peace negotiations instead?

Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford recently announced that he will be moving 50 per cent of non-essential surgeries as well as diagnostic assessments to for-profit clinics to help with a backlogged surgery list, due to Ontario’s stressed medical system. This has been understood as just another attempt by the Ford government to use their deliberate attacks on the medical system, from capping nurse’s wages with Bill-124 to withholding funding to the system with a $2.1 billion budgetary surplus in 2021.

Rating: 4/5After a three-year-long hiatus from the music industry and a far longer break from releasing quality music overall, Fall Out Boy is back with their single “Love From The Other Side” off their upcoming album So Much (For) Stardust.

I hate living in Thorold

The Badger’s women’s basketball team kicked off a two-game week on Wednesday, Jan. 18 with a matchup against the McMaster Marauders.

Two Brock Badgers will be representing Canada at the upcoming Swiss Cup, an early season international curling tournament held in Switzerland.

On Jan. 18, the Brock men’s basketball team played their first home game of 2023 against the McMaster Marauders.

The Badgers were back at home for their third home game straight, and ready to take on the Laurier Golden Hawks on Jan. 20. This is their second matchup of the three-game season series in which Brock won the first game 2-1 in a shootout.

The Brock Women’s hockey team returned to action for their first game of 2023 on Jan. 6.

Nearly a week after the fatal explosion at the Ssonix Products facility that resulted in one death, Niagara Police have begun asking the public for assistance in providing evidence that may prove pertinent to their investigation.

Residents of St. Catharines are geared to spend an additional 1.12 per cent on the city portion of their tax bills, compared to 2022.

Over the last few weeks, a growing number of flight cancellations across North America have created widespread concern.