Brianna’s books: Dazzle Patterns by Alison Watt
How do you recover from a traumatic event? Can you ever go back to whom you once were? The main characters of Dazzle Patterns by Alison Watt all have to face this question in their own different ways....
View ArticleBrianna’s books: Two Roads Home by Daniel Griffin
How far would you be willing to go for a good cause? Set against the anti-logging protests of the ‘90s on Vancouver Island, author Daniel Griffin imagines a world for his characters in Two Roads Home...
View ArticleBrianna’s Books: Sculpture in Canada
There’s this theory when it comes to examining Art with a capital A called the “Death of the Author.” It’s the idea that once a piece of Art is put out into the world, the author is irrelevant. All...
View ArticleCanada’s gun control problem
As I’m writing this, there are marches in the United States for better gun control in the wake of another school shooting. There were even some in Canada in order to show solidarity for our neighbours...
View ArticleRelics in Catholicism
Five hundred-year-old arm of St. Francis visited Victoria earlier this year On Jan. 27, St. Francis Xavier’s arm arrived in Victoria at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church. The relic had travelled across the...
View ArticleUVSS and UVic partnering on Harm Reduction Centre
If you’ve ever been in the basement of the SUB, you’ve probably walked past the Harm Reduction Centre (HRC) dozens of times without even realizing it. A small grey closet right across from Pride, the...
View ArticleFringe 2018: Waiting for the world to end
The Last Garden is the poignant one-man show at this year’s Fringe that you need to see What would you do if you were the last person on earth? For the main character of The Last Garden, the answer is...
View ArticleFringe 2018: Learning to love “To Hug”
Pepper spray, pink dresses, and airports — all you need, really Like many great stories, Jon Bennett: How I Learned to Hug begins in an airport. In the play, Bennett manages to make it to the airport...
View ArticlePerfect practice makes perfect
The refined art of Shorin-ji Ryu Karate I find that the best way to describe Karate is to compare it to yoga — just with more punches and kicks. Both require a great deal of mindfulness when it comes...
View ArticleContented but conflicted
The Trans Mountain pipeline federal court ruling You’ve probably heard by this point that the Federal Court of Appeal ruled in favour of First Nations regarding the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion,...
View ArticleA focus-destroying distraction
The Vancouver Canucks’ ban on Fortnite By this point, you will probably have heard of the video game Fortnite. If you haven’t, I’m impressed. Fortnite is a free-to-play, battle royale game in which...
View ArticlePardons will be issued for past cannabis possession charges
But make sure to read the fine print As of Oct. 17, cannabis is legal in Canada. So what does that mean for people who were arrested for possession when this drug was illegal, though? At least 500 000...
View ArticleVictoria Festival of Authors returns for a third year
The Victoria Festival of Authors (VFA) returned for its third year, Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. From what I saw of it, there is good reason for the popularity of the week-long event. The VFA is an opportunity...
View ArticleSergio and Sergei
A film about how technology brings us together There are many ways a person can become isolated. It can be through circumstances beyond their control, an active decision, or a complicated mix of the...
View ArticleLegal action continues against forced or coerced sterilization practices in...
In 2017, two First Nations women in Saskatoon launched a class-action lawsuit against the province of Saskatchewan, each seeking seven million dollars in damages after they had been sterilized without...
View ArticleWhat does suffering mean to you?
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying laws have some complications When you reach the end of your life and your facilities begin to fail, at what point does this become suffering to you? What does...
View ArticleUVSS Advocacy Relations Committee donating $6 000 to Unist’ot’en legal fund
And the Native Students Union are independently donating an additional $200 from their own organization The Native Students Union (NSU) have announced they will be donating a total of $200 to the...
View ArticleFor the love of toast
You’ve got a lot on your plate… but there’s probably room for toast With midterms, assignments, part-time or full-time jobs, and a gazillion other things on your plate, who has time for breakfast?...
View ArticleThe Phoenix Theatre’s ‘7 Stories’ held over to March 24 (for good reason)
With 7 Stories, the Phoenix Theatre ends their season with a bang A man in a suit and a bowler hat climbs on to the ledge of the seventh story of an apartment building with the intent to throw himself...
View ArticleUVic Kendō club member heading for the National Kendō Team
The sound of a shinai (bamboo sword) hitting protective headgear is sharp and loud, and it sounds brutal. Yet none of the students flinch — even the children, some as young as six years old. The...
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