by Hugo Wong | Mar 29, 2013 | Features
It’s no secret that I’ve made a substantial investment in photo gear, and I know it can seem wasteful and unnecessary. I often wish I didn’t have all this stuff, and if I were to outline exactly what I had to some angry forum posters online, I’d probably be accused of...
by Hugo Wong | Mar 28, 2013 | Culture
I’ll cut to the chase: music festivals. Laneway already threw it down in Australia, and it won’t be long before the others — Coachella, Sasquatch, Tomorrowland, Noise Pop, Shambhala, and Victoria’s very own Rifflandia (just to name a few) — take over. Find a field,...
by Hugo Wong | Mar 28, 2013 | News
Within the last five to 10 years, UVic lent at least $5 918 089 in interest-free home purchasing and relocation loans to more than 160 new faculty, librarians and top-level hires, according to figures obtained through the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. UVic’s new...
by Hugo Wong | Mar 28, 2013 | News
The 2006 Census showed 76.5 per cent of all serving positions in Canada were held by women and 77.6 per cent of all servers were between the ages of 15 and 44 years. So, it is fair to say that the average server in Canada is a young woman — a young woman who is very...
by Hugo Wong | Mar 28, 2013 | News
Today in the Greater Victoria area, deer roam the streets and neighbourhoods, feeding off residents’ gardens and vegetables. There were between 45 000–65 000 deer on Vancouver Island in 2011 according to B.C. Ministry of Environment estimates, out of 99 000–155 000 in...