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January 07, 2010

News

Victoria salutes fallen UVic engineering alumni
Jan. 06, 2010

The Christ Church Cathedral was full on Monday, Jan. 4, as former UVic student Lieut. Andrew Richard Nuttall, 30, was put to rest. Nuttall, a member of the ...

Ignatieff to hit campus with questions for students
Jan. 06, 2010

The Liberal Party of Canada and the UVic Young Liberals want to remind students that their voice is important in Canada’s political arena. To help convey that ...

UVSS board sees controversy
Jan. 06, 2010

While most students were busy studying or writing papers in early December, the UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) was busy debating contentious motions at two heated ...

History site grows with UVic research
Jan. 06, 2010

The premiere website on local history during the Victorian era grew this month, thanks to the continuing research by UVic history students under the guidance of ...

News you never knew about
Jan. 06, 2010

In 2009 there were many stories that grabbed people’s attention and yanked hard — especially the recession and the first year of President Obama’s administration. But in ...

B.C. residents using more drugs, alcohol: UVic study
Jan. 06, 2010

Alcohol consumption in B.C. is rising faster than any other province in Canada and young adults are topping the charts, according to a recent study released by UVic. ...

Sports

Quest for the Title: a beacon of consistency
Jan. 06, 2010

Approaching the Varga family home, it becomes immediately apparent that this is a sporting family. Not one, but two basketball hoops hover in the driveway and a ...

Dykstra leads way in Holiday Hoops tournament
Jan. 06, 2010

UVic got oustanding post play from Kayla Dykstra and Natalie Janssens on their way to a 72-64 victory against Winnipeg in the final game of Calgary’s Holiday ...

Ohl joins Vikes as assistant
Jan. 06, 2010

Former Vikes star and four-time CIS Champion Phil Ohl has been brought on as an Scouting and Recruitment Co-ordinator for the UVic men’s basketball team. “He has a ...

Living

Name game: karma comes from the strangest places
Jan. 06, 2010

I remember learning about karma when I was a child. I understood the cycle of cause-and-effect as being immediate, and I relished the thought that the people who picked ...

Perfect for potluck pilaf
Jan. 06, 2010

Feeling a little heavy from too many holiday goodies? Try balancing out your diet with this healthy, delicious and untraditional pilaf. It also happens to be a perfect ...

Globe writer teaches life on the dead beat
Jan. 06, 2010

Obituary writer may seem like a macabre profession, but UVic’s new guest lecturer takes a positive approach to life on the dead beat. “I am not a mourner; I’m ...

Influence of UVic club increasingly international
Jan. 06, 2010

There’s a new club on campus, and it’s having an impact much farther than the borders of UVic. The UVic UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) club has plans ...

HST can encourage healthier drinking, says report
Jan. 06, 2010

While alcohol-related deaths are on the rise in B.C., increasing liquor prices can target heavy drinking, says a recent report from UVic’s Centre for Addictions Research ...

Tequila Mockingbird brings nomadic brouhaha
Jan. 06, 2010

Who: Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra What: Blanch CD release party When: Jan. 16 Where: Sugar Nightclub How much: $12 A fair number of Victorians and an ...

New albums to usher in the new year
Jan. 06, 2010

Sunday Buckets -------------- In Case You Hear This That’s The Plan Victoria has already heard a lot of Sunday Buckets. They were the October Band of The Month ...

UVic writer explores leper colony
Jan. 06, 2010

You shouldn’t pay too much attention to literary awards, according to UVic master’s student Yasuko Thanh. Rather, she thinks aspiring writers should focus on their ...

The best and worst movies of Christmas break
Jan. 06, 2010

Disney’s A Christmas Carol -------------------------- Anyone ready for a new spin on an old tale would be wise seek out Disney’s A Christmas Carol — even weeks after ...

Stolen Silence
Jan. 06, 2010

Nine months ago, on a cold Calgary night, I awoke suddenly to a steady, rushing hiss. I sprang from the bed and began to search my room for the cause of the puzzling ...

Civics

Ross’s ruling upheld: people can erect shelter if they need it
Jan. 06, 2010

Homeless people can erect overnight shelter in parks if they have nowhere else to go, the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled on Dec. 9, upholding a 2008 B.C. Supreme Court ruling ...

Opinions

Holla back, hate mail...
Jan. 06, 2010

A fellow journalist once told me a story about a controversial article he ran years ago. The story was about an alleged sex scandal between Jack Nicholson and ...

The death of public intellect
Jan. 06, 2010

Philosophy is going the way of religion — modern society largely considers it an irrelevant relic of the past. Today’s post-secondary students seek “real” job skills, ...

Donors undermine progress
Jan. 06, 2010

In Copenhagen, Canada earned a reputation as the “fossil of the day” in climate change. Our inability to meet the conditions of the Kyoto Accords has earned us ...

This new year, take a look around
Jan. 06, 2010

There is a certain irony to our near-sighted world ringing in the year 2010. In optometry, 20/10 vision is generally considered the maximum visual acuity of the human ...

Harper back to old tricks
Jan. 06, 2010

Don’t look now, but Harper is at it again. For his second time in about a year, he has shut down Parliament Hill. Instead of our elected officials working diligently ...


 

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