by Adam Hayman | Oct 24, 2013 | Local, News
Smokers are being pushed farther and farther away from the non-smoking public as the Capital Regional District (CRD) board recently amended its Clean Air policy. The policy formerly banned lit cigarettes within a three-metre radius of any door, window, or air intake....
by Adam Hayman | Oct 24, 2013 | Campus, News
The University of Victoria Students’ Society’s (UVSS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) was unable to address its hot topic issues on Oct. 17. The issues were an increase of Executive Directors’ hours of payment, an amendment that would allow board executives to not be...
by Adam Hayman | Oct 17, 2013 | Campus, Local, News
It’s Small Business Month this month. Getting a dream off the ground can be a daunting task for most people; however, UVic’s Innovation Centre for Entrepreneurs (ICE) in the Gustavson School of Business is recently expanded to help jump-start startups. It offers...
by Adam Hayman | Oct 17, 2013 | News, World
Oceans cover 72 per cent of the Earth’s surface. Inside those cold, salty depths swim over 20 000 species of fish—a shocking number to someone who doesn’t know much about fish. But an even more shocking number, released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is that 90 per...
by Adam Hayman | Oct 10, 2013 | Campus, News
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and Cameron Côté, a UVic grad and former president of UVic student group Youth Protecting Youth (YPY), are pursuing a constitutional lawsuit against UVic. The BCCLA and Côté have filed the petition with notice...