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Rain, rain, come my way

Picture this for me, please: it’s that time of year again, when rain clouds cry and the winds whip the dreary tears onto mon visage. Now that’s more like it.…

Doctor Who 50th anniversary a pleasant surprise for fans

Warning: spoilers included in this article.   The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special aired simultaneously in over 90 countries on Nov. 23. This airdate was exactly 50 years after the…

Things aren’t okay

I was deeply affected by the first Hunger Games movie. I’m a girl who can sit through art-house horror without losing much sleep, but I thought about The Hunger Games…

10 songs to keep you cosy this holiday season

Whether we’re decorating a tree with ornaments, or sitting by the fireplace drinking hot cocoa, we may all rely on a carefully crafted playlist to keep us in the winter…

Sugar cookies, hold the wheat

I was having one of those days when my brain was not having it with anything school-related, so I had to take a few hours off to do something else.…

Homemade gift ideas for the budget-minded

Of all of the expenses that come along with the holiday season, buying presents for loved ones can be one of the biggest. The good news is that you can…

Victoria band ‘Leisure Suit’ brings class to the post-punk scene

As their name suggests, if there’s one thing Victoria based band Leisure Suit has over other local acts, it’s their dress code. The quartet rarely perform without keeping up to…

Music Rags: Slynk, the evolution of the modern DJ

The evolution of a musician is a funny thing. The more I talk with people who create music for a living, no matter the genre they count as their specialty,…

Sin City brings improv to the battlefield

Local improv group Sin City is currently showing “Kingdom of Thrones,” a medieval improv show, at the Victoria Event Centre. The show is an improvised serial that continues on from…

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