One side does not fit all February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Martlet Staff Lack of options in UVSS election means important issues go unmentioned This year’s UVSS election is taking on a different appearance than years’ past. Generally the election has at least two...
The predictable backlash to #MeToo February 18, 2018February 7, 2018 Anabelle Budd The #MeToo movement is making strides at upping the ante on a societal level when it comes to taking cases of sexual assault more seriously. The process and sentencing of...
Is it harder for our generation to find love? February 15, 2018February 7, 2018 Josh Kozelj How our social media personas affect relationships That five-inch device in your pocket or in your hands (and what you’re probably using to read this article with) may be the reason...
Now is the time for intersectional action February 12, 2018February 7, 2018 Martlet Staff Stolen Sisters March as important as any demonstration Victoria’s first Stolen Sisters Memorial March was held Feb. 14, 2009, on the unceded and traditional territories of the Lekwungen communities, Songhees, and...
Wilkinson in to right the BC Liberals ship February 9, 2018February 9, 2018 Ryan Trelford Can he regain the trust of a politically exhausted province? With a new year comes new beginnings as the BC Liberal party elected its new leader — Andrew Wilkinson. Similar to the Federal...
A student newspaper’s job is not to print hate February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Cormac O’Brien Baron's decisions lack truth, criticism, and objectivity On Jan. 25, the Baron, the student newspaper at the University of New Brunswick's St. John campus, caused a Canadian media uproar when it...
Cape Town’s water consumption crisis February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 Martlet Staff A scary reminder of the effects of global warming Cape Town, South Africa, may be one of the first industrialized cities in the world to begin rationing fresh water due to...
Where Canada stands on nuclear weapons January 26, 2018January 27, 2018 Josh Christopher On Jan. 25, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock moved ahead thirty seconds to two minutes to midnight: the closest humanity has been to extinction, by this measure,...
Don’t text in class January 25, 2018January 30, 2018 Jack Seaberry It’s that time of year again: you stand in the bookstore line for half an hour, look away as the three digit total you owe pops up on the screen,...
Is Northern Canada starving? January 15, 2018January 11, 2018 Jamie Picken Canada’s lack of a National Food Policy unequally affects Indigenous communities Right now in Canada, an estimated four million Canadians are suffering from food insecurity — inadequate or insecure access to food caused by...
