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A guide to great hikes between Victoria and Nanaimo
Picking a favourite hike is, of course, like picking a favourite offspring! After a little hesitation, I would probably select Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew. With its ancient, gnarled cedars…
Shop local at these six markets in and around Victoria
They have a few themed markets in August, including ‘Dog Days of Summer’ with the SPCA and Victoria Cat Rescue on Aug. 6, and a ‘Farm & Flowers’ market with…
UVic alumna running to lead BC Greens
Now, the government is broke, and they say that the only way they can afford schools and hospitals is if we subsidize a bunch of foreign billionaires to dig up…
UVic the first university in BC to introduce a ‘Good Samaritan’ drug policy
"We would really like to see the university be proactive in communicating this policy change,” said Galway. “If it’s not communicated, then the policy might as well not exist.”
UVic to launch Canada’s first Doctor of Engineering program
The university is preparing to introduce new doctorate programs aimed at working professionals in different industries UVic is launching a new doctoral program aimed at working professionals in the engineering…
The summer heat crisis in Petch needs an urgent solution
The room where I grow my cells has no air conditioning, so during heat waves — which are happening more and more frequently in Victoria, and across the country —…
Your face belongs to you, and Canadian law should say so
Denmark’s Culture Minister, Jakob Engel-Schmidt told the Guardian, “Human beings can be run through the digital copy machine and be misused for all sorts of purposes, and I’m not willing…
UVic alum Esi Edugyan’s novel comes to life in new Disney+ adaptation
I was so removed from the whole process … it felt more like they were doing a translation of something that was already closed and finished for me, [something] already…Our Digital Print Issue
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