When I left Quebec to discover Western Canada, my adventure began the same as many others: big dreams, little cash. I was counting on the human spirit and ...

I was biking to work down 41st Street on a grey Vancouver Tuesday. I cruised into a crosswalk in front of a guy making a right-hand turn. He bleated his annoyance at ...

It’s time for the 2010 Games. Does that headline sound about two weeks too old? Well, guess again. The Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games are almost underway. But it’s not ...

Last year Gordon Campbell used the economic “meltdown” to cut funding to all sorts of programs, the least of which is the arts. I say “least” because they also cancelled ...

As someone who has served on the UVSS Board of Directors as an independent director-at-large for the past two years, who has worked at Felicitas for the past four years ...

All of us at one time or another have had a less-than-satisfying escapade in the bedroom. I will risk controversy by suggesting that more heterosexual women than men ...

I often cringe at the sight of high heels. Especially the sort most people can barely even walk in — stilettos and pumps in particular. Really, what’s the point? I ...

With UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) campaigning in full swing, the Martlet couldn’t help but notice some of the candidates behaviour was, well, rude. Harsh words, yes. ...

The article looking at the medical literature relating to abortion that ran in the Feb. 11 edition of the Martlet brought up some points that need to be responded to. ...

After final exams and graduation every spring, too many university and college campuses become astonishing junkyards of abandoned stuff — providing what some call a ...

It’s election time again for the UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) — an exciting time of year for that 18.8 per cent of the student population that actually votes in ...

Two weeks ago, I got dumped. Lovingly, apologetically dumped, with no warning or build-up. Not because of fights or any real long-standing “problems,” just different ...

I have a question regarding the “Stolen Native land” slogan used by opponents of the Vancouver Olympic Games. I do not hold native status, but I am a Canadian citizen, ...

Consider this:  you have a mountain of work to do, responsibility is tugging at your pant leg, a deadline ticks closer and closer and you are sitting at your ...