by Ashlee Levy | Apr 21, 2022 | Environmental, Local, News, Provincial
Students went on strike to stop old forest logging in B.C. Grace Charness and Jordana Pangburn, photo provided by Tim Brazier. On April 1, first-year UVic students Grace Charness and Jordana Pangburn joined a hunger strike for Save Old Growth. Save Old Growth is a...
by Ashlee Levy | Apr 21, 2022 | Local, News
Jordan MacDougall’s platform focuses on affordable living in Saanich Photo by Ashlee Levy. Jordan MacDougall kicked off his Saanich Council campaign on April 9 with a barbecue at Beckwith Park. MacDougall, a political science and Indigenous studies student,...
by Ashlee Levy | Apr 8, 2022 | Lifestyle, Sports | Lifestyle
Biliana Panic is a Cree-Métis beader based in Vancouver Photo by Yohan Kim. Colourful beaded designs fill the items section of the TaanshiStudios Etsy shop. TaanshiStudios, which gets its name from the Cree word for hello, sells handmade Indigenous beaded earrings....
by Ashlee Levy | Mar 31, 2022 | Campus, News
Voter turnout down to four per cent The voting period for the UVSS has ended, and the new Board of Directors has been announced. Polls closed at 12 p.m. on March 25, and the UVSS Electoral office released the unofficial results later that evening. Voter turnout...
by Ashlee Levy | Mar 24, 2022 | Campus, News
The UVic-based initiative is working to find ways of retrofitting existing buildings Photo by Armando Tura. About one third of the world’s carbon emissions come from buildings, and according to UVic civil engineering associate professor Ralph Evins, “the new ones...