by Dorothy Poon | Jun 24, 2020 | Culture
“Peopleless protest” aims to start dialogue about racism, but faced some backlash Photo by Colin Smith In response to George Floyd’s death from police brutality, a tight-knit group of young women of colour from Victoria came together to memorialize victims of police...
by Dorothy Poon | May 21, 2020 | News, Provincial
Photo by Emily Fagan, Editor-in-Chief Construction on the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline continues while provincial health orders to limit the spread of COVID-19 are in effect. CGL is a 670-kilometre pipeline set to bring liquefied natural gas for export to overseas...
by Dorothy Poon | May 13, 2020 | Features
From new nurses being plunged into the respiratory wing fresh out of university to student pharmacists juggling personal wellbeing with professional obligations to public health, healthcare-workers-in-training are dealing with unprecedented circumstances Graphic...
by Dorothy Poon | Apr 20, 2020 | National, News, World
Photo via Pixabay As travel restrictions are being implemented worldwide to slow the spread of coronavirus, those living or working abroad are facing uncertainty returning to their countries of origin. By March 11, the World Health Organization’s (WHO)...
by Dorothy Poon | Apr 1, 2020 | Features
Image by Dorothy Poon Serving as the European hotbed of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Italy has become the object of intense global scrutiny and observation in recent weeks. The European nation went into an official nationwide lockdown on March 9, and since then, the...