by Ethan Barkley | Mar 6, 2025 | Culture, Film, Music
The music films across genres that made waves in this year’s lineup Last month, the thirty-first annual Victoria Film Festival (VFF) came to town. The festival showed more than 90 films across genres in the span of just over a week. Eleven standout films this year...
by Ethan Barkley | Mar 6, 2025 | Opinions
The Tesla CEO and Trump advisor should face harsher consequences in Canada for threatening our sovereignty Since his inauguration on Jan. 20, U.S. President Donald Trump has wasted little time making his hostility toward Canada known. From accelerated discourse about...
by Ethan Barkley | Feb 20, 2025 | Culture, Environmental, Film, News
Inside the efforts of an Indigenous women’s group to save a river “The river is not just a river for us,” says Mariluz Canaquiri Murayari in the documentary film Karuara, People of the River. “It’s a living being that deserves respect.” Canaquiri is the President of...
by Ethan Barkley | Feb 6, 2025 | Environmental, Local, News, World
‘It can happen to us’ On Jan. 7, 2025, a number of highly destructive fires broke out in the Los Angeles area. In the wake of these fires, experts warn that British Columbia’s cities — even those in lush, coastal areas like Victoria — are not immune. To date, 29...
by Ethan Barkley | Jan 23, 2025 | Environmental, News, World
The natural filtration system sustainably recirculates stormwater runoff The Resilient Urban Systems & Habitat (RUSH) Initiative, a collaboration between different local organizations, is leading a project to map 1 000 rain gardens on southern Vancouver Island....