by Kaitlyn Kokoska | Jun 8, 2016 | Lifestyle, Sports | Lifestyle
With a slew of sustainable products flooding our newsfeeds via crowdfunding campaign websites like Kickstarter, it’s difficult to tell what’s actually sustainable and what’s just trendy. I decided to try out one product called BamBrush, a biodegradable toothbrush made...
by Kaitlyn Kokoska | May 16, 2016 | Culture, Literature
According to historians, April 23 marks Shakespeare’s birthday and death day — and this year marks the 400th anniversary of both. To celebrate the poet and playwright, the City of Victoria put on Waking the Bard, hosted by Victoria’s poet laureate Yvonne Blomer as...
by Kaitlyn Kokoska | May 11, 2016 | Sports, Sports | Lifestyle
Some call it soccer, others call it football. No matter the name, soccer is played in over 200 countries and is the most watched sport in the world. At its most basic level, soccer only requires a ball and a single player to start—it’s one of the most accessible...
by Kaitlyn Kokoska | Mar 3, 2016 | Local, News
Remembrance and healing were at the forefront of the annual Stolen Sisters Memorial March for missing and murdered indigenous women, which took place on Feb. 14. The march of around 800 people began at Our Place Society on Pandora Ave., and proceeded to the...
by Kaitlyn Kokoska | Oct 22, 2015 | Culture, Film
On Oct. 17, the 16th annual imagineNATIVE film and media arts festival in Toronto featured former UVic student and local filmmaker Steven Davies. Davies is a documentary filmmaker and media artist who has worked with Coast Salish communities for a number of years....