by Kate Korte | Jan 13, 2020 | Campus, Local, News
Airbnb rentals regulated and creating revenue in Victoria Stock image via Pixabay Airbnb has changed the tourism industry by allowing locals to rent out space in their homes to tourists, often for a fraction of the price of a hotel room. But cheap accommodation...
by Kate Korte | Jan 9, 2020 | Campus, National, News, World
Roja Omidbakhsh was a first year student at the Gustavson School of Business File photo by Belle White One student did not return to UVic after winter break. UVic student Roja Omidbakhsh was killed in the Ukraine International Airlines plane crash in Iran on Jan. 8....
by Kate Korte | Jan 8, 2020 | Lifestyle, Sports | Lifestyle
Image via Pixabay Like many UVic students, I made the risky decision of signing a 12-month lease — knowing I would have to sublet for the summer. I was living in a house in Gordon Head, paying around $475 plus utilities. I tried to get started on the sublet search...
by Kate Korte | Jan 8, 2020 | Features, Graphic, Stories
Breaking down the costs of living after graduation in the city of the newly wed and the nearly dead Graphic by Darian Lee, Design Director Imagine yourself three years post-undergrad with a steady job, a cozy 900-square-foot apartment, and one little car. By some...
by Kate Korte | Dec 11, 2019 | Culture, Film
Newly released short film shows how Indigenous students chart their own paths File photo by Belle White Throughout Canada’s history, education has been used to further and institutionalize colonialism. A newly released film shot at the University of Victoria seeks to...