by Stuart Armstrong | Feb 20, 2014 | Op-eds, Opinions
The Enbridge pipeline proposal to transport hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil from the Alberta tar sands to the B.C. Pacific Coast for shipping overseas by oil tankers is controversial to say the least. Numerous Aboriginal groups such as the Yinka-Dene...
by Stuart Armstrong | Feb 6, 2014 | Local, News
UPDATE: According to the PEERS website (safersexwork.ca), the PEERS drop-in centre is now only open for a couple of hours one day a week, due to funding cuts. While its Elements program remains suspended for the time being, it is still providing its Night Outreach...
by Stuart Armstrong | Sep 12, 2013 | Humour, Stories | Satire
HUMOUR — A recent outbreak of animal violence on UVic campus has spilled over from the outer woods and gardens and breached the academic protection that UVic affords students. A skirmish, between the returning UVic rabbit population and the urban deer population on...
by Stuart Armstrong | Sep 12, 2013 | Op-eds, Opinions
The 2011 Syrian uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s authoritative government has turned into a Syrian civil war, and a number of global powers are trying to decide whether to intervene, block intervention or just stay out of the situation altogether. But the...
by Stuart Armstrong | May 9, 2013 | News
The British Columbia Research Council predicted earlier this year that there would be a shortage of university-educated workers in British Columbia by 2016. UVic’s own undergraduate enrolment numbers foreshadow this coming demographic shift — having missed their...