by Tia Low | May 1, 2013 | News
Three UVic students and an earth and ocean sciences professor have teamed up to create EnergyBC.ca, an unbiased online resource for energy issues in B.C. The website launched on Feb. 27 and received over 4000 visits by March 29. Designed by UVic history student Andrew...
by Tia Low | Mar 28, 2013 | Humour
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by Tia Low | Mar 28, 2013 | News
Within the last five to 10 years, UVic lent at least $5 918 089 in interest-free home purchasing and relocation loans to more than 160 new faculty, librarians and top-level hires, according to figures obtained through the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. UVic’s new...
by Tia Low | Mar 21, 2013 | Culture
The public is invited to join the literary world at The Malahat Review’s first annual spring symposium, WordsThaw. Filling up the day-long event are three daytime panels and a literary reading in the evening, featuring 19 authors from B.C. and Alberta. WordsThaw is a...
by Tia Low | Mar 21, 2013 | News
There should be a B.C.-wide ban on the use, sale and display of lawn and garden pesticides, says a Canadian environmental group of physicians and other health-care professionals. The group, called the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE),...