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UVic students win BattleSnake competition against local tech companies

Almost 100 tech enthusiasts battled for programming supremacy at UVic during the second BattleSnake competition, held on Feb. 21. Competing with students and tech companies alike, a group of five…

Stolen Sisters Memorial March

Retired CBC radio host runs for Green Party in Victoria

After 34 years, newly retired CBC radio host Jo-Ann Roberts is taking off her journalist’s hat and turning her attention to politics. She now seeks a federal nomination for the…

Island Sexual Health Clinic overcomes funding shortfalls

After dealing with inadequate funding in 2014, the Island Sexual Health Clinic (ISHC) on Quadra Street says that they are in a much better financial situation after deliberate staff changes and…

Impending earthquake on Vancouver Island ‘inevitable,’ experts say

According to the current earthquake media frenzy, experts are claiming that impending events will rip open the earth “like a zipper.” Unfortunately for residents near the Juan de Fuca plate,…

Youth voters missing at packed Elizabeth May town hall

Only a short walk from the University of Victoria, citizens were invited to speak with federal Green Leader Elizabeth May at Gordon Head Rec Centre, the third of eight town…

SFU rebuffs calls to reduce planned tuition hikes for international students

This story was originally published in The Peak, SFU’s student newspaper. The SFU administration has officially responded to a letter sent by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) on Oct.…

Anatomical Art

A Uvic art student creates a collage of modified celebrity nude photos Framed in condensation, Scarlett Johansson steps from the shower and leans into a mirror. Jennifer Lawrence arches against…