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“Preparing ourselves to stand strong”: How the Jan. 21 Ministry sit-in began
Young Indigenous activists began occupying the downtown Victoria offices of the B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en peoples against the Coastal GasLink pipeline on…
Indigenous youth-led overnight occupation of B.C. Ministry offices ends in 12 arrests
An Indigenous youth-led Wet’suwet’en solidarity action occupied the offices of the Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources for over 18 hours, from 11:00 a.m. Tuesday into the early hours…
From service to the streets: veterans and Victoria’s housing crisis
In Victoria, a city whose name has become synonymous with unaffordable housing, veterans account for 6.8 per cent of the city’s homeless population, despite only making up four per cent…
UVic student killed in Iran plane crash
UVic student Roja Omidbakhsh was killed in a plane crash in Iran. Omidbakhsh was a first year Gustavson School of Business student, registered in what would have been her second…
Amendment to FIPPA could provide students with better learning technology
The amendment allows for information to now be able to leave Canada for temporary data processing on the condition that no intentional access be granted to an individual. Before this…
Liberals plan to ban conversion therapy nationwide after months of provincial confusion
Canada’s new Liberal government has promised to fight conversion therapy on the Federal level, after refusing to do so in the face of a nation-wide petition in March. No provincial…
Vaccine shortages cause UVic flu clinic cancellations, delays
Amidst national flu shot shortages, several campus flu shot clinics have been subject to cancellations and delays, including UVic's annual free clinic for students and staff on Nov. 7.
Liberals win re-election, but fall short of majority government
The results are in! Here's the Martlet's rundown on the 2019 Canadian federal election results.Our Digital Print Issue
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