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Raid on Victoria Cannabis Buyer’s Club raises questions around medical cannabis access
Smith said the club's members suffer from incurable health conditions and mental health struggles, and said the club requires a medical diagnosis.
Victoria Uber Drivers become first in North America to ratify union contract
Last year, Victoria's Uber Drivers unionized, becoming the first ride-hailing app workers to do so in Canada. On April 28, they ratified their union contract with UFCW Local 1518.
UVic Centre for Aerospace Research shows off drone, satellites outside B.C. Legislative Assembly
“We're really lucky at the centre that we don't really have work that we make up for co-op students, they do real engineering work on our real projects,” said Maddy…
Saanich Council overwhelmingly supports UVic student housing expansion at May 4 meeting
Councillor Harper said this was “one of the easiest decisions all year," while the mayor called the province’s delay “a disservice to the university."
Senate to vote on controversial update to Academic Integrity Policy
If approved, the changes to the policy will be effective September 2026. If not, it will be the second time in two months that Senate voted against updates.
‘Students Supporting Israel’ group at UVic hosted event with IDF special forces soldier in April
The UVic SSI group is not affiliated with UVic, a UVic spokesperson said. They told the Martlet the university was “aware” of the event, but that it was not taking…
Several student advocacy resolutions pass at AVICC convention
A majority of delegates voted to support advocating for the $10 flat student ferry rate, provincial student food bank grant, and the Alliance of BC Students' Student Issues Backgrounder.
Weekly Palestine demonstrations continue as VicPD announces they will no longer provide traffic control during the marches
“We will not stop marching,” Coastsalish2palestine said in their statement, “We will not stop until the Canadian state completely ends its complicity in apartheid, war crimes, and genocide in occupied…Our Digital Print Issue
