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B.C.’s Consumer Carbon Tax is a key election issue

B.C.’s consumer carbon tax has been front and centre as an election issue over the past month, as B.C. nears a provincial election on Oct. 19.  Here's what UVic students have…

UVic students and museum researchers find extraordinary dinosaur fossils 

The team found over 90 fossils

UBCM asks province to consider noise camera pilot project

At their annual convention from Sept. 16-20, the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) endorsed a resolution asking the provincial government to introduce a noise camera pilot project, which is intended…

B.C. Conservative Party vows to close supervised consumption sites

John Rustad, leader of the B.C. Conservative Party has vowed to eliminate supervised consumption sites (SCSs) across the province and replace them with intake centres focused on treatment and recovery…

UVic to Swartz Bay ferry terminal bus route set to return in 2025

The Victoria Regional Transit Commission has approved a proposal to reinstate Route 76 Swartz Bay/UVic. Route 76 is expected to return in January 2025, so long as sufficient resources are…

Where do B.C. parties stand on student issues?

Students may be wondering how various party platforms will affect them. Issues like housing, the cost of living, education and social issues, and climate change are important to university-aged students.…

UVic researchers are revolutionizing syphilis diagnosis amidst global crisis

UVic researchers, led by microbiologist Dr. Caroline Cameron, are on the frontlines of diagnostic research for syphilis thanks to new grant.

UVic students face 4.4 per cent rise in unemployment since last summer

Students — including those at UVic — are starting to feel the effects of a tougher employment landscape, but if it’s any consolation, the dramatic change is within a normal…

Community fights to save trees set to be removed from Centennial Square

A petition to save trees in Centennial Square has garnered over 2 000 signatures following the City of Victoria's decision to remove them as part of a revitalization project.