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Why Roll-Up The Rim is destroying our cities

The dejected, flattened, and faded Roll Up cup seems like a fitting still life for the Canadian spring. We’ve seen them in curbs and on sidewalks that border our main…

Bison to come to Banff National Park. Did Harper do something right?

Bison once played a key role in Banff National Park’s ecosystem. According to a new version of Canada’s national conservation plan, they may do so again. The Harper government announced…

Taber needs more than Kevin Bacon

In the last month, the small town of Taber, Alta. passed a bylaw called the “Community Standards Bylaw.” This piece of legislation has made the news in various countries across…

Editorial: No cooperation without representation

How badly do Thomas Mulcair and Justin Trudeau want to be prime minister? And how badly do they want to see Stephen Harper out of office? With the federal election…

The butt revolution

 We’ve come a long way since the days of culturally prescribed celibacy, heterosexuality, and discretion, and now, here we are — at the pinnacle of the butt revolution. They’re everywhere I go.…

Editorial: The final dose

Lethal injections are a strange balancing act; they combine the willingness to kill with the desire to do so nicely. It’s this latter half of the equation which leads states…

Like a frog in hot water

Funding cuts, teaching assistants, and the quality of university education.

Can a raisin bring you happiness?

Can a raisin help you find your happy place? At UVic’s IdeaFest, Cindy Player, director of Equity and Human Rights, organized a happiness panel to find out. This is where…

Daylight Savings Time is pointless, and here’s why.

My friend Katherine has one thing to say about catching up  to the sun twice a year: “It’s stupid. The sun should catch up to us.” Making demands from the…

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