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Why Halloween sucks

I step onto my bus. Wearing my fashionable but normal set of clothes, I turn to decide where I should sit — a treacherous decision at the best of times. Unfortunately for…

An un-flooded peace

The Peace River district of Northeastern B.C. holds perhaps some of the greatest potential for sustainable development in Canada, yet the region is squandering capital and natural resources on quintessentially…

Food prices on campus tough to swallow

Monopoly isn’t fun. Many of us have sat down at the kitchen table on a Friday night expecting to play an enjoyable board game. After you land on Park Avenue…

5 things I learned from the leadership debate

The Globe and Mail leadership debate on Sept. 17 marked the first time in a month that the three Canadian electoral front-runners (really, the only runners in our first-past-the-post system;…

Connecting the dots on the European refugee crisis

The recent migrant — read “refugee” — crisis loominglarge over Europe seems to have reached its height in recent weeks. I write this because one of my family members has experienced firsthand the strife…

Dear employers of Victoria

STOP WASTING EVERYBODY’S TIME.  Now, I’m sure there are a handful of you who are trustworthy and ethical. But for those who’ve scammed me and my friends and their friends…

Eclectic Affinities: Trying to succeed, or what to avoid

The main sentiment I heard backstage at my University of Regina graduation this past May was disturbing, considering the circumstances. Right before proudly crossing the convocation stage to receive my…

Undergraduate degrees: society’s crazy ex

It’s 1:04 in the morning. I start work at my dead end job at 8:30 a.m. I have been lying in bed, sweating in my dad’s Kokanee t-shirt that he…

The hanging of free speech: The case of Greg Elliott

“There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy: Hypocrisy, Fraud, and Tyranny.” — Frederick Robertson Too few are aware of the current legal fiasco involving one Twitter warrior by…

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