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Two UVic students dead in weekend bus crash

Two UVic students were killed, and three more were seriously injured, when a bus went down an embankment over the weekend between Bamfield and Port Alberni.

A letter to my first-year self

Are you anxious about starting university? Missing your first year at UVic? Here's some advice from your future self about the challenges you're about to face.

A freshman’s guide to eating cheap in Victoria

So, it’s your first week in Victoria and you want to go out and see the sights, grab a bite to eat, and enjoy what your new home has to…

Royal BC Museum releases province’s first Indigenous Repatriation Handbook

The Royal BC Museum has items from Indigenous peoples across the province in its collection — but not all of these items were collected with their permission. Now, the museum…

Contest winner | Shards

Congratulations to the 2019 Martlet Summer Writing Contest Winner — Shards, written by Christopher Beck.

The blue bin charade: what really happens to Canadian recycling

Since Canada’s first implementation of curbside recycling programs in the 1980s, Canadians have dutifully filled our blue bins believing we’re doing a good thing for the planet. However, much of…

Victoria’s Big Gay Dog Walk 2019 showcases dogs strutting in style

On July 5, the Victoria Pride Society hosted its annual Big Gay Dog Walk at the off-leash dog park on Dallas Road in Victoria. Hundreds of people gathered with their…

Caribbean Chronicles: facing anxiety and adventure head-on in Martinique

This trip to Martinique, an island just north of Venezuela, is my first time alone in a country where I'm not fluent in the language. “If you fail to plan,…

The problem with Canada’s abortion law is that it doesn’t exist

Abortion is not accessible for all Canadians. Before we tell ourselves we are better than the divisive abortion politics in the States, let’s first take a look in the mirror.