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The 1972 Summit Series was actually about hockey

If you watched any games of the recent World Junior Hockey Championship over the holidays you were probably treated to an aggressive advertising campaign. The subject matter was the 1972…

The U.S. works to mend relations with Cuba

Following months of secret talks hosted by Canada between the United States and Cuba, the Obama administration further normalized political relations with the island nation, lifting travel and financial restrictions…

A new chapter for Indigenous rights

UVic meetings often begin with an acknowledgment of the unceded territories, a few sentences reminding participants of the history of campus land: that it, like most land in this province,…

Music Rags: Defining Canadian rap music

On “The Great Rhyme Dropper,” the first single from Grand Analog’s new album Modern Thunder, MC Odario Williams raps, “I do the damn thing proper/I ain’t a rapper, I’m a…