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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…
NEWS UNSETTLED| You should’ve treaty-ed me better
This July, I did not celebrate Canada 152. Canada remains a false country, because this is unceded Indigenous land, and because we are unceded Indigenous peoples. What I would like…
EDITORIAL | It’s time to shut up about American politics
We're officially 102 days away from the next federal election. But why is it that Canadians are more informed about an election that won't be decided until more than a…
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.NEWS UNSETTLED | No more excuses
It seems that Canadians feel it’s an “exaggeration” to use the word genocide when referring to the mass murder of Indigenous peoples. As the beneficiaries of resource extraction and land…
Why Brunei’s implementation of sharia law is already forgotten
On April 3, the country of Brunei put into practice the final laws of a sharia, law-based penal code. Sex between men, anal sex, extramarital sex, and abortion now are…
UVic students among those who turned their backs on Trudeau and Scheer
The Daughters of the Vote event in Ottawa was more politically-charged than usual this year when delegates turned their backs during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's speech, and left the room…
LETTER | Canada was colonized based on racism and classism
To suggest that the proposed international student tuition fee hikes will further, or create, class divisions is a backward logic, and is just as much a fallacy as the dominant…Our Digital Print Issue
