Nic’s Flicks: Spider-Man: No Way Home a swinging good time

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) 3.5/4 Spider-Man: No Way Home is easily the best Spider-Man movie I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing on the big screen. Throughout the course of these Jon Watts-directed movies, Tom Holland has continuously knocked it out of the park both playing a young Peter Parker and Spider-Man, and this […]

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This System Is Broken: Unwelcome trespassers

There’s a lot of confusion surrounding the legality of the unapproved Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline being forced through Wet’suwet’en territory. The bottom line is that in forcing this project through lands where hereditary chiefs are saying a resounding “no,” the canadian government is blatantly contradicting itself. Sure, some of the Wet’suwet’en band council are in […]

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Let’s Talk 2.0: The silent story about outstanding females

As Black History Month is approaching, let’s talk about some really outstanding females. Back in the day it was hard for women to actually achieve something, but it was even harder if they weren’t white. Let’s have a closer look at NASA, for example. Men didn’t trust calculations by machines and considered this women’s work. […]

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Nic’s Flicks: The best movies of 2021

2021 was one hell of a year for movies. We had some great blockbuster movies like No Time to Die, starring Daniel Craig, and Marvel gems Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Black Widow. We were also treated to some great little independent movies like Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog […]

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Let’s Talk 2.0: Bisexual erasure

Bisexuality, like most terms in the LGBTQ+ community, is an umbrella term that covers a broad spectrum; in its most basic definition, bisexuality is considered to be romantic or sexual attraction toward both men and women. There are tons of amazing bi people out there, but, unfortunately, our society is disregarding at best and biphobic […]

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Show me the Money: New Year’s money resolutions

As the ball drops and we ring in a brand new year, I’m sure many of us will be making New Year’s resolutions with great optimism. Well, why not make some new year’s money resolutions, too? Doing so could benefit your long-term financial health. In this instalment of Show Me the Money, I’ll suggest a […]

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Leaving the Cave: Welcoming in the new year with positivity

Last month, during one of the wettest autumn seasons I’ve ever seen, I heard through the grapevine that the winter promised to be colder and snowier than usual. I have an image re-playing itself constantly in my head of two giant fingers reaching through the clouds, picking me up, and plopping down somewhere else, I […]

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This System Is Broken: First dispatch

When the canadian (I refuse to capitalize that word out of protest) government began using the word “reconciliation” I was one of the naive canadians who felt optimistic. I fell under the impression that things around here might actually change.  But then the government hired planeloads of RCMP to congregate in the Bulkley Valley and […]

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International at Camosun: Final goodbyes

Our exams are right around the corner, but so is Christmas! Victoria is a really beautiful place, especially during Christmas time—there are Christmas decorations everywhere, and I was pleased to recently be able to attend a Christmas parade. I finally feel like I’m at home here, settled in (enough, anyway), and adapted to this wonderful […]

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Nic’s Flicks: Dune fantastic, absorbing adaptation

The most challenging movies to make often prove to be book-to-film adaptations. Luckily, director Denis Villeneuve has done with Frank Herbert’s marvellous world Arrakis what Peter Jackson did with J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth over a decade ago: made an incredibly good film that explores the philosophical themes and ideas that the author was trying to convey […]

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