The Bi-weekly Gamer: Esports and the OlympicsEsports could become a medal event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The Paris Olympic bid committee recently announced that they would be looking into the possibility of adding esports to their list of medal sports. Things aren’t set in stone yet, but every talk that’s held is a step toward seeing your favourite team […] Continue Reading |
Unpacking the Bags: Keep calm and keep dreamingUnpacking the Bags is a new column giving advice and tips to international students at Camosun. What leads someone to leave everything behind and move to a new country? What makes the courage to pack those bags become greater than the fear of the unknown? There may be many ways to answer this question, but […] Continue Reading |
Dearest Reader: A Proposal: Camosun must house the homelessDearest Reader, Some weeks have now elapsed since mayor Lisa Helps first offered, at the suggestion of a few good Samaritans, the suggestion that residents of our fair city open their doors to the displaced and downtrodden of the much-discussed homeless community. At the time, a number of local students were quoted in this very […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: Overwatch League gives pros a reason to joinThe Overwatch League (OWL) is one of the first esports leagues to be structured like a traditional sport. OWL teams will be city-based, similar to how the NHL or NBA works; the buy-in price, though, is huge, starting at $20 million and increasing based on the city. For that price, teams are guaranteed a permanent […] Continue Reading |
Cream of the Craft: It’s the time of year for summer sessionablesAs I write this, it’s hot out, and I need something cool to slake my thirst while I do yard work, barbecue, or just hang inside, enjoying the AC. I want a beer with flavour, but I want to be able to have a couple and not feel too dizzy to cook. I need a […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Proposed legislation looms on private corporationsThe federal government recently released Tax Planning Using Corporations, a paper that proposes changes to the taxing of private corporations. The laws that govern our tax system are convoluted. The Income War Tax Act was a 10-page document in 1917; it’s now a bloated 3,000 pages. Governments amend, repeal, and introduce new provisions to support […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: How VR could turn esports on its headEscaping to another dimension or reality: it’s a dream that’s been around for a long time, as proved by the incredible number of movies and books inspired by the concept of virtual reality (VR). Of course, industry tech leaders have been trying to create VR for a very long time now, and in recent years […] Continue Reading |
Dearest Reader: A proposal: Camosun must offer job to displaced premierDearest reader, If events in our fair province following the recently passed provincial election might be proportionately and appropriately characterized as a storm, then the BC Liberal government should be thought of as a beached whale, aging and badly suited for the waters in which it swam, now found deflating on the shoreline in a […] Continue Reading |
Cream of the Craft: The beers of summer are hereSummer is here; if any season is beer season, this is it. Our local brewers are out in full force and, while I would love to tell you about all the fabulous beers of summer, there are just too many to cover. So, this time around, I’ll offer my thoughts on two that I enjoyed […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Cryptocurrencies are the new Wild WestAfter a turbulent road to the mainstream, cryptocurrencies are making headlines. Most of this new hype isn’t discussing the revolutionary blockchain technology that runs these systems, but the gargantuan price rally that major coins have experienced since the beginning of 2017. Early adopters have made out swimmingly. Initially valued at $0.0008 USD per coin—the estimated […] Continue Reading |
