25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 22, 2023 issueMothpocalypse: In our February 23, 1998 issue, we reported that the problematic gypsy moth (now known as the spongy moth) population problem in Canada had a controversial solution: to aerially spray the insecticide Foray 48B to kill them at their larvae stage. This particular insecticide has been known to kill harmless moths and butterflies and […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: IUD procedure shouldn’t be more painful than neededDeciding on birth-control methods can be like sitting between a rock and hard place. The daily pill is one of the cheaper options but remembering to take a pill every day, at the same time, can be a challenge. It feels risky, especially when certain things, like antibiotics, can lessen the effectiveness of the pill. […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Avatar: The Way of Water stunning but not without faultAvatar: The Way of Water (2022) 3/4 Last year, I did a fall 2022 movie preview that listed Avatar: The Way of Water as my second most anticipated movie. Well, the wait is over and my verdict is in: while it has its issues, Avatar: The Way of Water is a gorgeous visual experience that […] Continue Reading |
Walking the Balance Beam: Signing offIt seems like the most difficult thing to achieve in life is balance: to live life with calmness, with harmony. I see people in a big hurry all the time. We’re always wanting to achieve, to be the best, whether it be in work, in school, or in our homes and families. This is often […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Beat Awfuls look at dark side of youth culture on new albumBeat Awfuls PAWS (Youth Kulture/Cocoa Beach Tapes) 3.5/5 Richmond (by way of Lexington and Boston) lo-fi rock trio Beat Awfuls intrigue and provoke on their fourth album, PAWS. With song titles like “Interstate Skeletons” and “Ego Death Kult,” it’s clear that PAWS was intended to be edgy. The album conveys a cherry-flavoured apathy for life […] Continue Reading |
Art lecture series explores depiction of old age throughout history, across culturesThe Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s Sunday Art Lecture series is back for its ninth year, this time out featuring Katherine Young’s As if Autumn Leaves: Age in Asian and Western Art. A professor emeritus at McGill University and associate fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria, […] Continue Reading |
Campus Ultrasound opens at InterurbanCamosun College recently opened its doors to a new outpatient clinic offering sonography services for patients in the community. Campus Ultrasound opened in the Alex & Jo Campbell Centre for Health and Wellness on Monday, February 6 after the official opening announcement on Thursday, January 26. Camosun Diagnostic Medical Sonography program leader Dustin Pendergast says […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: February 22, 2023 issueNew Langford campus construction begins Construction for the new joint post-secondary campus being built in Langford has officially begun, as workers commenced with pouring concrete on Wednesday, February 1. The concrete being used for the building is part of an initiative to make the new building zero carbon, by using cement that helps trap carbon […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Fest 2023: The Nexus reviewsHidden Letters is a documentary directed by Violet du Feng that shares the personal stories of countless women living in traditional villages in China who had few rights and were shown even less respect. For women in traditional China, aggressive subjugation and abuse is common and accepted, even to this day. The film focuses on […] Continue Reading |
Ruby Rioux and the Bats from Saturn: February 22, 2023 issue |
