New Music Revue: Bludgeoned by Deformity’s debut EP offers voice for rageBludgeoned by Deformity Epoch of Immortality (Iron Fortress Records) 4/5 I listen to Nina Simone when I choose to listen to music. I put on Joni Mitchell or Billie Holiday or The Beach Boys. But, in a dire circumstance, when it has been assigned to me, I listen to the abrasive call of death metal—here […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Beer Society cancels events indefinitelyFor the last 30 years, the Victoria Beer Society (VBS) has been hosting the Great Canadian Beer Festival (GCBF) annually; it has also been overseeing Victoria Beer Week for 10 years, and recently produced a Langford beer festival. But, on Thursday, May 1, it announced that everything is cancelled, indefinitely. VBS beer director Joe Wiebe […] Continue Reading |
Nexus newspaper June 4, 2025 full issueRead the full issue here. Continue Reading |
Returning student: On starting over in mid-lifeIt’s the beginning of September and the leaves fall into a sleepy dance of ballerinas on opioids. Everything on campus looks like a movie set meant to capture the fleeting thrill of back-to-school commercials: instructors with satchels chatting with one another, overfed squirrels darting between golden leaf piles, and undergrads, breathless and excited, clutching their […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: June 4, 2025 issuePost-secondary campus named for John Horgan Camosun College’s new shared campus now has a name: The John Horgan Campus. The campus—located in Langford, and shared with UVic, Royal Roads, and the Justice Institute of British Columbia—is named after former BC premier John Horgan. Horgan advocated for the expansion of Royal Roads University to Langford; in […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Faculty Association seeks open-bargaining approach with collegeThe Camosun College Faculty Association (CCFA) is hoping to find a new approach with Camosun College in their objective of reaching an agreement on alternatives to layoffs: open bargaining. The union says that after violating the terms of the collective agreement between the two parties, the college has remained steadfast in their conduct; the CCFA […] Continue Reading |
Pieces of Performance: Have your voice heardAs Pride season comes up, it’s increasingly harder to get performers to sit still for interviews. Between designing and filming submissions (and, frankly, the sheer mental toll it takes to prepare for the summer), I’ve decided to use this column to collect and share some prideful moments from within our own Camosun community. So, I […] Continue Reading |
