Not the Last Word: Finding hope through truth

From the ages of 18 to 24 I was so deep into addiction that I thought I’d never get out. I had run away from my home and my family when I was 17 and ended up living in single room occupancy housing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. I had to earn money any way possible […]

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East Side Story not your average roller-coaster

Having visited Vancouver many times throughout my life, I was intrigued by Nick Marino’s East Side Story: Growing Up at the PNE, a historical retelling of his childhood growing up as a cog in the PNE’s wooden wheels. What I wasn’t expecting was the emotional whiplash I experienced reading about the ups and downs of […]

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Open Space: Camosun should take food-hub initiative more seriously

Arguing for the establishment of a food hub on Camosun’s Interurban campus isn’t easy, and the project doesn’t seem to be logistically viable at first glance. The initiative involves a food and beverage processing space for local businesses to use before their products go to marketplace. A recent feasibility study conducted by Greenchain Consulting put […]

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Nature Tongue: Finding the pulse

One of the hardest and most beautiful things in my human experience is being an empath. Reality can’t lie when you feel it through paper-thin skin. The wind changes and it speaks through me; the tree shifts and I notice. When you feel the felt sense of the world, those whom hearts beat like drums […]

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25 Years Ago in Nexus: October 18, 2023 issue

Strike, you’re out: In our October 19, 1998, issue, Nexus reported on CUPE local 2081 members picketing outside of both Camosun College campuses due to a lack of wage increases. Students entering school the previous Friday had been met with college services impacted by the strike. This resulted in the library, cafeteria, registration, and childcare […]

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