Blue Bridge brings audiences Around the World in 80 Days

Director Sanjay Talwar is bringing Jules Verne’s classic novel vividly to life in Blue Bridge Theatre’s newest play, Around the World in 80 Days. Talwar says that his play heavily focuses on the theme of adventure found in Verne’s work. “It’s the story of Phileas Fogg, who accepts a wager and tries to travel around […]

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Camosun College alumna releases Cooking Tips for Desperate Fish Wives: An Island Memoir

Camosun alumna Margot Fedoruk’s Cooking Tips for Desperate Fish Wives: An Island Memoir hit shelves on October 18. The book explores family dysfunction, untimely loss, and her life as a mother and wife on Gabriola Island. Fedoruk received her Resident Care Attendant certificate in 1995 from Camosun and recently received her BA in Creative Writing […]

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25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 2, 2022 issue

Different time, same goals: In our October 27, 1997 issue, we talked about how a new film program designed to create more jobs in the local film industry was announced by the provincial government. Sound familiar? Recently, there’s been an introduction of film courses at Camosun and the process of building a film studio at […]

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New Music Revue: Headstones meet their own lofty standards with new album

Headstones Flight Risk (Known Accomplice) 3.5/5  It’s amazing how little recognition Headstones have received through decades of good music. Their debut Picture of Health went platinum despite never charting. The band was left for dead and resurrected their career with 2013’s crowdfunded Love + Fury. Now, nearly 30 years in, the band has released their […]

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New Music Revue: Key Out craft great, mellow tunes on new full-length

Key Out afterville (False Peak Records) 4/5  The third full-length from Sydney, Australia-based indie band Key Out, afterville, was recorded while their crew was living across three cities in lockdown, and the end result is gorgeous. I was skeptical to start since the tracks consist of one-word song titles such as “train,” “face,” “tree,” and […]

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New Music Revue: Tyler Hood brings it on home with The Magnolia Sessions

Tyler Hood The Magnolia Sessions (Anti-Corporate Records) 4.5/5  Kentucky based musician Tyler Hood is a dark country and folk singer who will make you feel like you’re home—well, if you’re from the countryside, that is—when listening to his guitar-based songs on The Magnolia Sessions.  Hood has a rural influence in his lyrics and has a […]

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Open Space: Missing middle initiative will not help future homeowners

The City of Victoria’s Missing Middle Housing Initiative (MMHI) seeks to create new housing throughout the city, with advocates claiming that the rise in housing stock will permit lower prices that will, in turn, allow hopeful homeowners to enter the market. When we look at the details of what is being proposed with the MMHI, […]

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Student groups applaud temporary lifting of work limit for international students, want to see it permanent

To combat labour shortages, the federal government has temporarily lifted the 20-hour-per-week work limit for international students from November 15, 2022 until December 31, 2023. Student groups are happy for the change as it will help lighten international students’ financial burden. Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) external executive Jessie Niikoi is excited about this new […]

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College opens reimagined Wilna Thomas building at Lansdowne

On Wednesday, October 12, Camosun College officially reopened the Wilna Thomas building, which has been renovated in an attempt to serve students better and to address some of the previous shortcomings on the Lansdowne campus. The building, named after a Camosun instructor, social worker, and donor, originally opened in 1996, and the new redeveloped building […]

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News Briefs: November 2, 2022 issue

Camosun College alum and teacher elected as Saanich mayor Camosun College alum and former Political Science teacher Dean Murdock was elected as the new mayor of Saanich on Saturday, October 15. Murdock received 13,631 votes; it was a close race against incumbent Fred Haynes, who received 13,479 votes. Murdock’s platform focuses on creating affordable housing, […]

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