New Music Revue: Key Out craft great, mellow tunes on new full-lengthKey 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 […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Headstones meet their own lofty standards with new albumHeadstones 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 […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Tyler Hood brings it on home with The Magnolia SessionsTyler 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 […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Missing middle initiative will not help future homeownersThe 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, […] Continue Reading |
Student groups applaud temporary lifting of work limit for international students, want to see it permanentTo 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 […] Continue Reading |
College opens reimagined Wilna Thomas building at LansdowneOn 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 […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 2, 2022 issueCamosun 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, […] Continue Reading |
A disruptive decade (and a bit): 12 years of Camosun’s Women in Trades TrainingCOVID got in the way of everything, even celebrating a gradual decline of gender barriers: for example, it was two years late because of the virus, but Camosun’s Women in Trade Training (WITT) celebrated its 10-year anniversary this September. Since its inception in 2010, WITT has aimed to promote and facilitate gender diversity within trades. […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Punkers Sloth Fist get fierce and melodic on new EPSloth Fist Bombs Away (Mindpower Records) 4.5/5 Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Sloth Fist are a five-piece punk/rock ‘n’ roll band that offers up an eclectic mix of songs that are both fierce and melodic on seven-song EP Bombs Away. The lyrical themes on some of these songs are a bit off the punk-rock beaten path: […] Continue Reading |
Show Me the Money: Reducing food wastage saves you moneyThis school year, I have two new roommates in my three-bedroom basement suite, and I’ve observed that the compost bin in our kitchen fills up much faster than with my previous roommates. Besides the regular food scraps, I also notice partially used ingredients, such as onions and bell peppers, and lots of bread being thrown […] Continue Reading |
