New Music Revue: At the Movies delivers pair of soundtrack-homage blockbustersAt the Movies The Soundtrack of Your Life – Vol. 1 The Soundtrack of Your Life – Vol. 2 (Atomic Fire Records) 3.5/5 This month, Swedish all-star band At the Movies (featuring members of Soilwork, HammerFall, King Diamond, Pretty Maids, and others) released two new records featuring their hard-rockin’ takes on some of the best […] Continue Reading |
New book successfully takes different approach to provincial historyWhen I first picked up the book Haunting British Columbia: Ghostly Tales from the Past by Mike McCardell I was instantly captivated by the use of humour McCardell incorporates into his writing. The book starts off with the introduction of our narrator, who is the ghost of a real engineer from the 1860s. The story […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: The silent story about outstanding femalesAs Black History Month is approaching, let’s talk about some really outstanding females. Back in the day it was hard for women to actually achieve something, but it was even harder if they weren’t white. Let’s have a closer look at NASA, for example. Men didn’t trust calculations by machines and considered this women’s work. […] Continue Reading |
Take a Break with Shuffle Duck: January 26, 2022 issue |
Museum exhibit and IMAX movie about orcas educational, entertainingI recently went to the Royal BC Museum to watch Saving Luna at the IMAX and to see the museum’s Orcas: Our Shared Future exhibit. If you haven’t heard about Luna, just go watch the IMAX movie and let yourself be carried away in laughs and appreciation for the wonderful creatures known as orcas that […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Three ways to get good sleep during COVIDWe’ve all been struggling with a lot through the last two years, but the main thing that’s been quite a hassle for me is the issue of sleep. In fact, these last two years have been really hard on my sleep due to dreams centred around the fear of one of my loved ones getting […] Continue Reading |
Oh How the Flowers Fly: January 26, 2022 issue |
Sustainable suggestions: What Camosun College needs to do for the environmentWhen it comes to environmental sustainability, Camosun College isn’t doing a bad job. The college has a relatively small footprint compared to larger institutions like UVic. However, there is always room for improvement. The COVID-19 crisis has, reasonably, diverted the world’s attention away from other pressing problems such as climate change, but climate change and […] Continue Reading |
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria exhibit encourages people to think about the places they liveUntil June, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) is encouraging people to reconsider their surroundings with its exhibit The Places We Live. AGGV curator of Asian art Heng Wu has co-curated the exhibit along with Mel Granley and Nicole Stanbridge; Wu says it’s a collective show, meaning it’s a survey of the AGGV’s permanent […] Continue Reading |
Camosun electric vehicle maintenance training pilot programs a successIn March of last year, the province contributed $440,000 toward electric vehicle maintenance training at post-secondary institutions, and Camosun College is among the first four schools in the province to offer this training. The pilot courses began in mid-November of 2021. They ran for a week, with an additional six hours of online work. Each […] Continue Reading |
