25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 13, 2023 issueFreedom torches: There is nothing more effortlessly cool than a cigarette. It’s true, however, that the cigarette is a dangerous drug that possesses lingering effects beyond Rita Hayworth allure. On a two-page spread in our November 15, 1999 issue, we covered the hows, whats, and whys of smoking. Writer John Overall says in his article […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 13, 2024 issueCamosun Coastal Centre gets $5.26 million grant The Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation in conjunction with Seaspan have announced a $5.26 million grant to go toward building a new trades training centre at Camosun College’s Coastal Centre, as well as allocating $200,000 to scholarships. Adopting an “Indigenous first” approach, the new training centre—which will support […] Continue Reading |
Weird Dog Ink: November 13, 2024 issue |
New Music Revue: Enforced lay down solid thrash and nothing more on new EPEnforced A Leap Into the Dark (Century Media) 3/5 I was promised thrash metal and Enforced delivered with their new six-song EP A Leap Into the Dark. Sadly, I’m not very moved by the songs here. Although well mixed and the pacing is great for headbanging, the songs themselves are fairly standard-issue thrash; other than […] Continue Reading |
Fellas, Let’s Figure It Out: Don’t get burnt out“Burnout” has become somewhat of a buzzword in the last few years; it’s a concept we’ve all almost certainly heard thrown around but may not truly know what it means. Burnout is when your body and mind have worked past the point of exhaustion, signalling that you need to rest. I’m willing to bet that […] Continue Reading |
Dr. Mythic: November 13, 2024 issue |
Lydia’s Film Critique: MeantimeThe period between the end of one act and the beginning of another is called the meantime, a dull and aching stretch of patience and irritation. The meantime is where the Pollock family lives, in the company of three million other unemployed Brits under 1980’s Thatcherism, while they scrape by and grow restless. There is […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: The Canadian medical-school system needs to changeIt’s almost impossible to see a doctor in BC. We’ve all seen the long lineups at walk-in clinics at 7:00 am, all the people waiting since before the sun was up to get the chance to see a general practitioner. Almost everyone has been stuck waiting in emergency because a small medical issue has gotten […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Choral Society to celebrate 90th anniversary with MozartConsidering a requiem is meant to honour the dead, it’s intriguing to speculate on Mozart’s state of mind as he was allegedly dying of kidney disease while he wrote Requiem. Victoria Choral Society will be performing Requiem alongside Mozart’s Laudate Dominum and Ave Verum Corpus at the first concert of their 90th anniversary season. Requiem […] Continue Reading |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee gets collaborativeThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a comedy that centres around six teens who must battle each other in a spelling competition while struggling to find their place in the world, and it brings the audience into the performance in a very unique way. Jaques Lamay is directing and choreographing the play at […] Continue Reading |
