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A reminder about the importance of education: In our November 24, 1997 issue, we reported that World AIDS Day was approaching on December 1, and AIDS was deeply feared by people worldwide. While many people were educated on the reality of AIDS and there were many places to get tested for it, irrational fear still […]

Returning to school full-time as a mature student was not the best decision I’ve ever made. Juggling parenting, housework, schoolwork, and friends nagging to hang out has been more overwhelming than I anticipated. I now realize this is probably why many of my friends my age attend post-secondary part-time. Every aspect of my life has […]

Parking at Camosun still feels like a money grab: The “joys” of parking at Camosun haven’t changed much now from 25 years ago, as a story in our November 10, 1997 issue proves. However, back then, Camosun students paid twice as much as UVic students for parking because they had no parking-pass options. Now, our […]

What is it to have a full life? According to society, it’s having a nice car, a family that doesn’t make too much ruckus in public, a house (or rather, these days, a condo), mortgage payments, a job that isn’t too ordinary but also not too unique, either. Above all, of course, you have to […]

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 […]

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, […]