Open Space: How to celebrate Valentine’s Day next yearValentine’s Day has finally passed, and the leftover chocolate is going on clearance in stores nationwide. Pretty much every Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, and Dollarama is getting rid of their sugary treats, offering a lower price for the past-holiday items. Now, I love discount chocolate, don’t get me wrong, but Valentine’s Day has always kind […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Walmart will hurt Lansdowne neighbourhoodA new Walmart is set to open in the Hillside Centre by the fall of 2021. This will be the third Walmart to open in the Greater Victoria area, with one in Uptown and another in Langford. This raises some interesting questions. Do we need another Walmart in Victoria? What would the effects be on […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Local government needs to do more to control housing marketAssessments of the Victoria housing market at the beginning of January show the average cost of real estate is either slightly decreasing or levelling off. Meanwhile, the rental market has shown that prices are unchanged but the number of vacancies in Victoria is increasing as more apartments are being built. Vancouver has seen a more […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 22, 2020 issueI think the instructor is doing a fine job creating problems himself: The story “Interurban students take changes in stride” in our January 23, 1995 issue talked about how students at Interurban were dealing with an increase in enrolment. One big change was that there were more women enrolling in trades programs at the time, […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Climate change is trying to kill us, and maybe we should let itEarth would be better off without humans; climate change is the fever trying to kill the virus. From a humanistic perspective, climate change is the end of the world as we know it. From an evolutionary perspective, however, it’s just a routine rebalancing of power. In the past 2.5 billion years there have been five […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 6, 2020 issueNow that’s recreation: The story “New student lounge for Interurban students” in our January 9, 1995 issue talked about how students were getting a student lounge in Interurban’s Classroom Administration Building (CAB, not be confused with the CBA building at that campus). Among other services, such as a clothing exchange and soup kitchen, the lounge […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Callout culture and the problem of emotional entitlementWe’re living in an age of social activism. We value personal expression and social inclusion more than ever before, and this is a good thing. It means that, as a society, we are learning to value greater diversity. Unfortunately, we haven’t all learned the importance of discretion. The current callout culture is symptomatic of the social […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 20, 2019 issueWomen’s Centre dispute: The story “Male student kicked out of Women’s Centre sparks debate” in our November 28, 1994 issue looked at the heated issue of Camosun student Martin Moreau being told to leave the Lansdowne campus Women’s Centre. Apparently, Moreau was told “You shouldn’t be here” by a woman student and the “Men welcome, […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 6, 2019 issueWriting Centre victory: We reported in this column a couple issues back about the uncertain future of the then-closed Camosun Writing Centre. Our November 14, 1994 issue carried the good news that it would reopen in the story “Writing Centre to re-open with student tutors.” The student tutors were given “a short tutor training course,” […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Camosun College needs an on-campus doctorOne of the biggest shocks when I moved to Victoria back in July was realizing how hard it is to find a family doctor. Locals told me it’s easier to just stick to walk-in clinics, but I wanted to get around that when I registered at Camosun: I was hoping the college had an on-campus […] Continue Reading |
