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“This is it. This is the year things get really great!” I can still hear my friend’s words from last year’s NYE party, as he yelled them into my ear over the pulsing trance music and the noise of the crowd. I remember agreeing, feeling deeply in my bones that something big was coming—something exciting! […]

Bad news: Our January 8, 1996 issue featured a duo of grim headlines on the front page: “Apprentice programs expect severe cut-backs” and “Federal funding restrictions cut education to the bone.” The latter featured a particularly dour photo of a student forking over money while a buzzsaw approached their arms. Ugh, and we thought 2020 […]

2020 has passed: there are three words I honestly didn’t think I’d ever say. In some ways, it feels like the year lasted a decade; in others, it feels more like one blurry clump of nothingness. It was a long one, a dark one, and a lonely one any way you slice it. But, if […]

Normally, New Year’s is a highly festive time of year. It’s a holiday where students gather to bring in a new year and to celebrate all of the accomplishments the previous year brought with it. New Year’s is an incredibly important tradition for our society, especially this year. Yes, COVID-19 is still here, we’re smack […]

Goodbye 2020, and hello 2021! The past 12 months really threw a lot at us. There were bushfires in Australia, murder hornets in BC, Black Lives Matter protests across North America, and a worldwide pandemic. With such a whirlwind year finally behind us, I think many people are breathing out a huge sigh of relief. […]