Camosun College campuses open today

Snow fell in the Greater Victoria area last night, but Camosun College campuses will remain open today, Monday, January 13. Camosun sent out a press release at approximately 6 am today saying that all day and evening classes at both Lansdowne and Interurban will run as scheduled today. See camosun.ca for updated information.

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New Music Revue: Victoria’s Fox Glove get ready for holidays with new EP

Fox Glove Dead of Winter (Independent) 3/5 It’s been a big year for Victoria-based alt-folk trio Fox Glove. After releasing their first full-length album, Jessie, earlier in 2019 and having success as a live act, they’re back just in time for the holidays with the release of the three-track EP Dead of Winter. Fox Glove kicks […]

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New Music Revue: Bananagun proves rock lives on new single

Bananagun Out of Reach (Full Time Hobby) 4/5 Aussie psych rockers Bananagun are back with their second single, the Out of Reach 7”. As the follow-up to their energetic and catchy first single, Do Yeah, Out of Reach is dropping with expectations. With its lo-fi production, Out of Reach comes to us straight from the nostalgia mines in […]

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Camosun College and student society address international students’ concerns

This is part 2 of a 2-part story looking at the challenges international students face at Camosun College. Part 1 featured international students talking about their concerns. Camosun International manager of student services Gulcan Barclay says that the college has been talking with international insurance providers GuardMe about the possibility to extend the three-month period […]

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Camosun international students talk integration, tuition concerns

Camosun College has 1,900 international students, according to its website. Many of these students are a long way away from home. Travelling to a new country, learning a new language, and integrating into another culture is an exciting process, but it can also be daunting. The very nature of integrating into a completely new culture […]

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What’s Going On: Web exclusive for December 6, 2019 to January 4, 2020

Friday, December 6 to Sunday, December 8 Let’s get consensual So a cool thing to learn while nursing those winter blues might be how to say and how to accept the word “no.” Local sex educator Corinne Diachuk is teaching the Wheel of Consent workshop on language around the all the nuances of consent; the […]

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Camosun College Student Society pledges to match Giving Tuesday donations for student-assistance fund

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) has pledged to match donations up to $12,000 for Giving Tuesday this year. Leading up to December 3—Giving Tuesday—individuals and organizations can make donations that will go to the Erasing Barriers to Education emergency student-assistance fund at Camosun. The college has set a goal of $25,000 in donations this […]

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Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake) gets absurd for the holidays

A mother (played by Wendy Cornock) mourns the death of her husband (Jon Hunwick)—who died putting the star on top of their Christmas tree one year ago—with their daughter, Janice (Fiona Wright-Jones). Unable to cope, Janice and her mother find themselves falling deeper into their depression while neglecting both themselves and their apartment. There seems […]

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