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In an email sent out at 8:15 pm on Saturday, March 14, Camosun College announced it will be switching to alternative delivery for its classes for the rest of this semester due to the COVID-19 situation. In the email, Camosun president Sherri Bell says that this is being done to assist with social distancing on […]

In an email sent out on Friday, March 13, Camosun College announced it had introduced new measures in response to the provincial direction concerning COVID-19, also known as coronavirus. Students are not required to give a doctor’s note if they are self-isolating due to the coronavirus. They do need to report their absences to their […]

Move over, beer! Tacos shared the spotlight at Victoria Beer Week’s Taco Tuesday. The evening began with the Czechmate Pilsner (5.2%) from Off the Rail Brewing. Crisp, clear, and mild, it doesn’t forge any new paths, but would be perfect for a day at the beach. Very Good Butchers are a completely vegan operation that, […]

Anyone who thinks all beer tastes the same has never experienced the transcendental results of aging a dark ale in oaken whiskey barrels while tossing out the Bavarian purity laws by infusing it with ingredients like cocoa, coffee, herbs, and fruits. This was the calibre of luxury bestowed upon me at Victoria Beer Week’s All […]

The idea of being released into an arena of fine craft beer and fresh food is a recurring fantasy of mine, so I leaped at the opportunity to attend the seventh annual Victoria Beer Week. Opening night on Friday launched with Lift Off! at the Victoria Public Market, featuring 16 beers from local breweries, accompanied […]

When I was released from UVic’s Phoenix Theatre after last night’s presentation of Comic Potential, I was elated. British playwright Alan Ayckbourn has woven together three solid staples for Valentine’s Day: humour, love, and just the right amount of insanity. Although written in 1998, Comic Potential involves a timeless issue: can one properly fall in love […]

Eddy’s Kingdom, directed by Greg Compton, documents the eccentric and obsessive life of Eddy Haymour. Haymour immigrated to Canada from Lebanon in 1970, managed to make a tidy sum of money as an entrepreneur, bought an island, and attempted to turn it into a Moroccan-themed amusement park. There are still relics, to this day, of […]

Denmark, directed by Adrian Shergold, tells a story of second chances. The film follows a man named Herb, played by Rafe Spall, who just can’t catch a break. Herb is unemployed, lives in a dingy apartment and has a son he never gets to see. After a particularly bad streak of luck, just as he […]