{"id":20461,"date":"2021-01-08T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=20461"},"modified":"2021-01-07T14:41:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T22:41:15","slug":"news-briefs-january-8-2021-web-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/01\/08\/news-briefs-january-8-2021-web-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"News Briefs<\/em>: January 8, 2021 web exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Camosun’s quiet Lansdowne campus during COVID-19 (file photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UPass update grace period gets extended<\/strong><\/p>\n

The grace period to update your UPass has been extended this semester. Camosun students now have until the end of Sunday, January 24 to update the bus pass. For information on getting your pass updated, see camosunstudent.org\/services\/upass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New phone line offers calming sounds<\/strong><\/p>\n

City of Victoria artist in residence Kathryn Calder is offering a new phone service where people can call to hear, according to a City of Victoria press release, \u201csoothing sounds, songs and meditations.\u201d Just call 1-877-2BE-CALM (1-877-223-2256) to hear the relaxing sounds. Services for the phone line have been provided by Telus for no cost. Want to submit a recording of your child’s laughter to be used on the line? Check out victoria.ca\/becalm<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPass update grace period gets extended The grace period to update your UPass has been extended this semester. Camosun students now have until the end of Sunday, January 24 to update the bus pass. For information on getting your pass updated, see camosunstudent.org\/services\/upass. New phone line offers calming sounds City of Victoria artist in residence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t