{"id":23717,"date":"2023-03-16T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=23717"},"modified":"2023-03-02T11:54:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T19:54:37","slug":"25-years-ago-in-nexus-march-8-2023-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2023\/03\/16\/25-years-ago-in-nexus-march-8-2023-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years Ago in<\/em> Nexus: March 8, 2023 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sounds fishy:<\/b> In our March 9, 1998 issue we reported that a number of Camosun students had volunteered to work on damaged creeks in Victoria. Several creeks were having issues with salmon numbers dropping, so the students supported this effort by mapping out riparian areas alongside the creeks for vital research being presented to the Fisheries Branch in Victoria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sounds good:<\/b> Nexus<\/i> writer Tara O\u2019Donovan reported that BC premier Glen Clark and minister of advanced education, training and technology Andrew Petter had recently announced a tuition freeze in an effort to encourage students to attend post-secondary institutions. Clark also announced that funding for student assistance was going to increase by 14 percent. Both Clark and Petter admitted that more needed to be done to support students and promised to apply pressure to the federal government to supply more funding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sounds peaceful:<\/b> In this issue, writer Jenni Agnew suggested that students should be taking a peaceful break from their hectic studies. She recommended going for a walk around Swan Lake and encouraged readers that visiting the nature sanctuary would provide some much-needed relief. Much of what Agnew described is still true today: Swan Lake is still a nature sanctuary with a prosperous habitat of threatened native plants and birds. Maybe we should follow Agnew\u2019s advice, and bring some bird seed along with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sounds fishy: In our March 9, 1998 issue we reported that a number of Camosun students had volunteered to work on damaged creeks in Victoria. Several creeks were having issues with salmon numbers dropping, so the students supported this effort by mapping out riparian areas alongside the creeks for vital research being presented to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23718,"comment_status":"closed","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":[14,284],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-views","category-march-8-2023"],"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