Up in smoke: Our October 4, 1993 issue boasted not only a really cool-creepy cover featuring a sculpture made by a Camosun student, but also a humorous look at how non-smokers treat smokers in Shelley Evans’ entertaining Excrementia Factorum column. Evans said that just because non-smokers “have pink lungs and a strong heart does not mean you rule us!” She went on to say that reports that the numbers of people smoking are dropping is “a lie! We’re just hiding better.”
Still talking: It would appear that the only column that was in the paper 20 years ago that still lives on is the popular Speak Up. 20 years ago, we asked people what issues they’d like the federal election candidates to make a priorityŃenvironment, education, health care, and deficit concerns were the hot topics of the day (and still are). What are we asking people today? Well, look right below this column to find out!