News Briefs: January 24, 2024 issue

Food bank volunteers needed The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is looking for volunteers to assist with its Student Food Bank Bread and Produce Days. Students who are interested in volunteering must be available Thursdays from 10 am until 11:30 am and have the ability to travel to either campus. See the CCSS Instagram account […]

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Lydia’s Film Critique: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

In the heart of a strong-willed, defiant little girl is a dreamscape of songbird stardom. Or at least so for Alice Hyatt (played by Ellen Burstyn) in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974). But life settles away from this grown-out fantasy and into all-American suburbia. Hyatt’s dreams get overshadowed by her smart-mouthed 11-year-old son and […]

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Not the Last Word: Housing impossibilities

Housing and finances are on everyone’s mind these days. Housing prices are increasing fast, and the scary thing is that there doesn’t seem to be any sign of them lowering or even levelling out. The dream that most people have as they’re growing up is that they’ll one day score the right job, meet the […]

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New Music Revue: Courting delivers comforting heartbreak with second album

Courting New Last Name (Lower Third) 3/5 Liverpool-based rock band Courting’s second album, New Last Name, is centred on an ex. An ex who has settled down and is happier for it: it’s “Someone Like You” if Adele was a soccer hooligan. But perhaps this comparison is misleading. New Last Name is not meant to […]

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Victoria Film Festival documentary follows Bonnie Henry during the pandemic

The Victoria Film Festival (VFF) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. And there’s no shortage of events for movie lovers to enjoy at the VFF, from the fest’s lineup of movies from all over the globe to events such as chats with filmmakers. One notable example of the varied movie lineup is Vancouver-based Adrian […]

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25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 24, 2024 issue

Who needs proof?: In our January 25, 1999 issue, writer Jason Loxton attempted to debunk the Loch Ness Monster in what I would call a sloppy argument. Loxton claimed that because there isn’t cold hard proof of a large prehistoric monster living in the depths of Loch Ness it simply doesn’t exist. Well, well, well, […]

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