Rick Mercer’s 22 minutes of fame still going strong

Long before Donald Trump hijacked the term “fake news,” a little known comedy show called This Hour Has 22 Minutes hit the CBC airwaves. About a decade before the satire boom that brought Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to prime time south of the border, Canadians had developed a taste for the medium. 22 Minutes […]

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Politics and Other Nonsense: Looking back on the federal election

Now that the election is over, can we put the dirty politics behind us? Trudeau is still our prime minister, and the pipeline is still going through. What’s different is that the Liberals now have a minority government, which could be a good thing—historically, however, the Canadian political parties don’t work together very well, so […]

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Isle of Tease burlesque festival celebrates diversity

Victoria’s burlesque scene is on the rise. And now, having been a dream for years and in planning for months, the city’s first international burlesque festival is soon to be a reality. The event, Isle of Tease, is organized by local performersand artists Misty Moss, Champagne Sparkles, and Gala Vega. “Festivals are kind of like […]

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Queering: The queer perspective on media

We’re in a time where the use of queer imagery and ideas in media are still used for shock factor, and queerbaiting is used as a marketing scheme for both television and advertising. This lack of authentic queer content has caused a sort of phenomenon of queering the media we observe as queer people applying […]

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Camosun College Student Society election results in

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held its fall student elections from Monday, October 28 to Wednesday, October 30. 877 Camosun students voted, which is approximately nine percent of the student population at Camosun.  CCSS executive director Michel Turcotte says those numbers are typical for the student elections, and that the numbers have increased since […]

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