Camosun gets funding for on-campus residencesCamosun College students will soon have the opportunity to call its Lansdowne campus home for the first time. Announced on Wednesday, July 17, $151.7 million in provincial funding—and a $3 million contribution from Camosun—has been approved to build an on-campus residence for students. The building—to be constructed over part of the parking lot off Foul […] Continue Reading |
Nexus newspaper July 3, 2024 full issueRead the full issue here. Continue Reading |
Things That Happen: July 3, 2024 issue |
Chargers women’s basketball team welcomes new coachThe Camosun Chargers women’s basketball team has a new head coach this season: John Dedrick. With 30 years of experience, Dedrick has coached at St. Albert Catholic School, University of Alberta, Grant MacEwan, and Shawnigan Lake School. He also co-founded Panthawks Academy, an invitational academy for elite junior high and high-school girls in St. Albert, […] Continue Reading |
July HoroscopeAries (March 21 – April 19) The Cancer new moon on July 5 occurs in your fourth house of family and home, giving you the chance to sow some seeds of fruit you’d like to bear—maybe even in your actual garden! The full moon in Capricorn on July 21 affects your 10th house of career […] Continue Reading |
Kiryn’s Wellness Corner: Less is still moreThe Australian blog thisisyoga.com.au very nicely describes one of my favourite yoga philosophies about self-restraint: aparigraha. Broken down, you get “a” translating to the prefix “non-”, “pari” meaning “on all sides,” and “graha” meaning “to take, seize, or grab.” Therefore, altogether, it translates to acts of non-attachment, non-greed; not taking more than one needs, and […] Continue Reading |
Past the End of the Road series of unmemorable nostalgic reflectionsPast the End of the Road: A North Island Boyhood is a new autobiography by Canadian septuagenarian Michel Drouin. Growing up in Port Hardy in the 1960s was clearly a whole different way of life than nearly anybody reading this newspaper is likely to have any inkling of. At the time, the immediate world consisted […] Continue Reading |
Langford Beer Festival returns for third yearBack for its third year, the Langford Beer Festival, hosted by the Victoria Beer Society (VBS) will showcase over 75 craft brews, including some ciders and meads, from 30 BC breweries. The festival—coming to the Starlight Stadium on July 13—will also feature lawn games and activities, music by local band SuperSauce, and a variety of […] Continue Reading |
Mental Health, Addictions and Criminal Justice program aims to mend divideCamosun College’s Mental Health, Addictions and Criminal Justice advanced certificate (MHCJ)—a program aiming to bridge the gap between the criminal justice system and those struggling with mental health and addiction issues—is launching in September. After a pause due to COVID after piloting the program in 2020, program chair and Criminal Justice department instructor Wendy Taylor […] Continue Reading |
Lydia’s Film Critique: Happy TogetherIn ancient myth, the Iguazú Falls were formed by the enraged Serpent God, slicing two lovers apart. Millions of litres of thick river rushed with brute force down a staircase of greenery and thrust toward a billow of mist to create a barrier for all eternity between the two. In Wong Kar-wai’s Happy Together, the […] Continue Reading |
