With all the great submissions in the 2008 Voice writing contest, the judges had their work cut out for them! The decisions are now in and we’re pleased to announce that the winners are: Fiction ? ?Snowmaggedon? by Pamela Wagner Non-Fiction ? ?Shut My Mouth? by Adam Thackeray Each of the winners will receive one… Read more »
It’s a funny thing about setting government policy in a democracy: most of the time, citizens expect their leaders to live up to the standards that they set. Which makes it especially interesting that a couple of recent events have hit the news so close together. The first is that the Tories are going to… Read more »
2009 AUSU Handbook/Planners The 2009 AUSU planner order form is up! You’ll find the order form on the AUSU home page. Anyone who ordered early will have had their planner included in the first batch mailed out. If you did order early, you should have your new planner already! As always, we’ll be excited to… Read more »
This past weekend my sister Sherry, her fiancé Jim, Roy, and I went to Hinton to visit our youngest sister Gail, husband Todd, and daughter Hailey. The catching up was fun. The dinner out at the Chinese restaurant was good. The best part, though, was sitting down to play canasta. Canasta is an old card… Read more »
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Once there was a travelling girl. When she was 12 years old, her parents (in an effort to minimize inconvenience and keep expenses down) took her into the woods and left her there. They had some pangs of conscience (who wouldn’t?) but consoled themselves with the thought that she would quickly and efficiently be murdered… Read more »
Release date: December 16, 2008 Label: Interscope/Doghouse Tracks: 12 Rating: 4 The All-American Rejects have remained in our peripheral vision since appearing on the big-time music scene in 2002 with their self-titled album, and managed to heighten their influence on radio DJs and listeners with 2005’s Move Along. The hit single of the same name… Read more »
CD: T@b, New Teeth on Stage Release date: 2008 Label: Independent ?Squeezing Rhymes Through the Stencil of a Prejudiced Mind? ?Shelving words by the letter, lining up syllables better, being setter of bones of reality, the tones of the t’s and the a’s and the e?s, oh please! from ?Words? by Flinn and Nasr, New… Read more »
T@b is a Nova Scotia-based folk-jazz duo (comprising Ariana Nasr and Andy Flinn) that writes fiendishly clever songs to wizardly accompaniment and engages its audiences in mesmerizing performances. They’ve also made a name for themselves as music promoters, offering local musicians a venue in Night Kitchen, their weekly variety show in Wolfville, and the AMP… Read more »
Tom Cruise’s latest film, Valkyrie, set during the Second World War, seems to have made its retreat from the theatres. Nevertheless, it is a very interesting movie, not only for the story on the screen, but also for the controversy that surrounded its production. A portrayal of historical events and a nail-biting thriller, the story… Read more »
NANAIMO (CUP) ? L-A Shibish, a Vancouver Island University student, will be joining her peers from around the world in Antarctica next month. ?I’m in disbelief that I am actually going to Antarctica,? said Shibish, who is in her second year of VIU’s Tourism Studies Diploma program. ?I’m ecstatic.? Shibish is one of 80 students… Read more »
The word ?model? usually conjures up images of überthin men and women gliding down designer runways, but these models offer something completely different: a look at what can be created when iconic items meet hours and hours of painstaking recreation. Herod Temple Alec Garrard, a 78-year-old retired farmer, has spent an incredible 33,000 hours building… Read more »
At Home: BC gang files action against revenue minister As the government tries to curb the growing gang violence in BC, one criminal organization has filed a court action over alleged leaks of Canada Revenue information. As the CBC reports, the United Nations gang is ?alleged to be one of the West Coast’s most powerful… Read more »
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