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Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
The six issues of The Nav produced this year wouldn’t have been possible without the parting staff members, staff members who’re staying for another term, and you, Navigators.
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Louder than History: Influences in Aboriginal music
Above: ???? courtesy of exclaim.ca By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Last year, Light in the Attic...
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Rest in pieces
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Hi, my name is Molly. I am a klutz. Is that how it’s spelled?...
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Peaks and valleys
Robert and my mom on their wedding day in 1979. ???? Courtesy Molly Barrieau. By Managing Editor...
Read MoreAppropriate appropriation?
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau If you can believe it, the final assignment for First Nations Studies 102 is a portfolio. Not just any portfolio, but a scrapbook narrative portfolio. The idea is to research your family’s...
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Hometown Hockey gives small town vibe
Above: ???? Molly Barrieau By Arts Editor Cheryl Folland CBC’s Hometown Hockey event, February...
Read MoreGimme some space
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau This issue, The Nav was inspired by NASA’s recent findings of exoplanets in another solar system. Thus we have decided to incorporate the extra-terrestrial into our stories. But what about...
Read More1400 push-ups
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau I now completely understand the true physicality of the term “blood, sweat, and tears”. You’re sitting there, hunched over, staring at the unending abyss of snowy mountain forest, and you can’t...
Read MoreLa vie en Trump
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Mes pensées sont avec les Québécois pendant ce temps tragique. Nous sommes avec vous. My thoughts are with the Québécois during this time of tragedy. We are with you. Il est un étudiant, ils...
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Extra! Extra! Read All About It:
Above: ???? iStockPhoto By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau This month, journalism has taken another...
Read MoreIf it bleeds, it leads
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Gruesome, I know. That phrase has been repeated to me a few times throughout my university degree, and it always grosses me out. The idea was—when journalism was still a profitable job—if there...
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Art gallery gathers coastal remnants for spring exhibit
Above: Mal de Mer, a film, by Marina Roy and Graham Meisner. ???? Courtesy of Nanaimo Art Gallery...
Read MoreIsland short film fest gets down to it
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Released last week, in anticipation of next month’s Vancouver Island Short Film Festival (VISFF), are the 16 films carefully chosen from the record-breaking 112 entries. With films coming from...
Read MoreI’m so hungry
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau In the words of REM, everybody hurts. Currently, my partner and I are on a new year’s health kick, and I am already feeling the swift roundhouse of dieting. Yes, I know that impoverished...
Read MoreOur Voices: Book review
Above: ???? viu.ca By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau It is nearly impossible not to have a bias when it comes to reviewing the In Our Own Aboriginal Voice anthology, published late last year by Rebel Mountain Press. The...
Read MoreMonumental $49 million settlement for Snuneymuxw First Nation
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau November saw a record-breaking deal in the fight for land reserves for Canadian First Nations. 79 acres of Downtown Nanaimo was reserved for the Snuneymuxw in 1860, yet the government never...
Read MoreA costume piece, a prop, a quote and a sound bite
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau This year for the first time, Malaspina Theatre inspired competitors to put their creative minds together for one short weekend to put on a live show by Sunday. The rules were simple: each group...
Read More*Dial-tone sound*
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau You hear that? I do. That nostalgic, groan-inducing screech, followed by the beeping and humming as your internet came to life. The vast green pasture under the bright blue sky of your desktop...
Read MorePyro-safety this Halloween
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Halloween slowly approaches, and brightly painted trailers advertising the best selection of fireworks pop up off the highway, ready to sell dangerous concoctions of chemicals to brighten your...
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