Mobilizing the March for the Climate
Contributor Chantelle Spicer shows Nanaimo’s broader vision of sustainability. Sustainability is a real buzzword right now, flying around many communities, industries, and our own university. It touches everyday life when we look at waste reduction, housing, and timber. It is at the heart of many movements, including one that happened recently in our own city. … Continued
Reality Overlay : an Inside Look at the Ingress ARG
Small pulsating areas of green and blue connected by shimmering lines create semi-opaque fields that cover my iPhone screen. Tapping one of the active spots on the map, I bring up details of the nearest portal, The Mountie Rides In. Its resonators must be recharged to support the control field I’ve established. Back at 100 … Continued
A Journey through Word Vancouver
Contributor Philip Gordon gives us an unconventional walk through Word Vancouver September 28, 5:45 am; Departure Bay Ferry Terminal, Nanaimo. My friend, Antony Stevens (The Navigator’s web content editor), and I just paid the cab driver who dropped us off, the first face in our long day’s journey through Word Vancouver, Western Canada’s largest celebration … Continued
Could VIU be Sweatshop Free?
Alexandria Stuart looks at VIU Student Union’s anti-sweatshop campaign. Raveena, 17, wakes early in a small room surrounded by her parents, grandmother, and three brothers sleeping on thin mats. The family stirs around her as she moves to the kitchen before it gets too crowded, splashes her face with water from a bowl, and grabs a … Continued
BC Teachers Take Fight to the Tabletop
By contributor Drew McLachlan Two BC teachers are asking frustrated students, parents, and teachers to roll the dice to decide the fate of our province’s public school system with their new board game Christy’s World. Told from the view of two disgruntled teaches, Christy’s World puts players in the role of the BC Premier as she races … Continued
VIU’s Kathy Page Nominated for Giller Prize
By contributor Drew McLachlan The longlist of nominees for the Scotiabank Giller Prize was revealed earlier this month, and among the 12 books under consideration this year is Paradise and Elsewhere, a short story collection by VIU creative writing professor Kathy Page. “A collection of dark fables at once familiar and entirely strange.” Released in … Continued
Top 10 Sports Stories of the Summer
Our resident sports expert Ben Chessor counts down the craziest sports stories of the summer.
The Fringe Mini Reviews
For two weeks in the middle of August, the arts scene in Nanaimo breathed and pulsed with the fourth annual Fringe, the independent theatre festival which brought together international and local artists, musicians, and theatre enthusiasts. With eight plays, 48 shows, and 30 non-theatre performances in three venues, the festival attracted over 1000 visitors, marking … Continued
The Fringe Experience
Contributing Editor Jennifer Garceau gives us insight into the 2014 Nanaimo Fringe festival. For more On The Fringe, check out our mini-reviews, and our interview with Festival Producer Chelsee Damen. An evening of work can be unpredictable at a café in downtown Nanaimo with a liquor license. There’s a mix of artists, working class, upper … Continued
On the Fringe: At the Hub with Chelsee Damen
We speak with Nanaimo Fringe Festival Producer Chelsee Damen
The Sins of Our Fathers
Contributor Drew McLachlan takes a deep, historical look at the troubling relationship between our Canadian government and Chinese-Canadians.