Provinces, Trade Barriers, and Separatism: The Trials of PM Carney
As Carney's premiership continues, it has become clear that no prime minister can govern and attain any degree of popula…
Campus Life
The Paper that Speaks: The Legacy of The Phoenix News
Long before the age of online news feeds and social media, campus newspapers provided the first place where students saw their own stories in print. These papers document protests, advocate for change
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Controversial RCMP Unit Spotted on Campus
British Columbia has played host to a wide realm of political controversies over the course of the past decade. Pipeline…
The Liberal Response to War in Iran
The year is 2003. America is engaged in a new Gulf War, eschewing approval from the United Nations to wander into a regi…
Notwithstanding Clause in the Limelight in Ottawa as Controversial Quebec Law Reaches Supreme Court
In 2019, the National Assembly of Quebec passed a highly contentious law titled Bill 21, which prohibits public sector w…
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Hunger for Home: Access to Asian Ingredients in Kelowna
Empty shelves at Kelowna’s Asian grocery stores raise a bigger question about food, belonging, and the cultural bridges …
Not Done Yet: The Trill Seekers Are Going to Semis
Avid readers of The Phoenix should remember UBC Okanagan’s a cappella club, The Beats. If you have read about them in ou…
Film Education at UBCO or the Lack Thereof?: A Conversation with Denise Kenney
Films have immense value in the classroom. Whether it be theory or production, studying film opens our eyes to a generat…
On-Demand Streaming Services: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
We are students of a digital age. Most days, we do not write assignments on paper, but submit lengthy word documents as …
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The 2026 Roger Watts Debate
Onlookers gathered at the Rotary Centre for the Arts to watch undergraduate debate talent take on the question of a nati…
Inside the 2026 Relay for Life
Kelowna, BC – At 2:00 PM on a Sunday, the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO) campus is usually a quiet study…
Instead of Studying for Finals, You Should Check Out Some Cool Art
Things are coming to an end. March and April can feel like a whirlwind of “finals” — not just final projects and exams b…
Unsettling the Settler Conversation
The word “solidarity” looks good on posters, Instagram stories, and in land acknowledgments. It sounds like progress, bu…
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Drug Policy of the Left
The left is widely regarded as tolerant, interventionist and social-justice aware. These values seem as though they shou…
Who Gets to Speak Easy When Free Speech is the New Risky Drink?
From free presses to whispered dissent, how does the modern day look at the world's speech speakeasies and who pays the …
Movie Analysis: Inherent Vice
The black-and-white separation of the civil rights era was nowhere to be found in a post-Manson world, with bad and good…
Will the Scanner See Clearly or Darkly?
A Scanner Darkly may appear a screaming baby to the monolithic pharmaceutical-rehab-complex, calling out the medical mod…
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Support Local Coffee Shops: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Coffee
There is nothing better than the rich aroma of a well brewed cup of coffee to start the day. Imagine waking up for an 8 …
Not The Same Station
The train slowed into the station she used to pass every day on her way to high school. It should have felt familiar. It…
Are Award Shows Frozen in Time?
I love award shows, but not for the corny jokes, snubs, or monologues. I love the political and cultural discourse they …
Screw the System
All it takes is a single spark of knowledge to ignite a bonfire of wisdom, which can continue to burn away through a lo…
