The Other Press - May 12, 2020

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Summer lockdown, having a blast Jessica Berget Editor-in-Chief

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ust when we all thought this quarantine was going to ruin our summers, some lockdown restrictions have been relaxed in BC. This gives an optimistic glimpse into how the future of this pandemic might pan out—if all goes according to plan.

As of May 15, gatherings of two to six people will be allowed along with many businesses and public institutions (retail stores, libraries, restaurants, salons, etc.) potentially being reopened. This, as well as the opening of provincial parks during the day and elective surgeries, dental, and physiotherapy to resume by the middle

of May are some of the vital updates Dr. Bonnie Henry mentioned on CBC on May 6—to the relief of many. She also mentions that schools may be opening again in September and other places like movie theatres and camping may be open in time for summer but stresses that this is if social distancing measures are still followed. Best of all—many of us will be allowed to hug our loved ones again!

While it may come as a relief to many, some are still feeling the weight of this lockdown take a toll on their mental, emotional, and physical health. And with good reason—humans are incredibly social creatures and these restrictions tests people’s ability to cope without

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social contact—essentially a death sentence to some.

While the restrictions may not be completely gone, there are still ways to have fun with your friends and family without going out and still maintaining social distances. Have a distanced picnic in the park, watching a movie, or playing board games over video chat. If you have a car, go on a long drive or drive to a far away trail or hike. You can also go on bike rides or walks while still staying distanced.

Tennis courts and other sports facilities will also be opening up by the middle of May, so you can also begin going outside to exert some energy and enjoy the spring weather while still staying socially

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distanced. It might not everything, but it’s the closest to normal we’ve had in a few months, and I already have plans to hug my family as soon as the day comes.

While restrictions ease in BC, the Other Press team also eases up on our issues as we move on to our monthly summer schedule. We’ll be back at the beginning of each month with a brand spanking new issue. Check for updates and new articles at our website (theotherpress.ca).

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News

news // no. 3 • Eats out?

• Statistics Canada reports on COVID-19 impact • Playing in the pandemic ...and more

Statistics Canada reports on COVID-19 impact Atiba Nelson Staff Reporter

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ost Canadians know Statistics Canada as the government agency responsible for either sending surveyors to front doors across Canada, or for mailing out census forms to collect information on individuals. However, the mandate of the organization extends far beyond counting people; the agency wants Canadians to have the economic, social, and environmental information to function as citizens and decision makers. As such, the Statistic Canada creates knowledge products to relay important information to Canadians. The most recent product centers around the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadians.

“The magnitude of the COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented and is having a profound effect on the health, social, and economic activities of Canadians,” said Statistics Canada in a press release regarding the information gathered. “Our organization is committed to supporting decision makers and to informing Canadians by generating rich, timely, and relevant data and analysis about the current pandemic.”

The national agency employed a new data collection method called crowdsourcing for their latest knowledge translation products. Although the details of the new collection method are sparse, the government website states the method distributes a questionnaire to a big community of users with the idea that individuals are experts in their local environments. Therefore, the findings are a reflection of the thoughts of Canadians and their experiences living in the time of COVID-19.

Statistics Canada reports that regardless of age, many respondents described themselves as very or extremely anxious about overloading the health system and the health of the nation’s most vulnerable people.

“Close to 6 in 10 seniors report being very or extremely concerned about their own health,” read the headline on the Daily—the Statistics Canada webpage that releases the generated knowledge products.

Conversely, young Canadians, age 15 to 24, were anxious about the social stressors of COVID-19, instead of the health worries. The respondents in this age group listed several social stressors, such as stress from confinement at home

(41 percent of sample), the possibility to civil disorder (43 percent), and stress about the ability to maintain social ties (36 percent).

This age group also reported that the pandemic would have a “moderate” or “major” impact on their ability to meet their financial obligations, as youth were worried that they would lose their jobs or self-employment income as a result of COVID-19 (43 percent).

Although the new way of collecting data and opinions from Canadians featured responses from a large swath of Canadians, the method used does not allow the national statistical agency to generalize the results to the overall Canadian population.

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Canadian Forces chopper crashes into the Ionian Sea ››Several witnesses questioned

Tania Arora Staff Writer

Photos of Abbigail Cowbrough, Matthew Pyke, Matthew Cousins, Maxime Miron-Morin, Kevin Hagen, Brenden Ian MacDonald via Canadian Armed Forces

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few moments before its scheduled landing aboard HMCS Fredericton where its shipmates were ready to receive it, the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter crashed into the Ionian Sea off Greece. The aircraft carried six passengers—four aircrews and two sailors.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a statement on the event on the beginning of the month. “Today, with the call to end the search and rescue mission, I join all Canadians in mourning the loss of six Canadian Armed Forces members in the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter accident near Greece earlier this week,” he said.

The victims of the crash were SubLieutenant Abbigail Cowbrough, Captain Brenden Ian MacDonald, Captain Kevin Hagen, Captain Maxime Miron-Morin, Sub-Lieutenant Matthew Pyke, and Master Corporal Matthew Cousins.

The rescue team was able to recover the safety recorders of the flight as they were designed in a way that they would break away in case of an accident and float to the surface. They are currently under analysis in

Ottawa at the National Research Council.

The helicopter crashed into deep waters, which added to the difficulties faced by the rescue team to recover it.Trudeau appreciated the brave-hearted in a press release about the incident. “Every day these brave Canadians in uniform put themselves in harm’s way to keep our country and our citizens safe, and together we will honour their service to Canada and our closest allies,” he said. Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan said to Reuters, "We will leave no stone unturned." He further added that this incident is an example of the dangers men and women in the Armed Forces face every day.

Italy, the US, Greece, and Turkey have also joined the Canadian troops in the rescue mission. So far, only the remains of Sub-Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough have been recovered; the other five are considered missing.

The CH-148 Cyclone helicopter was doing a training exercise during a mission when contact was lost. The military is not concerned about the loss of the vehicle.

Sajjan has promised to keep the family and public informed of the progress on the incident.

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Douglas recognizes student leaders ››Student Leadership Award winners announced Atiba Nelson Staff Reporter

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three Douglas College students who “have shown a commitment to the Douglas College community in a volunteer or student assistant capacity,” as per the award announcement. The winners were Amrita Ramkumar, a Bachelor of Business Administration student; Angelo Toledo, an Associate of Arts student; and James Nguyen, a Computer and Information Systems student.

The winners of the Community Builder of the Year award were Paula Andrea Mendoza, a Bachelor of Applied

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ach year Douglas College honours several students with Student Leadership Awards; however, 2020 brought two large changes to the annual tradition.

First, the event—which is usually a gala in the La Perla Ballroom—was postponed, and second, there was a new award created—the Up and Coming Leaders of the Year award.

The Student Leadership Awards

selection committee chose the winners for this year’s honours. Award winners were recognized on the Douglas College website, and some created short homemade videos accepting their prize and acknowledging their nominators.

Three student awards were up for grabs this year: Living Big Student Leader of the Year Award of Distinction, Community Builder of the Year, and the Up and Coming Leaders of the Year.

The newest award, the Up and Coming Leaders of the Year award, was given to

Eats out?

››Food delivery services struggling because of coronavirus

Craig Allan Staff Writer

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n the midst of COVID-19, food delivery services like Skip the Dishes, Uber Eats, and Foodora are proving to be the saving grace of the restaurant industry. With no ability to provide sit down service, food delivery groups are giving restaurants the ability to make some money in these difficult times. It would seem wise to predict that all food delivery companies are making money hand over fist, but that could be deceiving.

On April 27, Foodora announced that they were ceasing operations in Canada effective May 11, citing a $4.7-million dollars of money owed to restaurants. On May 4, Uber Eats announced that they were pulling out of eight markets (Canada not one of them) by June 4, citing low sales and that they were the subject of boycotting

by Toronto area eateries due to their high commission fees. Why are food delivery

services struggling in a time when they should be thriving?

When it comes to the restaurants, the oasis that food delivery provides is actually a hindrance. In a New York Times article, many restaurants say that they lose money on the services. This is because these food delivery apps cost so much to deliver these items that by the end of an order, the restaurant has already taken a hit to their profit margin.

Another issue for food delivery apps is in the form of the technology. The last decade was defined by investors putting millions of dollars of investment into technology-based apps and industries believing that they were the future.

However, in recent years, the failure of sites like the office space sharing WeWork have soured investors on the mad scramble to invest in computer-based models. This includes food delivery apps.

When analysed against the metric that restaurants are not making money off food delivery apps, leaves many wondering if the food delivery apps themselves are not sustaining a high profit.

It’s possible that the business model for these apps may not be sustainable even in perceived “good times” like today.

Surely, they will still exist in the future, but the model will need to change to ensure that the business is able to properly pay its couriers, restaurants, and other critical workers while still turning a profit. If this does not happen, food delivery apps will have trouble bringing home the bacon.

Psychology student, and Ashley Smith, a Bachelor of Child and Youth Care student.

Smith’s recipient video was heartfelt as she thanked her nominators and detailed her commitment to an often-neglected group then revealed her passion for the work. “I’m super passionate about creating community and spaces for former youth in care, as I am one myself, and I know how difficult it can be to navigate postsecondary without the proper supports and services,” she said.

Recipients of the Living Big Student Leader of the Year Award of Distinction were Bachelor of Physical Education and Coaching student John Paul Escala and Bachelor of Science in Nursing student Hayley Biller.

Escala’s nominator described him as “extraordinary in his involvement in campus activities and volunteering [and] making a difference in the community.”

While Biller’s nominator stated that “[her] energy and enthusiasm to be involved in the broader nursing community is something her classmates admire and look up to her for.”

Biller, in her selection video, thanked her nominator for acknowledging her work in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Peer Mentorship Group, and reinforced the importance of peer mentorship and community in nursing.

A new and convenient way to return or repay your CERB payment ››CRA’s new strategy to speed up the repayment process

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eginning May 11, the CRA will offer an online way to return or repay Canada Emergency Response Benefit or CERB payments.

This repayment option of CERB is for those individuals who no longer meet the eligibility criteria “for the 4-week period in question,” but are still receiving CERB payments. This could happen if these individuals earned employment or self-employment income earlier than expected; if they applied for CERB but later realized that they are ineligible; and if they receive payment both from the CRA and Service Canada. Using CRA My Account, individuals who no longer meet the eligibility requirement can now return or repay their CERB payment online.

Another way to repay the CERB is through mail. Make sure to follow the appropriate steps in writing the mailing address, further instructions can be found at Canada’s official website (Canada.ca).

If you still have the unused original CERB cheque, you can also send it through mail. Just be sure to include the reason

why you want to return the cheque (i.e. overpayment or not entitled) and your Social Insurance Number or Temporary Tax Number—further mailing instructions can still be found on the website.

According to Canada’s website, the CERB is taxable. This means that you will receive a T4A tax slip based on the amount of CERB payment you receive. However, if you repay the CERB, you would not be taxed and would not receive a T4A tax slip from the CRA. Furthermore, to avoid improper issuance of slips, “you need to repay your CERB before December 31, 2020.” If you need more time to repay, do not hesitate to contact the CRA. For more info, visit the website.

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Sports

sports // no. 5 • An interview with Terry Jones, veteran sports reporter • How sports leagues are handling the pandemic ...and that's everything!

Edmonton Oilers celebrate anniversary of fourth Stanley Cup win in five years Brandon Yip Senior Columnist

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he world of professional sports has been on hiatus since March due to COVID-19. Sports stations such as TSN and Sportsnet are replaying classic sports moments to fill airtime, along with broadcasting one-on-one Zoom interviews with ex-athletes reminiscing about past sporting feats. This month marks the anniversary when Wayne Gretzky won his fourth Stanley Cup as a member of the Edmonton Oilers.

It would also be his final championship as an Oiler and player. “The Great One” was a member of a dominant Oilers team considered by many to be the last great Canadian NHL dynasty team. On May 26, 1988, the Oilers won their fourth championship in five years. The team was noted for its high-offensive prowess led by “The Great One,” the speed and finesse of Glenn Anderson, snipers Jari Kurri and Craig Simpson, agitator Esa Tikkanen, the grit of Mark Messier, and the stellar goaltending of Grant Fuhr.

The 1988 cup final was also notable for a power failure that occurred at the Boston Garden on May 24 during the middle of game four with the game tied 3 to 3. After a long delay, the game was canceled by then NHL president, John Ziegler. Game four would later be replayed in Edmonton at Northlands Coliseum on May 26. But the temporary delay was just postponing the inevitable as the Oilers would win decisively 6 to 3 with Wayne Gretzky scoring the cup clinching goal on a power play—along with two assists.

For Terry Jones, veteran sports reporter for the Edmonton Sun, he remembers the 1988 cup final vividly. But he recalls not so much the action on the ice, but the lack of “electrical” action off the ice after the power went out inside the Boston Garden during game four. “I remember finding a corner of the rink where there was a light [that] was on from a secondary power source, found a garbage can, turned it upside down and wrote my column,” Jones said in an interview with the Other Press. “Nights like that you don’t forget.”

Jones also remembers the excitement

and atmosphere at Northlands Coliseum when the Oilers were celebrating their cup victory. "[This] was also the night they won their fourth Stanley Cup and Wayne Gretzky gathered the team at centre ice for an impromptu team picture,” Jones said. “Every team in the NHL has done it every year since. It was [also the] year of Gretzky's ‘Royal Wedding’ and you don't forget attending something like that and the reception that followed. Of course, it also turned out to be the summer when Gretzky was sold to the Los Angeles Kings.

So, there was that.”

Almost three decades have passed since a Canadian-based NHL team won the Stanley Cup. The last Canadian team

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››An interview with Terry Jones, veteran sports reporter

to capture the cup was the Montreal Canadiens in 1993—defeating the Los Angeles Kings in five games. For Terry Jones, he is not optimistic that another Canadian NHL team will eclipse what the Oilers accomplished in the 1980s: “I'll reply with Gretzky’s normal response to a question like that. ‘Never say never,’ he said. Things change. But in my lifetime, with 32 teams, the salary cap and so many other factors, I don't expect to see it.”

Playing in the pandemic ››

How sports leagues are handling the pandemic

Illustration by Sonam Kaloti

CFL is a fan dependent and gate dependent league.

Because of this, and the fact that some of the restrictions in place now could be in place for another year according to Dr. Bonny Henry, going to a football game soon is unlikely. In a video conference call with the House of Commons, league commissioner Randy Ambrosie came before the House asking for $150-million dollars to keep the league going through the pandemic, stating that the league will likely have to cancel the upcoming season.

He claims to want a “partnership” when asked if the CFL was looking for a “bailout,” but getting the government to agree to give any government money to the CFL will be a tough sell. The CFL, combined with its Grey Cup championship have survived World Wars, other financial hard times, and failing franchises—could the coronavirus be the last straw for the three down league?

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s the world begins the recovery from COVID-19, the one area that is going to have the most difficulty returning will be the world of sports. Seeing as sports is normally done in front of a crowd of spectators, the stadiums and arenas will likely be one of the last venues to open once this pandemic ends. This forces the leagues to answer many questions; when do they play, how do they play, and if they can even play at all? The Other Press looks at major sports leagues to see how they are planning to play on in a coronavirus world.

Canadian Football League (CFL) Of all the leagues mentioned, no one is in more dire straits than the CFL. The CFL is not like other leagues that have billionaire owners and worldwide recognition. The

National Football League (NFL) Unlike other leagues, the NFL may be able to weather this storm with little ramifications. Because the average NFL season runs from September to the Super Bowl on the first Sunday in February,

the NFL has been able to skip over the coronavirus epidemic. They are not entirely unscathed though, as they have had to cancel their international games in Europe, but outside of that, they are not as concerned as other leagues. In some cases they have even been successful, as the recent NFL Draft had the highest ratings of any draft in history.

National Hockey League (NHL) The NHL was only about a month away from the beginning of their playoffs when the pandemic forced them to pause the action. Since then the league has been planning and spit balling ideas for how they can finish the season. One idea that has gained a lot of traction is the idea of “hub cities” having all the teams play out the season in set locations with no fans. Cities like Edmonton and Vancouver have put in their applications. The idea will still have some obstacles like the fact that players will have to be tested for the virus frequently, and players may have trouble just getting to the cities—but the league is determined to finish out the season.

National Basketball Association (NBA) The NBA, who was also about a month away from its playoffs, were really the canary in the coal mine when it came to the coronavirus in sports. Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert was the first athlete in the Big 4 sports to be diagnosed with

the coronavirus. The NBA has no set plan to return to action, but they are allowing teams in places with more laxed social distancing regulations to open their practice facilities.

Major League Baseball (MLB) The MLB was the closest league to beginning their season when they had to announce they were suspending operations due to corona. Of all the leagues, the MLB’s plans to return may be the most elaborate, as they have tossed around every idea from a season contained in the teams spring training facilities, to three team divisions where all teams play in their stadiums within driving distance of their divisional competitors. Baseball may have the best possibility of returning of all the sports, as the structure of the game is the easiest in regards to maintaining social distancing, but playing while maintaining a worthwhile profit margin, especially due to the fact that they will be obligated to pay for each player’s full salary, will likely be the league’s biggest struggle.

This is uncharted waters for the sports world. At this time, no one knows how it will go forward in the future. For the time being, it looks like the raising of the Stanley Cup, a home run into the stands, and the roar of the crowd will be done or replaced with muted silence.

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Arts

• ‘Flowers’ is unafraid to explore mental health issues • ‘The Office’ creator Greg Daniels goes virtual with his new show ...and more

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Mindy Kaling’s new Netflix show ‘Never Have I Ever’ is fresh and stimulating

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ever Have I Ever centres its story around the high school life of Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), a teenage girl whose had a tragic freshman year and is looking to reinvent her reputation in the next one. The show’s diverse cast gives a certain depth to the comedic writing.

The situational comedy starts with the introduction of Devi, who is seen praying to her gods to get invited to a party with “hard drugs”—not to do them though. She wants a chance to turn down offers. Her main goals for the new school year include losing her virginity to the hottest boy in school and earning the title of “cool girl.”

It is refreshing to see a brown girl get cast as the lead in trying to navigate drama, horniness, competition, and love triangles as a teenager!

Devi is a funny girl and overachieving student who cares deeply for her friends.

However, unresolved grief and guilt inform Devi’s terrible temper and hasty decisions. She is helped by her best friends, Eleanor (Ramona Young) and Fabiola (Lee Rodriguez), as they share the same geeky and sweet personalities.

The show incorporates hilarious aspects of growing up in a desi household, with examples such as getting yelled at for showing too much shoulder in a TikTok video or Devi’s mom insisting on always having her take a delicious box of confections for the parents of friends she visits. Definitely a South Asian and South East Asian thing that was lovely to see mentioned. One of my favourite scenes is seeing Devi being told she’s too Indian and not Indian enough, while all she wants to do is eat a donut. Honestly, she’s just a teenage girl trying her best to get through high school!

Never Have I Ever is not always about the relatable cultural situations. Heart-

Devi, who is seen praying to her gods to get invited to a party with “hard drugs” wrenching scenes of Devi talking to her father as a figment of her imagination are hard to watch without getting a little teary.

We also see her father in beautiful scenes of both Devi and her mother’s memories that help steer the characters back to caring about what’s most important to them: family.

It is great to see a brown girl play the lead on such a large platform. I really

enjoy the show’s cast. Understandably, not all representation is great if the writing of the characters is insipid. However, for Never Have I Ever, a lot of the characters’ emotions and actions are thought through very well. Hearing lines of the lead worrying about her long arm hairs, aunties’ opinions, and itchy saris is something desi girls can absolutely relate to!

This pandemic couldn’t have been explained in a better way ››‘Coronavirus, Explained’ documentary series review

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oronavirus, Explained is an American documentary series produced by Vox and is available on Netflix. Actor Jonathan Kimble Simmons is the narrator of the show; it features Bill Gates, Peter Daszak, and archive footage of many other researchers, doctors, and leaders from all over the world. Their first episode is aptly named “This Pandemic.”

The show explains the history, present, and future of COVID-19. The show has been created to clear the misinterpretation and misinformation surrounding the virus.

Did you know that the official name of the virus is SARS-CoV-2? COVID-19 is the name of the disease it causes, which stands for Corona Virus Disease 2019. The narrator explained that the name “corona” references “crown,” since the virus has

spikes that appear like a crown. It spread light on how it can spread. The world has faced many such types of infections before and still will in the future, but COVID-19 has been a challenge. Viruses that jump

from animals to humans, termed as zoonotic viruses, can cause an extensive outbreak. According to scientists, the virus mutated in a bat but may have transmitted into other species (like fish or snakes)

Image for 'Coronavirus, Explained' via Netflix

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before making the jump to humans.

So far, seven types of human-infecting coronaviruses have reportedly hit the globe (including COVID-19). The current virus is the youngest of them all. The narrator explained, “Viruses can be better at spreading if they don’t make their host that sick.” He goes on to say that bats “are teeming with viruses because viruses don’t affect them.”

The future of the situation is uncertain. Dr. Fauci, an expert from Trump’s task force, guesses it will take a year or nearly two to develop and approve the vaccination. The clips in the series show how people in the past have been able to fight it. Bill Gates voiced his concern on how the countries have prepared themselves for wars and prevention of terrorism but never considered the havoc a pandemic could cause.

The documentary is a must-watch for all to know about what has been happening in the world.

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arts // no. 7

A beautiful, imaginative, and dark family sitcom that belongs on your watchlist ››‘Flowers’ is unafraid to explore mental health issues

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f you are a fan of gorgeous cinematic visuals, incredibly talented actors, and heart-wrenching scenes of Olivia Colman crying on screen, this series is for you.

The BAFTA nominated show Flowers is an enchanting tale of an idiosyncratic family told through a dark comedic lens which displays mental illness with honesty.

Season one focuses on the depression of the father, Maurice Flowers (Julian Barratt), a children’s book author struggling to find inspiration and meet deadlines. The plot starts with Mr. Flowers going into the garden one gloomy morning, attempting to hang himself from a tree, but to his surprise the branch snaps. He drags the chair and rope, disappointed, back into the house. Mother Deborah Flowers (played by Oscar-winner Olivia Colman) is a colourful music teacher. She is clueless to the bleak household events and always seems to be on the verge of bursting from the mental toil of keeping up happy appearances for their neighbours.

The story also revolves around the family’s twins—both 25, living at home, and constantly bickering. The sister, Amy (Sophia di Martino), has a rugged goth aesthetic and a love for composing music.

The brother Donald (Daniel Rigby) uses his time to invent half or fully useless machines—a by-product of his awkward man-child characteristics. I thoroughly enjoy watching Donald’s excitement while revealing the works he deems to be exceptional. His “flying car” invention is literally just metal sheets and fans bolted to the doors.

Creator of the show, Will Sharpe, adds elements of his Japanese heritage by creating and playing the role of Shun.

Shun is an illustrator from Japan with a heavy accent and actions that come off as a slightly offensive stereotype. He is there to help Mr. Flowers illustrate his books.

The character provides honest and poetic advice to the Flowers that stem from his upsetting background—a story that will break your heart in episode five. Sharpe also illustrates his bipolar disorder by colouring the first and second seasons differently, both structurally and visually.

Flowers depicts its characters to be eccentric, loud, and almost always chaotic.

Underneath it all, we see that all of these characters are struggling in their own ways.

At the end of the second season, we learn how Shun was brought to the dysfunctional British family. He left us with a quote that

vocalises the importance of holding on to life: “The difference between life and death… so small. But if you can hold…” The show is currently available to stream on Netflix in Canada.

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‘Upload’ premiere is both promising and a hilarious trek through virtual reality ››‘The Office’ creator Greg Daniels goes virtual with his new show

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reg Daniels graced our TV screens with the always beloved antics from The Office. He now leaves the cubicles for his newest adventure in Upload. The premiere of this wacky sci-fi satire looks at where we could easily be with virtual reality (VR) technology. After getting injured in a car accident, Nathan (Robbie Amell) is placed in a VR afterlife program to save his mind. He soon discovers that the virtual world he now lives in is not as perfect as it seems to be.

Amell delivers hilarious humour through his character’s silly and strange experiences in VR. His performance balances comedy with more serious tones as he explores how Nathan adjusts to the maddening routines, rules, and isolation of his virtual surroundings.

The story sets up a decent dynamic so far between Amell and newcomer Andy Allo who plays Nora, Nathan’s customer representative of his VR afterlife. Their chemistry brings meaning to the friendship of these characters, and together they relay how important it is to support each other during difficult times. However, more screen time could have pushed their dynamic further (even though the series

The episode presents a blissfully absurd future ruled by VR technology. has just started). The premiere instead rushes to unpack the disjointed facets of Nora’s personal life.

The episode presents a blissfully absurd future ruled by VR technology.

It parodies the hype for VR, while being

whimsically fresh with its social satire about how quickly virtual reality can become our strange new normal. The ironies from Nathan’s digital utopia not only elevates the story’s levity, but also makes viewers more appreciative of the

world we already have.

Upload’s premiere also offers commentary on VR’s role in making video games more immersive. Amell’s character lives like an avatar when he is thrown into his virtual world. His annoyance with having to pay digital currency he doesn’t have for certain resources is a running gag that drives the weird humour even more. The show uses this absurdity also to examine our social anxieties about what VR gaming technology could mean for future youth.

However, the story’s eerie undertone could have had more depth for a stronger balance with the strange comedy. Even philosophical themes about consciousness, life, and death are made ridiculously obvious through dialogue. The story is sometimes bland as a result, but luckily, the talented cast make the plot watchable.

The premiere also doesn’t reveal how VR became a successful industry and could have better explored the technology’s complicated history. Hopefully, though, subsequent episodes may provide surprising answers.

Overall, the show so far has an original premise and bold satire that will not disappoint viewers. The series is audaciously different from The Office, but if Upload can keep up its momentum for the rest of the season, it may just be worthwhile to check out.

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Schools Flower online for the summer › The 2020 summer semester at Douglas will now be online only art!

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life & style // no. 9 • Milk moustaches all around!

• Before there was Zoom • A sweet-talk about the pineapple ...and more

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A sweet-talk about the pineapple Morgan Hannah Life & Style Editor

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t’s important to stay curious, ask questions, and always learn something new; so, let’s take a closer look at a common household item—something fresh, sweet, and fruity. It’s time for “Fascinating Fruit Facts!” And this week we’re looking at the pineapple, otherwise known by its scientific name Ananas comosus!

Ah yes, the succulent golden tropical pineapple we all know and love. Due to its historical rareness, it is a symbol of hospitality.

What might be unknown about the pineapple is that it actually is a group of fruits. Technically speaking, pineapple is a collection of fruiting flowers that are connected to a central stem, making the pineapple a “multiple fruit.”

Another way cool fact about pineapples is their ability to regenerate! You can cut the top off a pineapple and grow a whole new plant. Only one pineapple will grow from a pineapple plant at a time, and very slowly; growing tops takes nearly 3 years for full maturation. A faster growing method

involves the slip, a tiny plantlet that grows on some varieties of pineapples at the base of the fruit.

The iconic golden fruit contains an enzyme called bromeliad. This enzyme mixture can break down proteins, so pineapples are often used as a meat tenderizer. This is also the reason why everything tingles and burns when eating pineapple; the bromeliad enzyme is trying to break down the proteins of your mouth. How neat! Pineapple is also known to ripen faster upside down. A lesser known “fact” is that you can attract swinger couples by placing an upside-down pineapple in your grocery cart while walking around the supermarket.

SpongeBob SquarePants, beloved star from Bikini Bottom lives in a giant pineapple—they truly do make great houses. And even Jack-o-Lanterns!

Pineapples have also are chalk-full of Vitamin C, thiamine, and manganese content, which promotes happy hormones in the brain and helps with sexual health—especially in men. Maybe that’s why SpongeBob is so irresistible. This has been Fascinating Fruit Facts—tune in next time to find out which fruit we’ll be chatting about next!

Why my math anxiety has been awakened EG Manilag Staff Writer

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he quarantined semester has officially commenced! Most students at this very moment are just chilling in their homes or now arranging their schedules—but not me. I am deeply worried about taking my first ever math related course in college.

Even though I am not that bad at math, I still get nervous because it tenses me up— eating up my entire day and causing me to be full of worries and fears.

One of my greatest fears in taking math is the possibility of failing. No one wants to fail, especially if they give their all. Math and statistics are known to be cumulative in nature. This means that these classes require fundamental knowledge before getting to the next course. For example, knowing basic mathematical operations and their order (PEMDAS also known as BEDMAS) is especially important and required to proceed to upper level mathematics. You simply won’t be able to solve functions if you don’t know their step-by-step process.

Another thing that makes math and stats hard are their symbols—they can come in many different forms but have only one meaning. This can really make

you feel like a foreigner in unknown place.

Now, keeping this in mind, it is especially hard for students who have been molded by the social sciences to get back on track.

Not practicing calculations for a while can definitely rust your math skills. As a result, these students are burdened to go back and study the every single prerequisite since they are all necessary. Nevertheless, they’ll spend more time on their numbers course than their non-math courses if they’re out of practice.

The other thing that is not so great about this situation is the common trend that occurs where one cannot greatly focus on other courses. As for me, I am a criminology student. I really love studying criminology courses. In fact, I am taking two this semester. But having a third course related to math means I can’t enjoy studying the other two as much, seeing how I must study hard at math to get a fighting chance at succeeding.

Re-entering the field of math, for me and many others, is simply hard. But hey, the beginning is always the hardest. If we keep a good pace and follow our profs’ instructions while also studying regularly, I am sure we’ll end up just fine.

For all of you having this same anxiety as myself, perhaps a takeaway story from

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the Life and Style Editor, Morgan Hannah, will help you conquer your math or stat anxiety. She had the same worry as a writer and someone distant from mathematics.

On the time, she states “I ended up doing quite well, though. I owe my success to asking tons of questions, working through my lab multiple times, and paying close

attention during lectures. Additionally, when we had projects, such as our stats journal, I went all out and did a creative scrapbook styled journal—I highly recommend using one’s talents and skills to their advantage. Like, if you’re a great writer and have to write out math questions, write really interesting ones.”

A contact trace’s experience working during COVID-19 Record lows in hospital admissions has led to nurses being seconded to another vital job

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ichelle became undone as she was handed the laboratory result. Her eyes quickly scanned the single sheet paper to find the information she anticipated: “Positive. COVID-19 virus (2019-nCoV) detected by NAT at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory.” Most healthcare interactions boil down to one stranger meeting another stranger sprinkled with small talk and a medical diagnosis. Yet during a pandemic these interactions are unusually difficult.

As a registered nurse, Michelle Smith—a pseudonym— is used to navigating the difficulty of healthcare provision and the banalities of lab results. “Typically, lab results— whether positive or negative—are shrugged off by most healthcare workers. You read the result, check the name to make sure it’s the right person, hand the paper to the

physician, then tell the patient that the doctor has their results,” said Smith.

However, this one was different. This would be the first time Michelle told a patient they had COVID-19.

Her supervisor instructed her to phone the patient at the number in CareConnect, then go through the contact tracing form. Smith stared at the three-page document beside the phone. The paper read as a list of questions covering a typical medical interview: age, gender, occupation, date of symptom onset, travel history, other medical comorbidities.

“Just phone the patient and relay the results, then complete the questionnaire with them?” asked Smith aloud into a room filled with other staff. Michelle received a confirmatory head nod and then proceeded to dial the number.Since hospital admissions are at record lows and patient attendance to emergency departments are dramatically down, Michelle has been seconded to the

The family simply could not adhere to the recommendations,” remembered Smith.

“You really get a sense of how difficult life is for some people in Vancouver.”

COVID-19 response at a public health department.

“They need the bodies since there’s people to contact trace and follow-up on. Especially since most people want their questions answered by a health professional,” said Smith. Michelle spent several months in Public Health when she first left school but got a casual nursing position in the Vancouver General Hospital Emergency Department and picks up enough shifts to travel and meet her living costs.

Her friends detail their lives as nurses in the emergency department as stressful with the advent of COVID-19 measures— including increasing donning of personal protective equipment for every new patient with a cough or runny nose—while her life at the Health Authority features telephone calls and paperwork.

“It was busy in March and April, but it has slowed significantly,” remarked Smith about the workload. Michelle’s job is an important one. With British Columbia’s containment efforts being the current policy, contact tracing and actively monitoring new cases daily is needed.

Anyone tested in the Lower Mainland has their collected sample sent to one of two labs for analysis—Providence Laboratory at St. Paul’s Hospital or the Public Health Laboratory at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Once the test is analyzed and completed, positive results (meaning diagnosed with COVID-19) are sent to the individual’s local health authority where staff are tasked with contacting the newly positive cases, relaying their results, providing public health recommendations, and mapping out their social networks to understand whether other people they know are at risk.

“In the end you really get to know the people you contact

every day. Whether it’s the first call or the active daily monitoring piece, they become like family,” remarked Smith. After the initial call, positive cases are monitored for several days via a daily phone call. In some calls the staff follow intimate contacts of cases: husbands, children, other household members, work acquaintances, basically, anyone who may have had contact with the droplets of a positive case.

The daily monitoring calls centre around respiratory symptoms and assessing if an individual has any reasons to go to an emergency department to be assessed by a doctor—but they often become daily problem-solving sessions.

“I’ve had people ask about letters for work, how to apply for the Canadian Employees Benefit, and can their cat catch COVID. The requests are random.” Apart from the daily chats and symptom screening, the phone calls provide a window into the lives of Lower Mainland residents.

Smith recalls her conversations with one family regarding public health self-isolation requirements which call for individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 to separate in their house from those without the disease.

“The family simply could not adhere to the recommendations,” remembered Smith. “You really get a sense of how difficult life is for some people in Vancouver.”

Smith hopes that the COVID-19 pandemic shines a light on the inequities in the region, changes how people are paid, and outlines how precarious the economic situation for everyone in Vancouver and the surrounding areas can be for our most vulnerable—even those who are employed.

Her friends detail their lives as nurses in the emergency department as stressful with the advent of COVID-19 measures—including increasing donning of personal protective equipment for every new patient with a cough or runny nose.

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Fantastic lattes and their muffin sidekicks ››Milk moustaches all around!

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ver the weekend, I went to Sprouted Oven down in Abbotsford. It is this charming little bakery that has an absolute to-die-for turmeric and cardamom latte as well as soft, chewy, and delicious glutenfree baked goods. Now, you might be thinking that that seems like a super long ways to go just for a latte and some baked goods, and you’d be right. It is. But it’s sooo worth it, especially if you can make a day of it and go for a hike or a tromp through Yarrow, BC. So, I thought it might be time to try and make my own delicious turmeric and cardamom latte as well as a couple of other delicious latte flavours—and pair them all up with unusual muffins too!

24K Gold Vanilla Turmeric Latte To start us off, let’s take a look at this delicious latte by Ambitious Kitchen!

Smooth and creamy, this antiinflammatory latte kicks ass and takes names with its hints of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and of course, cardamom Ingredients: • 1 (15 oz) can coconut milk • 1 cup vanilla almond milk (alternatively, unsweetened almond milk) • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract • 1/2 to 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon • pinch of ground nutmeg • pinch of cardamom • extra ground cinnamon for sprinkling on top Method: Add coconut milk, almond milk, vanilla, honey, ground turmeric, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom to a small pot. Mix all together. Bring ingredients to a boil, afterwards reduce heat to low and simmer for three to five minutes to reduce the mixture a bit while stirring occasionally.

Sprinkle with a touch of ground cinnamon on top or add a cinnamon stick if you’re feeling fancy.

Mediterranean Muffins This savoury muffin is more of a “what’s in the fridge” kind of muffin—olives,

sun-dried tomatoes, roasted peppers, and feta make this sidekick to your latte super delicious! Check out the recipe at RecipeTinEats!

Ingredients: • 2 cups cheddar cheese (shredded) • 2.5 oz feta (crumbled) • 1/2 cup green olive slices • 1/2 cup sun-dried tomato strips • 1/2 cup roasted peppers (drained and chopped) • 1/2 cup green onions • 2 cups flour • 1 and 1/2 tsp baking powder • 1/2 tsp salt • 1 egg • 1 cup milk • 1/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt • 1 garlic or shallot clove (minced) Method: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Cover a 12-hole muffin tin with butter—be generous. Whisk your wet and dry in separate bowls. After having done so, pour your wet ingredient bowl into the dry one. Mix exactly eight times. Then, add cheese, feta, sun-dried tomato, roasted peppers, olives, and green onion. Mix a little—don’t overdo it though. You don’t want it to become hard. Put batter in your muffin tin; 25 minutes of baking should suffice. Let it cool for 10 minutes before devouring! It tastes best warm.

Blueberry Mint Matcha Iced Latte Who would’ve thought that all these mismatched flavours would taste so good together? Blueberries and mint is an excellent combo. This match just makes the beverage! Pour over ice for the perfect summer sipper. Yum! This awesome recipe comes from Brewing Happiness.

Ingredients: • 1 cup unsweetened non-dairy milk • 1/4 teaspoon matcha powder • 1/4 cup frozen blueberries • 1 tablespoon maple syrup • 3 fresh mint leaves Method: Put ‘em in the blender all together and blast it on high to get a beautiful frothy drink. Drink it all up!

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Butternut Squash, Coconut, and Ginger Muffins The perfect morning muffin, this bad boy has a ton of flavour and helps to get those daily veggies in. Recipe provided by Epicurious.

Ingredients: • 2 large eggs • 10 tbs unsalted butter (melted) • 2/3 cup buttermilk • 2 tsp grated peeled ginger • 2/3 cup plus 2 tbs (packed) light brown sugar • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 2 tsp baking powder • 1/4 tsp baking soda • 1 tsp ground cinnamon • 1 tsp kosher salt • 2 cups grated (on large holes of box grater) peeled butternut squash • 3/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut • 3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans

Method: Turn your oven on and preheat to 375 degrees F. Get 12-hole muffin tin place liners or use butter to prevent sticking.

Whisk eggs, butter, buttermilk, ginger, and two-thirds cup of brown sugar all together.

In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon.

Combine the two bowls slowly while mixing until just combined—don’t over mix. Add in squash, coconut, and pecans.

Divide batter among cups, filling each completely. Sprinkle remaining two tablespoons of brown sugar on top. Put your muffins in the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes or so; rotate pan 15 minutes in. Muffins should be golden brown. Check with doneness with a toothpick inserted into the centre coming out clean. Leave in pan to cool for five minutes, then transfer to a rack and let them cool completely.

Have some restaurant chains gone too far with COVID-19 measures? ››Balancing customer service and helpful precautions Morgan Hannah Life & Style Editor

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ver the weekend, my partner and I went for a drive in search of a good place to hike; but, with the closures of parks and trails in place due to the pandemic, our hike turned into a mini road trip instead. Once at our destination, my partner wanted a coffee, so that meant it was time to get in line. The small town we were in only has few locations of the coffee chain we were looking for, and many were temporarily closed, so we went to the only one available.

We pulled up to the drive-thru window and the employee passed us the Moneris terminal attached to a pole—they taped it to a two or three-foot-long stick.

My partner’s card didn’t have tap and the sun was glaring pretty hard, so between every button the employee brought the terminal close to her so she could tell what step we were at before returning the terminal to our car window. Another staff member placed the drink onto a tray, and then the first employee then extended the tray out towards us.

It all just seemed a bit much. And maybe it’s my lack of going out often that

caused me to feel that way, but all similar and comparable chains within walking distance of my home in Burnaby don’t nearly have the same level of precautions.

Granted, they also don’t have a drive-thru… but the employees actually touch your cup to hand it to you at my home location.

Sure, they’re wearing gloves and sometimes masks, like most people I’ve seen.

This experience got me thinking, what are the right ways to approach the pandemic when working in the food industry? Should employees respond more like the coffee house in the small town—closing their dine-in options and

only running the drive-thru with lengthy precautions? Or should they be more like the many chains near my home, where customers still come in and order (but leave promptly). There’s a bit more humanity in the whole process in the latter case certainly. I understand the need to keep safe and sanitary, but we mustn’t lose sight of our customer service and care in the process. Maybe it was just a small-town kind of thing, but it really does give one something to think about.

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How to keep entertained online with your friends and family ››Exciting things to do on the internet

Mobile games The GamePigeon app on the iPhone has tons of iMessage games to play such as Crazy 8(essentially UNO), 8-Ball, and Cup Pong. There are also countless mobile game apps to download and play with friends such as Clash Royale (real-time card battles), QuizUp (social trivia), and even Fortnite (a battle royale game).

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n the wake of staying isolated in our homes for possibly months on end we need something to do to stay connected with our friends and family online. To be fair, some of these are going to be less family-friendly fun than others, so choose wisely.

Virtual worlds There are countless virtual worlds out there. To be fair, many of the best ones closed down years ago. There are worlds for adults and for children, but the kid ones may be fun to play for a bit of nostalgia.

Second Life is only fun if you really want to invest in it as if it is truly your second life. I wasn’t able to get into it since I just wanted a bit of quick fun with my friends, but it might be a perfect fit for you.

VRChat is probably the most universally popular virtual world right now and doesn’t necessarily require a VR headset (though it is much more immersive if you have one). For nostalgic purposes: Toontown Rewritten is a reboot of the old Toontown virtual world that was originally created

by Disney. It features a bunch of Disney characters, as well as mafia-boss evil robots.

Club Penguin Online is another reboot—and it is a revival of one of the most popular virtual world games ever. If

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Cards Against Humanity This game can be extremely inappropriate.

If you’ve heard anything about it, you’d know that. Pretend You're Xyzzy is the best online form of this game and it’s free!

you don’t know what Club Penguin is, you must have been living under a rock (or perhaps on an iceberg).

BuzzFeed quizzes BuzzFeed quizzes are typically far from the mark of being scientific, but that’s what makes them fun! These goofy and pointless quizzes are a hit to do with friends. Take turns picking the quiz and comparing what princess or snack food you are.

Personality quizzes If you, like me, enjoy a quiz with a little more substance and scientific backup (although there are claims that the science isn’t actually valid, so be warned)— take personality tests such as the 16

Personalities test. The answers are often “a ‘freakishly accurate’ description of who you are and why you do things the way you do,” according to their website.

If you want to play something a little spicier, you can try the Rice Purity Test, which is a checklist that calculates how “pure” you are. I do not believe in the existence of “purity,” but the quiz is fun regardless.

Even spicier and definitely rated R, you could try the BDSM Test which is explained on the test’s website to have been created “to help beginning kinksters determine which labels are or aren’t suitable for them, and to be a fun experience for everyone taking it, beginners and experts alike.”

Videogames I will never stop recommending Stardew Valley for single and multiplayer gameplay (up to four players). On the surface, it seems like merely a farming simulator— however it runs far deeper. It’s calming, addicting, and an overall beautiful game with a great story. Read this previous Other Press review if you’re interested in learning more.

BattleBlock Theater is best played as a co-op, though it can be played single player as well. BattleBlock is truly hilarious, fun, and challenging; it will definitely test your friendships. Jackbox Party game packs are exhilarating games for you and your friends. There are many different games in each pack, and you can read about the differences of each game pack in another previous Other Press article. Only one person needs to buy a pack for the crew to enjoy—simply screen share the game, and everyone connects via room code on your phone for free.

Aren’t we all bored of the endless binge-watching by now? I know I am.

Here’s hoping this list will help your social circles breathe a bit of fresh air with a change-up in the itinerary.

Before there was Zoom Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnist

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ideo chat has evolved greatly in the past two decades—changing the way we connect through conversations and conference calls. The idea of calling with video was first made in the 1870s along with the idea of audio devices, but the first prototypes did not culminate until the late 1920s when AT&T first started developing it (but it would not come into use until the ‘70s). Webcams may have been semi-popular on university campuses in the ‘90s, but around a year after Skype was introduced to the market in 2003 with its high-quality video chat, businesses began to practice video conferencing more seriously. Skype’s group video chat was available as a premium feature.

When Google+ was launched, the Hangouts feature was relatively popular because it allowed more people to be in a group. They have also recently changed Hangouts to Google Meet. Because social distancing is still in effect due to the pandemic, everyone should engage with friends and relatives outside of their home

through these video chat services. The pandemic has led to the frequent use of a video chat service called Zoom; it is used not only for private conversations but also in TV shows and live streams. Many university classes use it as well.

I usually use the service when I do surveys and while you can have a lot of people in a group chat and a lot of interesting features—like having a virtual background behind you—I find the quality to not be comparable to a video chat in Skype. The video chat services that were made before Zoom pioneered video chat and can be great alternatives to the now very popular Zoom.

Skype has a higher quality image and an easy to use interface that is clear and immersive. The audio quality feels like the same crystal-clear quality of a landline phone and depending on the device that you use and your internet speed, you can have up to 50 people in a group video chat.

Zoom does advertise 100 people in a chat for free though.

Google Hangouts is the first time I saw the video chat feature where, when someone talks, the chat prioritizes the

person that is talking. Another feature I saw on Hangouts first was where one can control which person they would like to see by editing the hangout manually.

If you do not have a fast internet connection, the image could drop frames, or the hangout would drop during the middle of a conversation.

In a hangout, you can have 10 people video call for free which makes it more fun.

A lot of gamers use Discord to interact with other players and talk about anything in chat rooms, where up to 10 people can be in a group video chat. The quality of the group digital conference is seamless at times, though it can drop at certain points too. Unlike most video call services you can move the people that are in the chat, share your screen, and put a personalized

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››Comparing alternative video chat services

background—which is optimal if you are doing a gaming stream or a podcast.

For iPhone and iPad users, FaceTime’s group video chat can have 32 people in a conversation. If your camera is off, you can show yourself as an Animoji. Because of the high-quality cameras in these devices, the quality of the image in the chat has potential to be very sharp. You could use Zoom if you like to have a lot of people in a group video chat. But if you would like to have a high-quality group video chat, give these other video chat services a try.

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• When good ideas do nothing • The tenant interview process • Why you shouldn’t take mixed romantic signals as a ‘no’ ...and more

The tenant interview process Morgan Hannah Life & Style Editor

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remember walking up the stairs of my potential new home and being enamoured by the wrought-iron chandelier hanging from the ceiling in the main foyer. It was huge! And I had never had a chandelier in any place that I’d lived before. What I failed to miss though, were the cobwebs strung between the fancy swirls and hoops of metal and inside every lemon-frosted lightbulb cover—much like the rest of the place, the chandelier was a clever trick to make you look past the shoddy truth.

Those brief moments of awe aside, the biggest lie that came with moving into my new place was when the landlord told me the neighbours were nice and quiet people. I’ve been living in a home split into three suites for a little over six months now and have had to deal with terrible people. I thought I had moved away from some terrible neighbours when I left my apartment in New West, but somehow my partner and I manage to always be really unlucky when finding a place to call home. And what’s worse is that we’re all in quarantine now, so there really is no escape from these people either.

Day in and day out, my neighbours allow their six-year-old child to scream bloody murder for hours! And when my

partner or I try to confront them about this disturbance of our peace with a simple knock on the divider that separates their third of the house from ours, the wife screams profanities back at us. The husband is no better—he’s not home most of the time. When he is, he’ll shrug his shoulders and say “kids these days…” They sound like characters from a movie, but they’re real!

According to the BC Government, “tenants have a right to peace, quiet and privacy in their homes—a right that comes from the common law principle of quiet enjoyment.” This means that we have the right to reasonable privacy and freedom from unreasonable disturbances.

Unfortunately, according to my partner and my unresponsive landlord, the noises that the child downstairs produces on a daily basis are considered within reason—they’re just unreasonable to me. My options at this point are limited, seeing as how we have signed a lease stating that we will live here until November 2020, and should we break that contract, we will be forfeiting our damage deposit as well as be held potentially liable for a couple months of rent should the landlords have difficulty finding a replacement tenant. All of this being said, it is my opinion that landlords must be required to provide truthful, relevant information about current tenants sharing the space that is up for rent when

asked by potential new renters.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada website states that one’s personal information should only be obtained, used, and revealed for legitimate purposes, with their knowledge and often with their consent. Their personal information also needs to be stored, shared, and discarded of in a way that ensures it is confidential and secure. I see no breech in this right of privacy by sharing information such as how many people live in the shared spaces, what schedules they keep, whether they have children or pets, and whether there have been any noise complaints against them. This is all information that landlords collect when renting out spaces and it should be made available to anyone who is seriously interested in renting, regardless of whether that drives potential renters away or not. Like any other service, an interview between landlord, current tenants, and new tenants should be made available— that way everyone involved is happier with the decisions they’re making and less disputes will arise in the future from sneaky tactics or hasty decision making.

There’s always a possibility that one member of the equation will deny

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››Landlords should be required to reveal select information

the interview process, and that’s okay!

However, if the interview process was made a commonplace practice when renting, like it is when buying, then those who refuse the process would stand out as red flags to potential renters looking for specific circumstances. Right off the bat, they’d know to keep searching.

It’s as simple as everyone involved being honest and thorough, as well as making sure the information of others doesn’t land in the wrong hands; in fact, through the interview process, more seedy renters will be weeded out and exposed.

An additional benefit to maintaining peaceful and respectful neighbourhoods everywhere.

Why you shouldn’t take mixed romantic signals as a ‘no’ Sonam Kaloti Arts Editor

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hen I saw a tweet reading, “Do yourself a favor and take mixed signals as a no,” it immediately rubbed me the wrong way. However, when I saw the multitude of retweets, likes, and comments the tweet got, I knew there was something inherently wrong.

I know most people agreeing with this statement are pushing the concept of “self love and respect” rather than what the tweet means at face value, however, there is such a blatant, selfish undertone to the initial phrase that makes the self-love mask seem so superficial.

The consensus appears to be that mixed signals equal commitment issues— or that the person in question doesn’t reciprocate the romantic feelings. This can be the case, sure, but who is anyone to assume exactly what’s going through someone else’s head? If you’re being dragged on for months without getting an answer, sure, cut your losses. But why

blame the other person for you not being able to control your own attachment and feelings (which is nobody’s responsibility but your own!)

Also, interpreting mixed feelings from your romantic prospect as inherently negatively isn’t accurate. It doesn’t mean the other person would have given a “no” answer once they were ready. You taking their mixed feelings immediately as a “no” isn’t a reflection of who they are, it’s a reflection of yourself and an inability to understand that all people do not instantly know what they want (especially when it comes to matters of the heart).

If you believe that mixed signals are a definite no, then take this as an opportunity to look inside yourself and ask if you always know what you want. If not— then why hold others to a higher standard?

There could be countless reasons as to why someone isn’t reciprocating your feelings, and the worst thing to do is to take their mixed signals as a no and move on straight away. It closes the opportunity for them to come together with you and

potentially form a great partnership.

Many need one to be patient for them (which is, after all, one of the greatest qualities for both partners to share in a relationship). Life is long—if someone you really like needs a bit longer to figure themselves and their wants out, you should allow them that freedom.

That does not mean put you should put your life on hold, and it definitely doesn’t mean you should exhaust your energy trying to win them over. They likely already know who you are and why you’re great. Instead, give them some space and focus on improving yourself (including exploring why you feel the need to run away if you’re not presented with what you desire at first wish).

Illustration by Sonam Kaloti

››Don’t hold others to a higher standard than your own

If you’re feeling especially adventurous, I highly recommend giving the other person an open and non-judgemental place to air out their insecurities about why they feel hesitant to move forward with you. If they don’t have to fear you moving on due to their indecisiveness, I’m certain you two may be able to have a great conversation that will help both of you come to a greater understanding of each other and will ultimately bring you closer regardless.

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Medical life after corona ››Many aspects of the system need change now

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here is a certain optimistic hope that we are past the worst of what may be the first run of COVID-19; it’s now time to begin to consider the lessons learned and future actions needed to prevent another massive economic and health care disaster.

From one end of the country to the other, a light was shone on the current state of our health care system; though it is never far from us, it is often overlooked in our day-to-day existence. However, as personal protective equipment (PPE) ran low or out around the country with no foreseeable replenishments, the nation was forced to an unfortunate reckoning. And, as some long-term care centres around the country lost their patients in swathes and their ability to cope, another hole in our system was ripped open. What deficiencies can be solved soon to prevent a repetition of this abysmal state?

One of the worst things a graduate could face as they leave their school is an assurance that they will not have a job.

Worse still would be if that job was one they had spent the past ten years training for. This exact situation faces hundreds of Canadian medical school graduates who do not have residencies at the time that they finish school. The issue is so bad that groups like the Canadian Federation of Medical Students have fallen to lobbying the government to increase their prospects

in order to combat the year after year increase in unmatched graduates. Of the many things we have learned during this pandemic, we should see that these unmatched students are wasted resources.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, citizens trained outside of Canada have resorted to suing the government in order to get residencies as well (granted this preference exists so that Canadian school graduates don’t end up unemployed). All this before we speak about foreign trained and certified immigrants unable to practice

as nurses, doctors, and other medical professionals.

For the doctors and nurses trained and working in the field, there comes a new and potentially more horrendous situation: the possibility of a PPE famine.

As detailed in a National Post article, some health care professionals are concerned about the chance of a supply shortages and being unprotected. Though the federal government has placed orders for millions of dollars worth of equipment, the fact that this is not a situation unique to Canada and

Illustration by Sonam Kaloti

Matthew Fraser Opinions Editor

is unsettling.

Heartbreaking pictures of the extreme isolation that many care homes have been forced to mandate have filled the news. But with these pictures come with shocking tales of long-term care homes with COVID-19 positive patients. For reference, a new study published in The Star states that 82 percent of all Canadian COVID-19 deaths come from elderly in long-term care. As of May 6, 3,436 care home residents had died of COVID-19—making up a huge chunk of the 4,167 Canadians who have passed due to coronavirus. We are now forced to see how the warehousing of the elderly has continued to fail some of the most vulnerable.

The pandemic may continue to plague us in the years to come, but Canadians must begin to look at the steps necessary to fortify us against future epidemics. If that means allowing students to complete their residencies outside of Canada and prioritizing moving immigrants with medical degrees into more suitable careers, now is the time to begin that debate. If emergency production laws need to be reconsidered and PPE manufacturing increased in the nation, it is clear that it can only help us in the future; with the rapidly aging Canadian population, there’s no doubt that safety in care centres needs to be improved. Hopefully as a country we can change these things before it is once again too late.

An ineffective but popular ban ››When good ideas do nothing

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n April 19, Gabriel Wortman killed 22 people over 13 hours while impersonating a police officer. As the community grieved and the rest of the nation looked on in horror, it became evident to many that it was long past time to ban certain firearms. A viewpoint apparently shared by Prime Minister Trudeau, and on May 1 he moved to ban all “military-grade” and “assault-style” rifles.

But is the ban designed for the ideal effect?

Are there better uses for the promised $600-million? And was the bill wrongly passed without proper debate—possibly due to the pandemic?

When PM Trudeau announced the ban, he stated that it was to prevent a similar tragedy from being repeated on Canadian soil—a noble and completely unobjectionable goal. Only the most nefarious of individuals would have designs against that goal. But does this ban really make that dream more likely? Given the details of the tragedy that initiated it, this ban would have been completely ineffective. The RCMP has come out recently to announce that all but one of the guns used by the shooter were likely purchased illegally from America and even the gun of possible Canadian origin was obtained illegally. Therefore, had this ban

been in place years ago, this tragedy would have been undeterred. Instead, this ban is but a rose thrown to the progressive masses with legal gun owners as the sacrificial lamb. In a move that shows Trudeau’s understanding of how ineffective this ban is, legal owners will have two years to turn in their guns—a timeframe that hardly shows any real sense of urgency.

With a promised $400-million to $600-million dollars, one should seriously wonder what better uses there are for this money. Seeing as the ban itself will not deter the gun deaths that occur, what use will the money have? Well, we know that this money will not be used to stop the flow of illegal weapons over our border as premier Doug Ford, MP’s Dan Albas and Mel Arnold, or even numerous legal gun owners have called to do. We know that the money will not go to improving and expanding our mental health resources that will not only benefit Canadians at large but will also identify and help address potentially violent individuals before they rise to murderous rampages. We even know that this money will not brush against current gang prevention programs; instead, up to $600-million dollars will be funneled into taking guns out of the hands of nonviolent citizens who would not be using them for criminal purposes in the first place.

Worse still is Justin Trudeau’s use of the current pandemic to slip the bill

through uncontested. He was able to pass a bill that, by the government’s own 2018 report, would have a negligible effect on gun violence in Canada seeing how most gun crime is committed with illegallyobtained guns. With all normal workings of government suspended or impaired, our Prime Minister passed a bill that satisfied the majority of Canadians while affording literally no one a single additional ounce of protection. Though the bill may sound good to many it only acts to criminalize the few law-abiding citizens that possess the weapons in question. As a matter of fact, “assault-style” and “militarygrade” have no legal definition in Canadian law and this point would have been rightly criticized for being opaque fear mongering had the bill gone through the proper process.

Not one sane, civil, or reasonable person opposes preventing mass shootings; Canadians and most humans at large have enough general empathy to oppose such senseless killings. But, we must be more concerned with the success of these bills and laws rather than simply the buzzwords they use. It must be more important to the population at large that

taxpayer dollars go to programs that would actually address their fears. We should look at the actual origins of the weapons and craft something to prevent their repeated appearance; Canadian citizens of all political leanings should be outraged that the normal bounds of our democracy were circumvented in a time of need. Though there is no way to restore the lives that were taken, we must take care to properly ensure this won’t happen again.

Illustration by Athena Little

Matthew Fraser Opinions Editor

• A few fun quarantine hobbies ...and that's everything!

Illustrations by Udeshi Seneviratne

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A few fun quarantine hobbies ››You’ve masturbated enough— you need an actual pastime

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veryone seems to be trying out a different hobby during this pandemic.

Some adventurous people have even sucked at multiple new hobbies during this period. The following is a list of the fun experiences and existential crises a novel pastime can offer you!

Embroidery!

You already are a fan of sitting in one awkward hunched over position for an extended period of time, so this hobby will fit you and your demented spine well. You can embroider cute sayings like “I love my dog more than I love people and that fact is obvious when you look at me.” You can even make your hobby into a gift! A common and great idea for an embroidered gift is the phrase “it’s the thought that counts.”

The plant raiser Time to practice that green thumb! Plants need plenty of love, water, and daily care—and as a person who barely muster the personal conviction to wash your dirty ass once a week, you’re not sure why you took this hobby on. What is plant food, anyways? Proteins and cheese?

The bread maker You may not be able to be the breadwinner (since our economy is in shambles)—but you can make the bread!

A fun and easy to understand hobby for those with experience in making bread.

A terrible headache for anyone else. Also, many people mention that this hobby is economical. If you’re good, sure—but it’s expensive if you suck. Have you ever paid $90 for a single barely passable loaf of bread? Even hipsters wouldn’t stoop that low.

A common and great idea for an embroidered gift is the phrase “it’s the thought that counts.”

Comics by Udeshi Seneviratne

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Creative Works pan and poly Illustration by Sonam Kaloti

Sonam Kaloti Arts Editor clear binaries don’t exist in my world I take my beliefs headfirst with fists curled. slap bass, bad at math, not all that I lack sinning girl with curls cause I am loving my boy. what to do when all you're doing is jacking the kodak, picking lilacs “would it kill you to come back and discuss,” you both ask. “don't want to create a fuss,” I say, yet my torn heart will not hold back.

Ghost party

››Something new, something blue, something borrowed, and something cliché

Morgan Hannah Life & Style Editor ne set of high heeled legs after another, the group piled into the limo carrying any remaining Jell-O shots with them in each hand. I had an uneasiness flowing inside me with each step into the limo I took. Eye opening bursts of purple, blue, green, and red lights travelled up the sides of the limo as soft rock music blared from the speakers. Scarlet, dressed in white jeans and a black crop top, passed around flutes of champagne and the limo set off. For most of the ride, Billie and I stood up and surfed the stop and go of the limo through traffic, twisting our hips to the music. I just had to keep myself moving. Hilda, who had taken a seat beside me—despite the several open booths throughout the vehicle— watched us silently. I was secretly pleased when she and Ashley had a small argument over which song to play earlier. Determined not to let it ruin the night, the girls sat cross-legged and sipped on their flutes.

“So, ladies...” began Scarlet, “why haven’t we talked about how cute our driver is yet?” Ashley snorted, and the limo took a sharp corner, sending her careening into Scarlet’s lap. Billie and I stumbled back down in the booth. It was clear girl time was underway, and I was not interested. Our driver really was erratic tonight.

“I’m just about to get married, I can’t think he’s cute.” Louise pouted while her face was lit with eagerness.

“That’s when you’re supposed to find him cute!” Billie shouted, “before it’s too late!” The others joined in on teasing the bride-to-be. While my champagne sloshed aggressively onto my fingers, I caught myself wondering what Bernie was doing and how the bachelor party was going. The thought seemed to sneak up on me out of nowhere, but it was comforting—and a far better use of my time than the conversation that was unfolding inside this limo. So, I went ahead and imagined him and Joseph, Louise’s soon-to-be husband, smoking pot and drinking while they barbecued the pounds and pounds of exotic meat Bernie bought for the boys in Joseph’s backyard. Short of no dancing and no women, it really seemed like the better of the two parties. I knew it was put together at the last minute, but it was the best that Best Man Bernie could do living long distance from his friend. I imagined Joseph was well past intoxicated at this point, laughing and trying to stuff himself into his daughter’s Power Wheels Jeep. Bernie, who couldn’t get drunk for the life of him, would be in charge of the grill. I thought of taking a picture of the group to send to the guys when I heard Hilda’s voice. She was screaming.

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“Guys, I think the fucking driver just bailed!” Silence fell over the limo, save for some remixed version of “Don’t Stop Believing.” The girls launched themselves up from their seats and over to the windows. Billie ran up to the front of the limo and banged against the divider that separated our driver from the back of the limo.

The limo, now unmanned, lurched and shook as if a giant hand was pushing it around like a toy car. The girls inside squealed and I clutched at the upholstered booth, trying not to knock heads with Hilda. The bottle of champagne rolled around at our feet and came to a smashed stop into the divider at the front of the limo. They say to hold your friends close, and your enemies closer, but I couldn’t tell who I was with that night, and I couldn’t tell what happened next—because I died inside that limo. Along with every single one of those women around me.

Crossword Caroline Ho Web Editor ACROSS 1. Slangy denial 4. Whitecaps’ org.

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23. Psychedelic drug 25. Look after 28. Part of HOMES 29. Make beer 31. One named in a will 33. Hibernation spots 34. Moth or mantis 37. Viking Age poet 39. Zapped 41. Came out 45. Big idea 47. Truisms 48. Test for a jr.

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