Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New...

The Royal BC Museum treated members of the media to a sneak preview of their exciting new exhibit – Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries. CVV Magazine’s John Threlfall was there. Read More »

Can we “Save the Village”?...

The applied communications program at Camosun College is being cut after 40 years. CVV Magazine’s James Kasper interviews Carol-Lynne Michaels from the program and asks if there is anything that can still be done to save it. Read More »

CVV Magazine featured on Shaw...

Thanks so much to Karen Elgersma and Shaw TV for this great feature! Read More »

Can Am Importique – A Motherlode...

I spent last week in Vancouver, catching up with friends from my university creative writing days, reading Roberto Bolano in the Public Library – a palace by our standards -and otherwise just enjoying a taste of the hyperurban way of life that sits a ferry ride away. During my stay, my old workshop buddy Roxby told me about a... Read More »

New years Day Polar Bear Swim (dubstep...

CVV Magazine covers the 2012 New Years Day Elk Lake Polar Bear Swim. Read More »

Why I Didn’t Wear the Poppy...

Culture Vulture Victoria’s Leanne Allen discusses the Remembrance Day symbol with veteran and Chair of the Victoria Poppy Fund Pat Patterson. Read More »

Citizen Janes – Retro videos from...

Before she co-created CVV, Martial Media’s Leanne Allen and her sister Roz Allen (now of Double Barrel Studios) were commissioned by CBC for an online and radio project called Citizen Janes. The Janes were a group guerilla citizen journalists. Their best feat: getting removed from the Ottawa Parliament buildings for trying to deliver a ham sandwich to Steven Harper. We... Read More »

Hurricane Rina interupts our CVV Travel...

Up until this trip, the closest I’ve been to disaster was just missing the Tamil Tiger bombing of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital city, years ago. But being somewhere after a disaster is a lot different than being there before. First off, our warning was total serendipity – “You heard about the hurricane hitting here Friday?” said Edwin, one of... Read More »

Steampunk Culture at the Castle

Culture Vulture Victoria`s Phil Pierce and Leanne Allen get a taste of Steampunk culture at the Victoria Steam Exposition II, Saturday September 24, 2011 at Craigdarroch Castle. Read More »

Roller Derby with Eves of Destruction...

If there’s two things that make for a memorable night it’s campy fun and unscripted (though carefully supervised) violence. The Eves of Destruction do the impossible and offer both at once. Take this moment from the bout the Eves had with the Death Rattle Rollers recently as an example. There’s less than seven minutes left in a close first... Read More »