WIG brings Dante’s Inferno to the stage
On Saturday, March 23, Evolve Nightclub will be hosting Seven Deadly Sins, presented by Nanaimo’s only drag entertainment collective: WIG....
Raymond Wade
Online Reporter
Raymond Wade is a creative writing student, musician and restroom critic. His blog The Latrine Scene takes an investigative approach to reviewing public bathrooms all over British Columbia. In combination with his digital media experience (MS Paint ‘95), Raymond enjoys contributing a variety of content to The Nav—often employing a comedic tone on the topics he covers.
Everything by Raymond Wade
The dong side of history
February can feel a bit like fitting into a new pair of pants. Having just peeled yourself out of the previous year’s pair, the new ones aren’t...
Diet Wars?
When it comes to the lifestyle decisions of others, I like to think that I’m generally a pretty accepting person. In fact, I’m so accepting that...
Clearing the air on scent sensitivity
Do you wear cologne every day? How about hairspray? Many people carry hand sanitizer, and almost everyone wears deodorant. In any public place, it...
Gustafson Poet Lecture Series returns to VIU with Lorna Crozier
Internationally acclaimed Canadian poet Lorna Crozier will participate in two free events this month as Vancouver Island University’s Gustafson...
Port Place perspectives on Discontent City
On July 4, 2018, a 27-year-old man was stabbed at Nanaimo’s Discontent City, leaving him with life-threatening injuries. The attacker, an...
Chewing the Fat: My experience on a ketogenic diet
In Part 1 of this series, I discussed my general ambivalence toward “fad diets” and the factors that led up to my decision to cave to keto. I...
It’s a Carb-Knock Life: My experience on a ketogenic diet
Part 1 July came faster than I wanted it to this year. I had spent the entire semester eating the types of unhealthy foods that usually involved my...
Answers we’re dying to find out
For me, mortuaries have always been a subject of fascination. Fortunately, I haven’t yet been put into the situation where I’ve had to familiarize...