Category Archives: A Caper’s View

I just finished two semesters of school online and a job that remained fully online since January. I’m about to begin a new online job along with another online class for some extra credits. And this is all within a year where I feel like we’d be better off with laptops welded to our handsContinue reading “The little things can keep us going through life online”

I haven’t written a column in around five months. And I never would’ve expected that. In the midst of the chaos that is online school and an almost-full-time job, I could barely think thoughts of my own let alone put them on paper. I started online classes with a shred of doubt. I was terrified.Continue reading “Life as a student journalist in a global pandemic”

Disclaimer: The headline of this column was changed in the editing phase and is misleading to the message of the piece. Nobody should feel forced or obligated to “buy local,” these are just my reasons for shopping locally. Happy mid-way through summer! Unfortunately, it’s not just summer, it’s “protect yourselves and others” season, also knownContinue reading “Buy local”

This is public service announcement for everyone out there who is “that person.” You know who I mean — the people that yell at drive-thru workers, the people that complain about the prices at local businesses, the people that believe the world is structured for them and only them. Right now is not the time.Continue reading “Don’t be ‘that person,’ be this one”

“Happy birthday to you!” It’s usually a phrase you hear sung by friends and family on the one day of the year where it’s all about you. But this year is a little different. In March, when COVID-19 began sweeping across Canada and causing stay-at-home orders to be put in place, birthdays started going slightlyContinue reading “Birthdays are a little different this year”

COVID-19 has kicked my butt. My last column for this paper was over my March break and I wrote about coffee shops and studying and normal things. Now, you can’t look at a newspaper or turn on the news or browse your news apps without seeing headlines screaming, “PANDEMIC,” “COVID-19,” “CORONAVIRUS,” “DEATH,” “NEW CASES.” MyContinue reading “Mourning a loss during COVID-19”

It is the beginning of February and for university students, that means less than three months left of the semester but at least six months is needed to get everything done. I was thinking about what this time of year was like when I was in Grade 12. I was writing this column, but with aContinue reading “University survival guide”

Picture this, it’s early January, you are lounging on the couch trying to convince yourself to follow through with your New Year’s resolution. You pull yourself up and go to the gym, that counts as completed, right? Bet you didn’t have too much trouble picturing that one, we’ve all been there. Very rarely will weContinue reading “Petting more dogs should be everyone’s 2020 resolution”

The holiday season is rapidly nearing. Jingle bells are jingling and carollers are singing. But only the carollers are singing, definitely not the students — the only singing us students are doing is actually screaming because we are overwhelmed, stressed and have about 20 assignments due in the next week. That’s right, while most peopleContinue reading “Students are fa-la-la-la-la-la-falling apart”

As you get older, summer is not what it used to be.  As a kid, summer always began with grading day. One of the best days of the year was when you were released from your constant stream of learning for a full two months. And not only was it the release from school, butContinue reading “Summer is heaven when you’re seven”