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Free Tuition by Jon Glass February 8 th , 2019             Tuition costs are getting out of control. Free tuition should be available to all students. Free tuition is great because it allows students upon completing their program, the opportunity to have maximum earning potential in their desired field, without a portion of income going immediately back towards a large sum of debt. Furthermore, by removing tuition costs, the amount of money saved from paying the colleges and universities can be put back in to the economy.             According to Statistics Canada , the average student tuition cost for an undergraduate program is $6, 838. Over an entire 4-year degree that works out to $27,352 per student in debt before they have even graduated and started benefiting from their degree. For the 2018/2019 school year, tuition for undergraduate programs has increased of ...

Local arcade Quazar is now open in downtown Victoria. With the release of the home gaming console, arcades have become a thing of the past until a recent uptick in popularity, which makes this opening a unique offering in the Victoria area.               “Pinball is coming back in a big way,” owner of Quazar Arcade Steve Webb says. “They are making more pinball machines right now than they have in 20 years.”             Quazar has a focus on classic arcade machines and pinball, and are an arcade in the traditional sense as they do not provide any form of food or beverages, making it clear they are not a “Barcade.” This is due to the difficulty of retrieving a liquor licence in the city of Victoria as well as the potential risk of damage to the machines.             “If someone were to spill a drink on a ma...