World Mental Health Day at BCIT

On Sunday, October the 8th, BCIT will be viewing World Mental Health Day as a “day of observance.” World Mental Health Day looks to raise awareness of the issues of mental health all around the world. Further, World Mental Health Days attempt to mobilize efforts in support of mental health internationally. Billions of people all over the world have been affected in some way or another by mental health issues and Sunday is a day for all of those people to share their stories and appreciate those in possession to help. 2021’s World Mental Health Day will be a very important one in particular as it takes place in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused many mental health issues in individuals around the world.

BCIT Celebrates International Lesbian Day

On Friday, October 8th, the British Columbia Institute of Technology will be celebrating international Lesbian day. International Lesbian Day is a day celebrated annually to shed light on lesbians all over the world in the LGBT+ community. According to lgbtgreat.com, the purpose of the date is to “celebrate and shine a light on the diversity of lesbians internationally.” Despite tremendous strides having taken place over the past few years, LGBT+ women find themselves, still, far from equal in society. For example, according to lgbtgreat.com,  LGBT+ women are less represented than LGBT+ men. Celebrating International Lesbian Day is definitely a step in the correct direction but is by no means the final step in LGBT+ empowerment.

World Teachers’ Day at BCIT

On Tuesday, October 5th, BCIT celebrated world teachers’ day. World teachers’ day is a yearly event held on October 5th with the objective to celebrate teachers all around the world. World teachers’ day has been an annual event since 1994 and commemorates the adoption of the 1966 UNESCO Special Intergovernmental Conference on the Status of Teachers. According to unesco.org, the UNSECO Intergovernmental Conference on the Status of Teachers is a benchmark “regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers, and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions.

National Truth and Reconciliation day at BCIT

Last Thursday, BCIT, along with the rest of Canada celebrated the first-ever, annual, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation pays tribute and honors the lost children and survivors of Canadian residential schools. Its honors extend, not only to those who unfortunately took part in the residential school and attended said schools but to their families member and communities for their collective pain and suffering. According to Canada.ca, a big part of the reconciliation process is a “public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of the residential schools.” Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation are now held annually, both on September 30th.

Timperio’s high hopes for the Steelers

Grandview Steelers’ center Vinnie Timperio is heading into his third season in the PJHL. Vinnie says he has high hope for himself this season, especially from an offensive production point of view.

“I want to be a solid two-way center, but I also want to take that step offensively and, you know, be around a point-per-game player.”

Through seven games this season, Vinnie has six points. He is currently trending at just one point per game on the season and has been a star on the powerplay. Vinnie’s four powerplay points through seven games this season is a team-high, precisely the kind of leadership you’re looking for out of your third-year player.

Drake’s Greatest hits

Drake, Drizzy, Champaign Papi, October’s Very Own, OVO, The Chris Paul of the Fall, or however else you want to call him, is the most successful Canadian music artist of all time. Over the past decade, Drake has been blessing our ears with banger after banger. As a shamelessly massive drake fan, I decided it would be fun to create the ultimate Drake album using only his songs from his solo albums/mixtapes. I’ve decided to go with a 15 track project that best displays Drake’s ability to wear many hats as an artist for the ultimate Drake album.

Whereas most artists have one lane that they tend to stick to, Drake has never been scared to switch his music from a fast rap about gang activities to sad, slow songs about his mother. For this ultimate Drake album, I’ve tried to capture the best of both worlds in 15 of my favorite tracks that not only sound good by themselves but also flow well with each other. This tracklist is very subjective and just my humble opinion. Without further ado, Drake’s Greatest Hits.

There were a few songs that I knew I wanted in this project before I even began to think about it. Those songs were Headlines, Pound Cake, Marvin’s Room, Look What You’ve Done, Summer Games, and Over.  For this project, I wanted a darker, slower, and more sentimental them to the album as those are the type of Drake tracks that make him stand out from the rest and are also my favorite type of Drake songs. With that being said, Drake is nothing if not diverse. I also needed a number of his hype songs that you would hear at parties and events throughout the past decade, and this was how I wanted to kick start the album; I needed a bar fest on track one. In my opinion, there was only one way to start the project, and that was with the opening track off ‘Nothing Was the Same,’ Tuscan Leather. Many see Tuscan Leather as one of the best intro tracks of all time and Drake’s best intro track of his entire discography, and I would have to agree with those people.

To stay on the theme of the more upbeat music to start the project off, for tracks two and three, I decided to go with a couple of classic Drake songs, “Over” and “Miss Me,” respectively, both off Drake’s first studio album, ‘Thank Me Later.’ “Over” is a bar fest throughout and features one of Drake’s most incredible hooks that has become even more known now than it was 11 years ago when it first came out. “Miss Me” is less known now than “Over” and has almost turned into one of Drake’s long-lost gems from years past. More importantly (for this project), “Miss Me” bridges the gap from the more bar-heavy and fast intro songs to the next part of the album; sentimental Drake. “Miss Me” is an upbeat track featuring Drake’s mentor and rap legend, Lil Wayne. Despite the track being very bar-heavy and aggressive, Its hook and ending are melodic and almost sad, a perfect bridge to track four. For the following few tracks, I’ve gone with slower songs with more sentimental messages behind them. I went with “Crew Love” for track number four off of Drake’s most well-known project, ‘Take Care.’ “Crew Love” features another Toronto artist, The Weeknd. I’ve gone with another song from ‘Take Care”, “Marvin’s Room” for track five. Marvin’s Room is often referred to as Drake’s ultimate sad song and has become the most popular song off of Drake’s most popular album.

Continuing with the sentimental music, for track number six, I’ve gone with another ultra-famous classic Drake song and quite possibly Drake’s most well-known work of art, “Best I Ever Had.” “Best I Ever Had” was Drake’s first real introduction into the mainstream music scene and was Drake’s career was never the same after it came out. I thought it only fitting to put the song that “put Drake on,” if you will, on this project. Moving on to track number seven, I decided that I had to have either “Look What You’ve Done” or “You & The 6” in this album. Both tracks are heavily geared to Drake’s relationship with his mother. In the end, I leaned towards “Look What You’ve Done” because not only do I simply just like it more, but it also has a verse directed at both Drake’s mother and his uncle, his two of his biggest influences growing up. One of the things that have made Drake so popular over the years is his ability to be relatable to young people regarding heartbreak, relationships with loved ones, and sadness in general. The song “Look What You’ve Done” captures all of those emotions into one track. For track number eight, I thought it was time to look into Drake’s more recent work, specifically his 2016 album, ‘Views.’ Views has been Drake’s most successful album to this date and has aged like fine wine. From ‘Views,’ I only picked one song to go on this project, “Feel No Ways.” “Feel No Ways” is the song that has aged to best out of and song on the album since its release. Whereas songs such as “Hotline Bling” and “One Dance” were mega hits on the billboard charts when first released, I don’t think their longevity and replay value has been as good as a lot of other songs off the album, including “Feel No Ways.”

My next goal with the project was to shift it back into Drake’s “hype” music, and there was no better track to do that with than “Furthest Thing” from ‘Nothing Was the Same’ This song starts slow and sentimental, but it’s second half if upbeat and bar-heavy. With nine tracks down, I had six spots to fill with my favorite Drake songs that I loved, fit well with each other, and told a story. For track 10, I went with quite possibly the best song Drake has ever made; “Pound Cake,” featuring legend Jay-Z. Arguably the two greatest rappers of the 21st century outdid themselves on “Pound Cake,” making for what I think is Drake’s most slept on song in his entire discography. For track 11, I went way back in the Drake discography, to Drake’s 2009 mixtape, ‘So Far Gone’ with “Say What’s Real.” This track is in this project simply because I love it. Most people wouldn’t even think about adding it to their ultimate Drake album, and I completely understand why, but for me, It will always have a special place in my heart. The 2009 song is filled with bar after bar of Drake’s success he was feeling at the time and the success he predicted he would one day obtain (of course, he got every inch of success he dreamt of.)

For tracks 12 and 13, I switched back to focussing on Drake’s more sentimental side of things. For track 12 I went with what is, in my opinion, Drake’s most therapeutic song: “The Resistance.” I’ve always said that as long as “The Resistance” is free to stream on Apple Music, Spotify, or SoundCloud, I will never need to pay for therapy in my life. Now, I know most people would roll their eyes at that statement, but I don’t care; I love that song. Track 13 is, once again, a sad, slow Drake song. For this song, I went with the only track I’ve selected from Drake’s post-2016 work; “Summer Games” from ‘Scorpion.’ “Summer Games” isn’t most people’s go-to from ‘Scorpion’ but it gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. I have to put it in this project despite not having the critical praise that other songs would have. For track 14, I shifted back to Drake’s ‘Take Care’ once again. This time I went with an absolute banger; “Underground Kings.” “Underground Kings” is a classic Drake song; it’s got a couple of iconic verses and, of course, a classic Drake hook to tie it all together.

Finally, track 15. I am as big a Drake fan as it gets. I have no shame in admitting that I listen to probably too much Drake. I’ve been listening to Drake since 2011, my grade 5 years of elementary school, and I remember exactly where I was when I heard the sweet nectar of Drake’s voice for the first time. I was sitting at the back table in Mrs. Johnson’s class with my two best friends who had older brothers and cousins who were into Drake’s music. It was there that they told me to listen to “Headlines,” and from that moment on, “Headlines” by Drake has ruled my earbuds and speakers. For track 15, I’m going with what I genuinely believe to be the single greatest piece of art ever created and the single greatest piece of art that ever will be created: “Headlines.”

That’s it, that’s my “Drake’s Greatest Hits” album. I know there is a lot of debate to be had, and that’s was I love so much about Drake. If a hundred other Drake fans had to make their own “Drake’s Greatest Hits” album, they would all have very different albums, with no two albums being remotely close to each other. And that’s the genius of Drake.

The Weeknd’s Genius

Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, is a Canadian rap/R&B artist from Toronto. Ever since his debut album, Thursday, released back in 2011, The Weeknd has been blessing his fans worldwide with incredibly produced, futuristic sounding, psychedelic, and melodic type of music. The Weeknd truly creates music, unlike anything anybody has ever heard before. This type of music has made Abel Tesfaye one of the most popular and highest-selling artists of all time. As somebody who has been a fan of The Weeknd’s work for almost a decade, I would love to take a closer look at some of The Weeknd’s most significant works of art and explore the genius that lies within the music.

A common theme in The Weeknd’s discography is the underlying, tragic tone his songs possess. Popular songs such as Starboy, Can’t Feel My Face, and Blinding Lights seem innocent enough after the first listen, however, when you look at the story and meaning behind each of those tracks, you discover horrible and sad themes behind Abel’s greatest hits. Like many other hyper-famous artists of this generation, The Weeknd’s most heartbreaking and most depressing music is his earliest. In Abel’s case, his 2011 trilogy of albums, Thursday, Echoes Of Silence, and House Of Balloons, are where you will find the most demons in The Weeknd’s music. Now, because I don’t feel like being sad at this moment in time, I’m not going to dive too far into the deeper meaning behind Abel’s music; instead, I’d rather talk about what I love most about his music; the way it sounds and makes me feel as a listener.

Ever since his trilogy days back in 2011, The Weeknd has been making classic after classic. Starting with his trilogy days, tracks that immediately caught my eye off his first three albums (which he eventually turned into one and named Trilogy) are songs that are now looked at as all-time classics in my eyes. Songs such as High for This, The Morning, Wicked Games, and Montreal fit this description perfectly, but if you were to ask me what my favorite track of the entire trilogy project I wouldn’t point to any of those songs. I’d point you in a completely different direction; I would suggest you to a song that I genuinely believe is perfect in every way, The Zone (featuring Drake). Another song for Trilogy that sticks out to me is D.D. A cover of the Michael Jackson hit, Dirty Diana.

Moving on to The Weeknd’s next major project, Kiss Land, Abel once again outdid himself. The Weeknd released Kiss Land in 2013, two years after his first three projects, and continued to move his career forward with his production-heavy music. Tracks such as Adaptation, Live For (featuring Drake), and Kiss Land are significant highlights of this album. Like in Trilogy, if you were to ask me to point you in the direction of my favorite song off Kiss Land, I would point you to the music with Drake’s feature. In this case, Live For is what I think is the song of the album. On Live For, The Weeknd does his thing with an incredible verse and very catchy hook that transitions perfectly into Drake’s verse. Although this song has two of my favorite artists of all time on it, what I think is the track’s highlight is its almost heavenly production behind The Weeknd’s hook and the start of Drake’s verse.

Two years later, in 2015, The Weeknd, once again, outdid himself as he released Beauty Behind the Madness. At the time, this would be Abel’s most successful album by a landslide. Songs such as Often, The Hills, and Can’t Feel My Face was on repeat on any pop, rap, or R&B radio station you would listen to. Also in the album was Earned It, which was used in the movie Fifty Shades of Grey. Looking back on the project today, I find it very difficult to find any song I wouldn’t consider at least a “good” piece, if not an “amazing” song. Tell Your Friends features one of the most excellent instrumentals in hip-hip history, Real Life has an indescribable hook that genuinely makes you shake your head and laugh at The Weeknd’s talent, and In The Night manages to be futuristic and remind you of an old Michael Jackson song at the same time. Almost every track on that album has something different that makes it stand out as a fantastic song. This would quickly turn into a trend in Abel’s subsequent two albums and turn The Weeknd from just another famous artist into being talked about in the same breath as Drake, Kanye West, and Taylor Swit as one the greatest most famous artists of the generation.

In 2016, The Weeknd released what I believe to be his greatest album to date, Starboy. When this project came out, it felt like The Weeknd’s ultimate masterpiece. He had an abundant combination of mega-popular radio hits mixed in with, once again, futuristic sounding less popular songs that were beautiful in their own way. In this album, The Weeknd added something a little unique and new to his discography. In Starboy, The Weeknd used features unlike he had ever done before. In my twenty years on this earth, I’ve never heard an album with better use of its features than the way The Weeknd uses his features on Starboy. Kendrick Lamar, Future, Lana Del Ray, and Daft Punk have outstanding performances throughout the entire album. I could honestly go on and on for days about this work of art, but there is still one more album to discuss, After Hours.

After Hours is The Weeknd’s most recent project, released last year in 2020, and has already surpassed every other one of Abel’s album sales and popularity. Going into detail and breaking down the real meaning behind all of the little intricacies behind After Hours would genuinely take all day. Still, I highly recommend anybody who is genuinely keen on The Weeknd’s work to do their research on that topic because it is truly eye-opening. Like so many of his albums before, The Weeknd manages to create music geared towards his old fans and music that radio stations love to play on repeat. If you have spent any time on social media or listening to the radio over the past year and a half, you have most definitely heard songs such as Blinding Lights, In Your Eyes, and Save Your Tears. Another place you might have listened to those songs is if you watched the Super Bowl halftime show last year and saw Abel perform those songs live.

The Weeknd has been in the mainstream spotlight since 2011, and at the rate, he is currently going at, that isn’t set to change anytime soon.

The Beauty of Starboy

Famous Canadian musician, The Weeknd, has been in the mainstream spotlight since his debut album back in 2011. Throughout the years, The Weeknd or Abel Tesfaye has been delivering hit after hit and album after album that continues to be played repeatedly on the radio, at parties, events, and in the headphones of his millions of fans all over the world. Although every single one of The Weeknd’s projects is amazing in its own way, there has always been one project in specific that has stood out to me, Starboy. In 2016, Abel released what I think is one of the decade’s best albums, and I’ve had it on repeat ever since it was released.

The album starts with its title song, Starboy, about how Abel has changed as a person and as a celebrity. The music video plays a significant role in the meaning behind the song; in the video, you see the ‘new’ Abel Tesfaye with short hair killing the ‘old’ Abel Tesfaye with his iconic long hair. The song also talks about The Weeknd’s fans making him what it is, and it’s his fan’s fault for the drug-filled and lonely lifestyle he now lives in. As is the case with most of The Weeknd’s work, Starboy is, at its core, a sad song about Abel’s struggle being in the constant spotlight with no genuine relationships in his life other than the drugs he consumes.

Delving into the true meaning behind every one of the tracks on this project would take an eternity, and in some cases, I found that some of the tracks on Starboy are easier to enjoy when you’re not aware of its dark undertones. The album continues after Starboy with its production-heavy, pop, futuristic sound with major hits such as Party Monster and Reminder. However, what I love most about the album are the lesser-known songs, or at least the songs that haven’t been on repeat on every music station in North America for the past five years. Songs that immediately come to mind for me are False Alarm, Rockin’, Secrets, Love To Lay, and A Lonely Night. Not only are those songs not as commercially successful as a lot of the “hits” on the album, but they also share another similarity, a similarity that made me fall in love with the project. All four of the tracks mentioned above give off the same Michael Jackson esc vibe that has me in awe of how similar The Weeknd’s songs are to Michael Jackson’s at times.

Something that stands out to me about Starboy is the way Abel uses his features. The features on Starboy aren’t your standard features that are entertaining because it’s a different voice but other than that, nothing special. The features The Weeknd uses on this project are entirely out of this world. Starting with Daft Punk’s feature in the opening song of the project, Starboy, and continuing throughout the project, the features on the album impress me every time I listen to the music. The two primary standout features, in my opinion, on the album come from, Future in the song All I Know and Kendrick Lamar in the song Sidewalks. Future manages to combine his dark, deep voice and almost psychedelic way of rapping with Abel’s high-pitched voice flawlessly, making for a fantastic combination. In Sidewalks, Kendrick Lamar unleashes on the end of the track with a bar-heavy verse that switches flows and speeds seamlessly, all the while managing to stay on beat. Features like the ones from Kenrick and Future push the project over the top for me. We always knew The Weeknd had a lot of talent but seeing him work so perfectly with other artists in the game with so many different styles was surprising.

Future makes one other appearance on the album after his feature in All I Know. In the song Six Feet Under, Future is used again by The Weeknd as part of the hook at just like every feature on the album; it is used perfectly. Six Feet Under has always stuck out to me the most out of any song on Starboy, and before I even knew what it was about, I loved it. Six Feet Under has a very dark cadence to it; in fact, it uses the same cadence another track by The Weeknd and Future, Low Life. Six Feet Under is about a woman who won’t stop at anything to make money, not even what she is “six feet under.” “six feet under” refers to the woman’s grave, six feet underground. The woman in the song won’t even let death get in the way of her making money.

There is a very dark theme to the entire album, yet many songs are still upbeat and easy to sing along to. Abel finds a way to balance the two. Even the album’s most popular songs that are played repeatedly on the radio have dark meanings behind them. In the song Die For You, The Weeknd is fighting the pain and mixed feelings that come when he lets go of a lover he still has intense feelings for. The lyrics “Even though we’re going through it and it makes you feel alone, just know that I would die for you” suggest that Abel is willing to die for his ex-lover despite being apart from one another. On Party Monster, The Weeknd talks about his lavish party lifestyle and ongoing relationships with harmful drugs and one-night stands with people he feels no emotion towards. He goes as far as to mention that every morning after a crazy night, he wakes up, and thanks to the Lord, he is still alive.

Throughout the rest of the project, The Weeknd constantly reminds us of his drug-fueled and party-heavy lifestyle. Starboy was the birth of the new Abel Tesfaye, and from then on, we have been exposed to a new side of The Weeknd’s lifestyle. Starboy will forever hold a special place in my heart as it is the album that got me into The Weeknd’s music, and for that reason, I will forever be thankful.

My Love-Hate Relationship With the Gym

I have always been a very skinny person all my life. Coming out of high school, I was 5’11 and 140 pounds soaking wet. Like many other people in this world, my weight and my body were big insecurities of mine. I wanted to fix it, so I started going to the gym and working out in December of 2019. When I started working out, I was very nervous about going to the gym and lifting weights. I was scared to be judged for not being as strong as other people there or not being a fit as the other people there, and that fear kept me from going to the gym consistently. However, I didn’t give up; I knew that one day I would look back on my insecurities and the fear I was feeling in the moment and laugh at how silly I was being. The truth is, nobody in that gym cared about how strong I was, nobody was watching me work out, nobody was judging me for being skinny, everybody in that gym was focusing on themselves. I was just scared of what other people thought of me when the truth was nobody was thinking about me at all, so I had nothing to be scared of.

For the next couple of months, I started to go to the gym a lot more consistently, and for a lot longer every day, I saw good results. I finally felt confident about my body, but I knew that I was nowhere close to where I wanted to be one day. Since the first COVID-19 lockdown was over, I have been going to the gym consistently, and I’ve seen great results. I put on 20 pounds in my first year working out, and all was good. The unfortunate reality about self-improvement, however, is that you never think you are good enough. Despite putting on a lot of weight, I was still left wanting more, I was still left feeling small, and I was still left insecure about my body. Over the past year, I’ve continued to work out and eat healthily, but more importantly, I’ve been focusing more on being confident with who I am on the inside rather than how I look on the outside.

There is no doubt about it; going to the gym regularly and working out safely is healthy for your body. You get stronger, get bigger muscles, your physical health, in general, gets better; when other people see you, they say, “wow, you look “terrific,” but there comes a point when you realize that stuff isn’t what you’re after. When I first began working out, I thought I would finally be happy with the way my body looked once I could bench press a certain amount of weight or hit a specific fitness goal like reaching 160 pounds. Still, the truth is that none of those accomplishments result in permanent satisfaction. I look in the mirror today and still want to improve just as much as I wanted to two years ago when I was skinny to the point you could see my entire skeleton, through my skin. Working out and putting on muscle does not lead to happiness or satisfaction in most cases.

I’m a firm believer that when you walk into a gym, on average, the people who are in the best shape, the people who have the biggest muscles, and the people who can move the most weight are the saddest in life. Just writing that seems wrong and unnecessarily depressing, but it’s the truth in most situations. Gaining muscle, losing or gaining weight, and becoming healthier all sounds like good fun until the body dysmorphia begins to kick in, and it’s this body dysmorphia that can run havoc through the brains of so many people who work out. On the outside and to others, they look “great,” but on the inside and to themselves, they will never be good enough, strong enough, or lean enough. It’s this constant cycle of working out to reach goals, then reaching said goal only to have another goal immediately in mind, that plagues the minds of so many people who you see at the gym.

Another reason why so many people who work out are unhappy is because of the reason why they got into the gym. So many people have a dark, sad story behind why they began working out. When said people are working out, they are constantly reminded of the unfortunate events that have affected their past. I have no problem saying that I am in much better shape than most people in the world; I have no problem saying that because I was told the opposite for 18 years of my life. I was told that I “should get some meat on those bones” I was told that I was “all skin and bone” I was constantly reminded that I was beyond skinny. I remember soccer coaches saying, “if only he were a little stronger” or “if only he had a little bit more muscle” like it was yesterday. I remember what I thought to be the love of my life in high school telling me to my face that I was too skinny and that I should work out. I remember looking in the mirror night after night, counting the ribs visible through my skin. I remember all of that and will forever remember all of that. That Is why today, when I go to the gym and look in the mirror, I’m not happy; I don’t tell myself how good I look or how much progress I’ve made. Instead, I’m reminded of the demons in my past. On that same note, however, I know that I have come a long way; I know that compared to the average person, I would be considered “very fit,” and I wouldn’t say that if for 18 years of my life I wasn’t constantly reminded that I wasn’t good enough.

I’m using myself as an example in this situation, but the same can be said for millions of other people all over the world. We are told that we aren’t enough, so we start improving ourselves. Still, the only thing is, is that after we put in the months and years consistently pushing our bodies to the brink, obsessing about our diet, the countless mental breakdowns and tears shed alone, that if we are too confident in what we have become, it rubs people the wrong way. The same people who pushed us in the gym are the same people who will complain about us being cocky or braggadocios. Look, I’m not complaining, I love working out, and I love the way I feel after a workout out. This article might have rubbed some people the wrong way, so I apologize to those people, but to the rest, I say, “continue to push yourself to your limit, for one day the happiness will come.”

Lions Keep Roaring

The BC Lions continued their hot start to the CFL season last night in Montreal when they took down the Alouettes 27-18. As has been the theme all season for BC, the Lions’ passing attack was the leading force of the offense. Quarterback Michael Reilly threw for 308 yards and two touchdowns in the nine-point win on the road. Star wide receiver Lucky Whitehead was the star of the show again for BC as he caught six passes for an extraordinary 133 yards and finished with one touchdown on top of that. Whitehead wasn’t the only Lion to get in the endzone; receiver Keon Hatcher had one touchdown catch and runningback, James Butler rushed for a score as well. On the other side of the ball, BC struggled to handle the number one rushing offense in the CFL, giving up a total of 183 yards on the ground, 139 of those to William Stanback alone. Despite BC having trouble with the run game, they were able to get the job done in Montrael.

The game’s first score came on a short touchdown run by BC’s James Butler on the Lions’ first drive of the game. On the ensuing drive for Montreal, Lions’ cornerback, T.J. Lee, picked off Montreal’s Vernon Adams Jr. in the endzone giving BC the ball right back. After a Montreal field goal, the Lions struck again, this time through the air via Lucky Whitehead on a long catch and run for a touchdown in the second quarter to make it 14-3 for BC. The half ended 17-12 for BC after four field goals to close out the second quarter, three by Montreal and one by BC. Montreal managed one more field goal before Vernon Adams Jr. threw his second pick of the night to the Lions’ secondary. BC made the Alouettes pay on the resulting drive as they drove back down the field for another touchdown to make it 24-15. That score would prove to be the dagger. Both teams traded field goals before the game ended, giving BC their third straight win.

Next week the Lions will host the number one seed in the entire CFL, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, at BC Place stadium. If you’re a fan of the CFL, this game will be a must-watch as the top two teams in the league go head-to-head in downtown Vancouver.