TD Tree Days in Full Swing

TD Tree Days is officially in full swing.  Organized by the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, thousands of TD employees and everyday Canadians celebrate environmental awareness and action through a symbolic one day program.  The idea is simple: holes are dug up at various parks throughout Canada and enthusiastic individuals work hard to fill…

Halo: Reach video game review

After a week of gaming, I think I am ready to review Halo Reach. So let’s start with online multiplayer. There are countless game types a player can choose from. So this will satisfy the wants of any gamer (you can even have racing games).  It is basically the super fun Halo 3 multiplayers, with…

Remi Gaillard

Remi Gaillard is a guy who lives in Paris, France and does funny videos for a living. Usually, people request him and/or pay him money to do these stunts. He also has some amazing soccer skills. He has been caught by the police several times but he still continues to perform these stunts. He also…

Recipe: Chocolate Fondant

Winter is coming! Here is a great dessert for getting through the wonderful winter with hot coffee or hot chocolate; chocolate fondant. It also known as a chocolate lava cake. Melted chocolate pours out easily from blacky cake. It is easy to make at home and you can feel the deep flavour of chocolate’s sweetness!…

Easy A an ‘A’ movie

Easy A is easily an A in my mind! I would definitely recommend it to every teen who loves a good comedy. I have a feeling it’ll be a hit; even Taylor Swift wrote about it on her Twitter: “Easily, definitely, absolutely my new favorite movie.” The movie is starring Olive (Emma Stone) who lies…

Easy A disappoints

In Easy A, opening today, Sept. 17, invisible good girl Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone) was overheard lying about losing her virginity over the weekend by her Christian classmate Marianne (Amanda Bynes). The rumor quickly spreads and soon the whole school knows. Olive adapts to her newfound fame in school, leading her to help her homosexual…

Vote for education

In addition to the mayoral candidates and the aldermanic candidates running in this year’s municipal election, did you know that citizens also vote for trustees for both the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) and the Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD)? Each school board trustee is responsible for two wards, so seven trustees are elected for…

Call for awesome youth

Want to help recognize some of the most amazing youth in Calgary?  Do you like learning about event planning and marketing? Youth Central (formerly Child and Youth Friendly Calgary) is currently recruiting for the ConocoPhillips Youth of Distinction Awards Steering Committee 2010! The ConocoPhillips Youth of Distinction Awards (YODA) recognize youth, 13 – 18 years…

13 famous sayings

1. Life is not fair; get used to it. (Bill Gates) 2. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. (Helen Keller) 3. There is more to life than increasing its speed. (Mahatma Gandhi) 4. He not busy being born is busy dying. (Bob Dylan) 5. Life is something that everyone should try at least…

The Family Album

Birthdays, holidays, weddings, school and special events; cameras are sure to be everywhere these days, and the photos usually end up on the internet. Whether the photos came out great or not as flattering as you’d like, don’t sweat it because there will always be more awkward photos of others out there. Plus I am…