“Recognition, Awareness, Inspiration, Action! ” opens the YMCA Peace Medal Award Ceremony to celebrate World Peace Week. Awe-inspiring, local and humanitarian individuals and groups gathered together at this unique and fun awards ceremony, where compassionate hearts were recognized for their passion for peace. I must give my warm hearfelt thanks to my Red Cross coordinator…
Did you know that making a difference in our city doesn’t take a massive act of kindness but can be the smallest or simplest of things? I didn’t fully realize this either until I heard about Mayor Nenshi’s Three Things for Calgary initiative. Basically, you pick three things that you would like to do…
Are you a multi-linguistic kind of person? Do you like to travel a lot? Well then I have the perfect guide to learning how to say a few basic greetings in 10 of the worlds most spoken languages. Enjoy! Many of the words here require the knowledge of accents to properly pronounce them. If you…
The long awaited time of the year is approaching! Christmas is coming and it’s exactly one month away. It doesn’t seem too far off, but time will fly and before you know it, it’s CHRISTMAS. You’ll be stressing about diplomas one month away, university applications, scholarships, and completely unrelated Christmas thoughts. Have you thought of…
Today, cell phones are an ubiquitous part of our lives. There are an estimated 5 billion cellphones in circulation around the world, with an estimated 20 million in usage right here in Canada. Therefore, it can seem hard to believe that the first commercial cell phone only became available less than 30 years ago. Back…