Youth Week: Hoops Extreme

Hoops Extreme is a basketball event held every year to promote Calgary’s youth to be involved in basketball. This year it was held at the Genesis Centre located in the NE. It was a great turnout as 60 youth from all across Calgary showed up to compete in this basketball tournament. The Western Team brought…

Miracle motorcycle; hope in the waves

In March, 2011, another tsunami headed towards Japan. Ikuo Yokoyama lost three loves ones, and a motorcycle. Although there is no way of bring back his loved ones, we can bring back his beloved motorcycle. Recently, a British Colombian found it in a storage cube washed up on the western shore of BC. Seeing a Japanese ID…

Video of the Day: Texting and Driving

Texting and driving is something that we’re all guilty of, and you’d either be a saint or a liar if you said you have never checked your phone while driving, regardless of whether you’re actually in motion (whoa, hello there daredevil) or at the red light.  But in reality, it’s extremely dangerous. Why else would…

Youth Week: Calgary Festival of Crafts

This past weekend, lying in the shadow of this year’s extremely crazy Comic Con, was the Calgary Festival of Arts and Crafts. From Friday to Sunday, there were hundreds of vendors selling home-made handcrafted goods like bags, clothing, food, candy, art, soap, metal work, and jewellery. You name it,it was probably there. This festival gave…