The rain that’s been plaguing Calgary for about a month now hit a new level this week, with the flooding and evacuation of many neighbourhoods, and even Calgary’s downtown. With flooding nothing like the flash-floods Calgary usually experiences, roadways and schools city-wide were shut down, and its safe to say the weather has definitely become…
http://youtu.be/aWkT1HkI-Yk http://youtu.be/GooE01U8QRk At around 9:00pm on Thursday, June 20th, the City of Calgary and the Province of Alberta announced a State of Emergency. This shocked many Albertans and took many by surprise. During this time, the government ordered the evacuation of many areas within cities, townships, and neighbourhoods. This forceful upheaval of persons caused…
(A friendly note – please enjoy all of our blogger’s contributions on the 2013 Alberta Floods that can found HERE) It started with a flood, and it will end with a flood. The surging water was able to lash out a flood of physical damage; this disaster has been declared by Premier Redford as the largest flood…
If you have not yet been informed about this, the CBE sent out a very important message regarding exams next week. Due to the devastating flood that enveloped southern Alberta last Thursday, the Calgary Board of Education, along with the CCSD, and Alberta Educations had worked together and came to the conclusion that for the…
I don’t think people naturally seek to help others everyday. We’re just too busy. Five days ago you would’ve seen me studying for exams, not giving care for much else. You would’ve seen a businessman, going to his office to sign his daily papers and you would’ve seen a college student, going for her day…
On the same Sunday when I went to Shogun Teppanyaki Grill, I also went and ordered poutine from the Family Fry Guy when 4 food trucks went to Otafest this year. Cheese curds…..mmm…… Being the mascot of the food truck, the specialty is of course on everything fries! I ordered poutine with their option of melty…
From Friday onwards the Greek – Calgarian community will be hosting a festival to commemorate happy living. In the words of the event description: Festivals have been a religious and cultural tradition of Greek society since Ancient times. Primarily held to honor or receive favour from the gods or to celebrate the changing of the…
This Summer, Coca-Cola will be launching the “Open Happiness Project” where they share inspiring stories of citizens across Canada. Are you excited? We get to hear from a variety of people who are passionate about changing the world. This is a breaking point for Coca-Cola Canada where they can share the stories of these inspiring…
So lately, I’ve been kind of obsessed with particular reality TV show , and I’m hoping no one will judge me, but… it’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians!!!! Like most people, I wonder why they are so famous, I mean they do not do anything. But honestly, their lives are so interesting to me. It’s…
I recently watched “Man of Steel” and I wanna tell you if it is worth your money. Henry Cavill stars in this movie. It is probably his most well known movie as it has already made over 169 million dollars. “Man of Steel” is a fantasy, action, science fiction as well as an adventure…
While some people may be boy-crazy or food-crazy or book-crazy, we all know I’m quote-crazy. So here’s a list of some inspirational quotes from my two favourite spoken word poets Sarah Kay and Shane Koyczan. “Our lives will only ever always continue to be a balancing act, that has less to do with pain and more…
We have all heard of the old story of construction workers whistling at young women walking down the street, harmless right? A little flirting doesn’t harm anyone. Wrong. When some men take it a little to far, it can really hurt a women, sexism is a very important subject to talk about. Now of course sexism…
“Butter chicken” pizza….. As I was volunteering at the World Partnership Walk, there it was, the food truck I had missed at Otafest! I knew that Avatara Pizza‘s food truck was coming as @WPWCalgary had told me about the food selection, but I didn’t expect the lineups that accompanied it; but then lineups and the rain can’t…
Looking for a massively multiplayer online game to play all day in the year of 2013? Look no further: I’ve narrowed the list to three very promising games which are scheduled to release soon. 1. Phantasy Star Online 2 This one just looks fantastic. It is a sci-fi, third person, dungeon crawling, fighting focused MMORPG…
Guys, I’d like to introduce you to my favorite Japanese restaurant in Calgary. Globefish Sushi and Izakaya is located outside of Chinook Mall, right next to the Shopper’s Drug Mart entrance. If you think Japanese cuisine revolves only around sushi, then you should pay this restaurant a visit, it will change your perspective. The first…