Absolutely amazing TED talk from Sir Ken Robinson, an amazing speaker about all things education. This video will totally change the way you view education, creativity and the world around you. So use your creativity and think of ways to change your world: enter the Mayor For A Day contest and use your creativity to…
Canadian teenagers have an optimistic outlook on their financial future, according to a recent survey.
A study done by the British Columbia Securities Commission revealed that teenagers have high expectations for their future earnings.
Author’s note: Is there any topic that you would like to see covered in four paragraphs? Leave it in the comments below and maybe I’ll cover it in a later blog. Update: Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of SOPA, said on Friday that he is pulling the bill “until there is wider agreement on a solution.”…
First off, national debt (debt owed by a central government) is in no way a new problem. In fact, every developed country in the world has at some point amassed some form of debt (owing another party).
This week, a popular blog caught federal staff downloading content illegally. “Busted: Canadian Parliament hosts BitTorrent pirates,” reads the Jan. 1 entry on TorrentFreak, a blog dedicated to the popular file sharing program. They investigated the downloads associated to the House of Common’s IP addresses, an internet ID number, and found that there were a…
In March, the Bank of Canada will be coming out with a new polymer $50. The current version of the bill has the image of Alberta’s Famous 5, but those five iconic women will soon be replaced by the CCGS Amundsen, an amazing part of Arctic technology and research. This Arctic research vessel is going…
Premier Alison Redford is starting to announce her wide-ranging plan to crack down on youth smoking, satisfying the promises she made earlier this year in a survey from an anti-smoking group.
There seems to be an assumption in society that believes that the more time you spend on Facebook, the worse you do in school. However, as researchers have found that the time you spend on Facebook does not significantly diminish your grade! This may come as a shock to you, much as it was a shock…
A few months ago, Mayor Nenshi launched the “3 Things for Calgary” initiative. Its purpose is to make Calgarians think about what they can do to make their street, communities or city better, do their own 3 things and then encourage others to do so. A lot of other YAA bloggers have already posted their…