Calgary Composting Program
How effectively are Calgarians using their green bins?
Spring Reflections
Blossoming trees, flowing rivers, fresh air: a small leaf, growing from a branch a small flower, sprouting from the ground a small child, dancing in the rain Springtime. Nature surrounds us. Its frosty winter breath is beginning to fade, replaced with the warm, caressing touch of sunlight reflected on icy ponds beginning to thaw…
The Vimy Pilgrimage Award- 2018
In late-October 2017, my social teacher introduced an opportunity to me, called the Vimy Pilgrimage Award: a fully-funded week-long educational experience to Belgium and France, where you go to learn about Canada’s efforts in the First World War. Curious to see what would happened, I applied and to my surprise: I won. Now this was…
50 Things To Do During Spring Break
Travel Hang out with friends Go swimming Go to the movies Play volleyball Watch every episode of The Office on Netflix Reread your favourite series Go skiing/snowboarding Visit family Go to the Telus Spark Science Centre Eat sushi Go shopping Try a new sport Go to a trampoline park Visit the Calgary Zoo Go bowling…
Iranian New Year!!
A new year is just around the corner! Tuesday, March 20 2018 at 10:15 AM (mountain time), will be the official start of the year 1397, or the moment of ‘saal tahvil.’ It’s kind of funny to consider the western calendar, and how 1397 would be considered part of the medieval times… so are we…
What’s On My Phone
Disclaimer: I don’t have an iPhone X. Instagram and Snapchat are the obvious apps, but what else do I have on my phone? I don’t know about you, but I’m always interested to see what’s on other peoples’ phones. How they organize apps and which ones they use in general. Consider yourself lucky because I’m…
5 Board Games To Try With Friends!
No more broken friendships caused by Monopoly!
The Unique Appeal of Dystopian Fiction
…and why it’s important to us
Fortnite Battle Royale – Hit or Miss?
If you “keep up with the times”, so to speak, then you would know what Fortnite is. Kids and teens alike all over North America are obsessing over this game, and some may think, “Why?” Well, I’m here to teach you. Welcome! Fortnite is a completely free to play multiplayer game developed and published by Epic Games. Now,…
Attempting to Answer Philosophical Questions
I think about life a lot, often having an existential crisis every day. Who are we? What are we even doing here? Do we even have a purpose? The greatest philosophers haven’t thought up an answer to those questions, what makes me fit to answer them? Absolutely nothing! But that’s why it’ll be interesting! Does…
The Early-February Stock Market Dips: Should You Be Worried?
February 5th saw some of the worst drops in the market in history. Was this an isolated incident, or did it point to the start of something worse?
Don’t fall out of your chair laughing!
You’ll want to PUNch me after this blog 😉 Here’s 10 jokes: What happened when two artists had an art contest? IT ENDED IN A DRAW What do you call a snobbish criminal going down the stairs? A CONDESCENDING CON DESCENDING Did you guys hear about the egg joke? YEAH, IT CRACKED ME UP…
New Coca-Cola Drinks for the first time in over 15 years.
Since 2002, The Coca-Cola company hasn’t changed its coke flavourings. That was four days ago. For the first time in what seems like forever, the brand is launching two new flavours with a vintage look. The two flavours dubbed Coca-Cola Georgia Peach, and Coca-Cola California Raspberry will be popping up around american restaurants,…
Spontaneously Learning HTML
If you know me personally, you might already know that I’m into coding. I’m no expert at coding my any means; in fact, it’s been a while since I last coded anything in Python. Over the long weekend, I was inspired to start learning something I’ve set aside for years, and that’s, as you may…
Top 5 Winter Olympic Events to Watch Now!
Hello everyone, this is my first blog: the top 5 events in Pyeongchang’s 2018 Olympics you should watch! Hope you enjoy! 5. Halfpipe Both men’s and women’s halfpipe are such entertaining events! The tricks, cheering crowds, and anticipation is something you don’t want to miss out on. Every athlete puts on their greatest show for…