Have you ever been reading a book or sitting in English class when you come across a word that you don’t know? Personally, I’m a little OCD when it comes to my vocabulary, and am always trying to keep it as arrant as possible.
For years, Albertans have been hearing about other provincial governments cracking down on distracted driving and making illegal such actions as talking or texting on a cell phone while driving.
It’s true! Well, almost true. At the beginning of August, Iceland’s new constitution was written by 25 ordinary citizens with help from social media. After their economic collapse in 2008, Iceland decided that their new constitution would not be written based upon their mother country of Denmark, but rather on the ideas stemming directly from…
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. John Gilbert “Jack” Layton In his letter to Canada before his untimely death, Jack Layton keeps his spirit of hope and optimism and hopes that…
Buy One Get Give One! Ever since the excitement over TOMS shoes (and now sunglasses) erupted, I was curious if there were any other organizations with similar motives. Despite the criticism of these particular organizations, here is a short list of BOGO organizations. If you really want to help someone while receiving an item of…
Have you ever tried to bike in downtown Calgary? Let me tell you, it’s not a fun experience. Narrow streets, parked cars in one lane, impatient drivers in the other; and those are the least of your worries with the various construction projects that seem to be a rather permanent fixture in the core. No…
Well, OK, so London Bridge itself isn’t actually falling down, but the rest of the city, along with various others in the United Kingdom, are alight with burning buildings and cars, as the citizens of the country riot. How did this all start? On Aug. 4, London police shot Mark Duggan – an alleged crack…
Cartoonist Steve Breen, from San Diego portrays his perspective on the national debate which the world watches closely. This cartoon was also named as the “Best Cartoon Of the Week” by TIMES Magazine.
Dolphins: beautiful, magnificent creatures of the sea. They’re smart, good swimmers, and more importantly are one of the closest animal species to the human race. What justifies the savage act of dolphin slaughtering in the cove of Taiji? Every year, 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed just in the cove itself every year. Dolphins are…
Calgary has always been known for its “Western” culture and identity, but is this who we really are? As one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada due to immigration do we deserve our traditional Western identity? Should we appear to be a more multi-cultural city similar to that of Vancouver or Toronto? With the 5th…
It has been three months since Prince William and Catherine Middleton had had their own wedding, and now the granddaughter of the Queen, Zara Phillips, is wed to Mark Tindall, England rugby player. However, compared to Prince William’s widely public wedding, Zara preferred to have a private affair. Zara and Mark had been dating for…
On June 8, over 80 people joined Mayor Nenshi, Alderman Mar and Alderman Farrell on Stephen Avenue Mall, spending 20 minutes cleaning up Calgary’s City Centre. Decked out in bright yellow shirts, volunteers picked up cigarette butts and spruced up the streets. The idea was to encourage everyone to share the responsibility of making our…
Do you care for the river? Do you think that it is important for OUR health? Well, recently a river clean-up was done to promote the awareness of Calgary’s Bow and Elbow Rivers and how it’s the citizen’s duty to help clean up the litter and protect OUR river. Apparently, in our own river, volunteers…
The rainforests used to cover an estimated 14 per cent of the world’s surface, and today, due to deforestation, that number has been brought down to a mere six per cent. Another fact is that the rainforests on earth contain about 20 per cent of the world’s entire oxygen, and according to experts the last…
Do you think it’s fair that pets are being treated like toys? How do you feel about Petland stores selling animals? The on-going issue in Calgary is that there are untrustworthy owners bringing in their pets to pet stores and the purchaser is unaware of the pet’s history. Petland claims that the animals that are…