In addition to the mayoral candidates and the aldermanic candidates running in this year’s municipal election, did you know that citizens also vote for trustees for both the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) and the Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD)? Each school board trustee is responsible for two wards, so seven trustees are elected for…
With the ongoing genocide in Darfur, many people are stepping up to raise awareness and money to help support the victims of this horrible massacre. Reprinted from the Scarlett Fever, here’s an interview with a member of a student-led group from Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School that plans to bring about a big change. Scarlett…
Let’s Pretend this is a High School Election… You go to a huge high school. Around a million people. A new school year comes along, and, with it, student elections. Only they call themselves “City Council,” and they happen to handle a substantially large amount of cash and resources, which makes this election a big…
On Tuesday, the Senate of France passed legislature banning the full burqa veil to be worn in public by a tremendous majority of 246 to 1 in favor of the bill. All it needs is French president Sarkozy’s signature. “Liberté, égalité, fraternité.” Those were the words on the Declaration of the Rights of Man coming…
The international condemned Quran burning is nothing more than an outrageous expression of frustration with no regards to the rights of others nor the safety of others.
The cancer community has stayed strong these past few weeks as news of Ashley Kirilow’s fraud case was all over news stands. It’s been about a year now since I met Ashley and talked with her during which I believed to be an agonizing time for her, one she was going through almost alone. A…
Back in November, one of our youth bloggers wrote about Ashley Kirilow, the 23-year-old founder of Change for a Cure. She claimed to have cancer and was soliciting money for her charity. It has recently come to our attention that Kirilow allegedly lied about having cancer and that her charity was a hoax. For more…
Even in the offseason, hockey fans have plenty to watch and pay attention to. Big name players are being signed and traded so fast that even I can’t keep up. Recently, Ilya Kovalchuk was the biggest fish on the free agent sea. However, he is now signed up with the New Jersey Devils for the next 17 years, for…
A study conducted at a school in Rhode Island has proved that students are more motivated and more productive when the school day starts later. The start time was delayed from 8:00 to 8:30, and the results were fantastic. Dr. Judith Owens, a sleep scientist, found that if the school day started later, there was…
“Once oil becomes caught in the Gulf of Mexico’s fast moving Loop Current, it could be carried thousands of miles, around Florida, up the Atlantic coast of the US, and then out into the open ocean.” (from BBC news) As I previously mentioned about oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico’s on April 22nd, it…
On April 23 of this year, the ‘Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act’ (AKA Senate Bill 1070 or SB 1070) was signed into Arizona state law. The new law has been called the US nation’s toughest on illegal immigration and has raised widespread criticism and outrage. SB 1070 makes it an offense for…
I love to read. I really do. I read books of all kind, different genres, different authors, and just styles too. Most articles I do are based off of what I read. I had the chance of even reviewing a few for the newspaper at Scarlett. Though, what I’ve noticed now is that there are…
Stop the fast food! Or at least, eat less red meat. Here’s a stickler for many people. What produces more greenhouse gases: rearing cattle or driving a car? The answer may surprise you, because it sure surprised me. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, those farmed-raised cows produce more than…
If you didn’t know already, there is an upcoming municipal election in Calgary and it’s on track to be one of the most watched municipal elections in over a decade. A new mayor will be elected, as our current Mayor, Mayor Dave Bronconnier will not be seeking re-election, and City Council is likely to look a lot…