During our extended lunchtime at school, Juliet and I once again marched down 17th to find Jelly Modern Doughnuts. And let me tell you, these are not your Timmies doughnuts. Location Fortunately for the two of us, JMD is pretty close to Western Canada High school. Located on 8 St and 14 Ave, it’s a nice…
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Have you heard of Encounters With Canada? It’s a camp that allows you to visit Ottawa and learn what your future may look like. They offer several camps: Medicine and Health, Arts and Culture, Canada Remembers, Ecology and Environment…
DetailsRaising over $4,000 for Spread the Net Charity, Western Canada’s Interact Club has show success in making a difference in the global community. In cooperation with UNICEF and co-founded by Rick Mercer, Spread the Net is an organization that provides bed nets in countries like Rwanda and Liberia, among other African nations, to prevent the spread…
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Jean Philippe, a pastry shop at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, holds the World’s Guinness Record for the World’s Largest Chocolate Fountain to cure your sweet tooth – unfortunately, only visually. On the other hand, they sell all kinds of other pastries, crepes and sweets for those who have the chance to visit Vegas (maybe…
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Notice how you can find the greatest musicians online nowadays? The Piano Guys are a group of musicians that maintain an amazing YouTube channel featuring high caliber covers and originals of all kinds of music. Namely, my two favourite musicians to listen to are: 1. Steven Sharp Nelson – Cellist 2. Jon Schmidt – Pianist…
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Recently, hacktivist group Anonymous released its own Operating System (OS) for computers, called Anonymous-OS. Now, if you don’t know what Anonymous is, it is a group of people across the internet who claim to practice and promote certain social causes through online dissidence. For example, to send a message that the takedown of MegaUpload was…
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Last month I wrote a post advertising a great event at the Village Square Library: the Prom Dress Extravaganza, where girls had the opportunity to find a special dress and take it home for free! I was able to go to the event last Saturday and I met some great librarians! I was fortunate enough…
DetailsI had the privilege of touring the glorious “Windy City” for one wonderful day, two summers ago. I have to say that the highlight of my trip was visiting this giant metallic bean, a stainless steel artwork which reflects the Chicago skyline. In actuality, the sculpture is not supposed to resemble a quirky jellybean but rather embody the…
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In this video, Mayor Nenshi invites youth Grades 6 – 12 to be Mayor for a Day, as part of Youth Central‘s Mayor’s Youth Council essay contest. Mayor For A Day is an essay contest open to those students who are in Grades 6-12 in Calgary. To enter, all that you have to do is write an…
DetailsYeah, I know there’s issues being raised with the Kony campaign by Invisible Children and what not, but have you already forgotten about the Occupy movement? I guess no one really cares anymore, or at least, even more so than they did at the start. But here’s a short comedy directed by Wong Fu productions…
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Do you have free time on the weekends or after school? Do you like lending a helping hand? And do you like having fun? If you have answered yes to these questions, then you are destined to become a volunteer and Youth Central welcomes you! Volunteering is a selfless and exhilarating activity anyone can partake it. You…
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I love puzzle games. Except Bejewelled never piqued my interest; perhaps it’s my lack of understanding how to create combos and imagining how the gems will fall into place.
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The king of all cats, the tiger, embraces man. For more stunning photos, click here. Note: it’s up to you to decide whether the photo is real or not!
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Everyone loves food! (Or at the very least, needs it to survive…) -So why not a little creativity with some bento boxes? Pictures accredited to linked websites and chain mails (who know those would be so evil… inducing hunger in all of mankind).
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