The Olympics Will Never Be Over!

From the when we first heard about them to this day, the Olympics have been a hot topic.  Now that the Closing Ceremony is finished, and the events are over, does this mean that the Olympics in turn are finished? Over the past two weeks, people from all over the world have been supporting their…

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Sorry? Did you talk smack about our Canadian Athletes?

‘Cause I can’t hear you over our RECORD BREAKING GOLD MEDAL COUNT! Well, the 21st Winter Olympics has officially closed. The flame is extinguished and the monumental task of putting on the 22nd Olympics has been officially passed to Russia’s Sochi City in an absolutely breathtaking – and hilarious!- closing ceremonies. Now, for those of…

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Multicultural WHAT?! Could you repeat that?

Bridging the Gap: Between Generations, Acceptance & Self-Identity, And Across Integration & Cultural Differences   The 2010 Multicultural Youth Health and Well Being Conference. It’s quite the mouthful, but the title says it all! The Southern Alberta Child & Youth Health Network (so many long names!) in collaboration with multicultural youth and youth organizations have…

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Day Two: There’s Gold in Them Hills!

On with my adventures at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics… Tuesday, February 16th was a day I will not soon forget.  First we took the Sky Train and Sea Bus, but we’ve already discussed my love for public transport enough. The shuttles getting up to Cypress Mountain for the day were very fast and I was very impressed…

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A News Report on News

Have you ever wondered about how systematic news reports have always been?  You maybe bored out of your mind watching news reports on TV, or you may find it interesting — if so, I applaud you.  The one thing we can be certain of is that news reports are important and sort of part of our everyday lives.  It…

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Where It’s Art: Listen Up! (1/3)

The “Where It’s Art” series, until now, have focused mainly on visual art. Today, I’m branching out into another area of fine arts – music.  I’d like to introduce you to some artists that I feel have an extremely high talent:exposure ratio. Perhaps we can decrease it a little bit. I’d like to start by…

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Which Animal Is Awkward?

We all have at some point in our lives experienced or been in a situation that is uncomfortable and downright awkward; some more than others, unfortunately.  Ever wonder to yourself why these kinds of embarrassing moments seem to only happen to you? Don’t worry. It’s not ‘just you.’ You may have seen the hand gesture…

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Canada vs. US: Utter Defeat

Own the Podium? More like Blown the Podium. To date in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Canada has 10 medals overall, 5 of them gold, placing 4th overall in medal standings. The USA? 25 medals, 9 of them gold. Canada’s plan was to have the most medals overall in the Olympics. Instead, they watch helplessly as the…

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