Canada World Youth…are awesome

Have you ever wanted to experience a different kind of Canada? Establish new friendships and global connections? Volunteer abroad? Check out this organization and what it has to say! Canada World Youth (CWY) is a world leader in the development of international educational programs for youth aged 15 to 25. We work with countries in…

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For those of us looking at post-secondary education, there are a great many things to be considered about each campus: the size, the architecture, residence, the cafeteria, and of course, proximity to mom.  But what many of us may not have been thinking about previously is the sustainability of a campus. The College Sustainability Report…

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TV on the Internet

Missed the new episode of House, or just looking for some time to kill with quality entertainment? Well you may have not of known, but you can now watch your favourite television programs right here on the internet – legally of course! Some good places to start are with the television networks themselves, such as…

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Balloon Boy!

News stories these days have been getting crazier and crazier. First a man jumping into the lion cage, now a runaway boy making an escape in a balloon? Falcon Heene was reported to the police by his parents, because they thought he had been on-board a homemade helium balloon that was left untethered and blew away.…

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Glog it on Glogster!

Ever wanted to make a poster without the paper? Or make something completely your own to share with others? Or maybe just a visual aid for a presentation? Try making a Glog! Glogster is a revolutionary way of expressing your mood, feelings and ideas, and it goes miles beyond text or video! Creating a Glog lets you express…

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Do you like writing…long stories?

Remember six-word memoirs? Well, I have something that’s the complete opposite of it: NaNoWriMo! Now, I have no idea how you would pronounce that in its shortened form, but it stands for National Novel Writing Month. The point of it? To write a novel that’s 50 000 words long…in just one month! (Crazy? Maybe. Fun?…

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Zzzzzzz….

Sleeping can cause a lot of stress for teens these days. Sometimes you go to bed, but you’re so stressed about getting your ever important “8-10 hours of sleep every day” that you can’t even get to sleep. Sometimes you get the right amount of slumber time, but you’re groggy and tired feeling in the…

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Hoot! It’s Owl City.

Don’t know who or what Owl City is? Well it is basically a ‘one-man’ band that was formed in 2007 by a young man named Adam Young. This electronic, new wave pop sensation began in Adams parents’ basement in Owatonna, Minnesota. Owl City first got exposure through good old ‘myspace’ and soon became so popular…

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How fast can you read this post?

It’s an undeniable fact that school requires a lot of reading. And the further in school you go, the more reading there is. While it might not initially seem like a major chunk of your   workload, reading all of your assigned pages can take a vast amount of time, and for someone who doesn’t read…

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Alberta Diploma Exam Changes

Horray! No more written portion on Alberta Diploma Math and Sciences (Chemistry, Physics and Biology) exams that account for 50% of a student’s final grade in that course and on top of that, are supposedly designed to test student’s full understanding of the contents of those courses. This recent change occured without any consultation from teachers.  It will…

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Fantasies

Metric is coming to town! Metric will be coming to Calgary on October 30th at the Big Four Building by Stampede Park. The concert will be held at 8:00pm that night. Tickets are sold for at $36.50 and it’ll be worth every cent of it! For those who are unfamiliar with Metric, Metric is a…

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Horror Movies: Zombie Land

The second movie on my list is Zombie Land: Two men have found a way to survive a zombie apocalypse. Columbus is a big wuss (fear can keep you alive), while Tallahassee is a zombie-slayer whose determined to get the last Twinkie on earth. As they join forces with Wichita and Little Rock, sisters who…

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