Me: We then carefully stashed the steel box where nobody would even think of looking for it, and waited for the right moment to sneak it out so that our scientist could replicate it. John: However, the antidote was stolen before we could let anyone examine its contents. Boss: So, you expect me to accept…
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Here is some key info for fans to know before the playoffs start!
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An Analogy Thrift stores house items with their own unique past donated to be put on sale. The items found at these stores are ones that are not found in other brand name stores. All these items served their purposes to their previous owners, but alas the owners no longer have a use for them.…
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How do humans manage to train elephants that can take our lives with one stomp? The method used to train elephants for circus shows is actually a lot simpler than expected: From the moment their born, you simply tie the back of a baby elephant’s leg to a pole. The baby elephant then cannot escape…
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If you guys like binge watching Food Network shows like I do, you’d most likely have heard of Kids Baking Championship. You would also have known that season 6 just held its finale. If you don’t know what KBC is, it’s a show where kids bake to compete for the title of the KBC winner,…
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The other day, I went to see kinky boots at the Jubilee Theatre. For anyone who doesn’t know, kinky boots is a Broadway musical about a guy, (Charlie) who takes over his dads shoe company and starts making high heeled boots for drag queens. I thought it was absolutely fantastic, and despite the lack of…
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Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting with Thanusha Veeraperumal, the blogger of the month for February 2019. Thanusha is a grade 12 student at Lester B. Pearson High School. She joined Youth Are Awesome (YAA) in August of 2018, and has already contributed much to the blog. What resonated with me throughout our ‘interview’…
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A preview of what was just announced at Apple’s latest keynote!
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So you’re a card game fanatic? Well, boy do you have to know or experience playing this one. Kobo is a card game that involves memory and card manipulation. Now let me tell you, this game gets so intense and heated sometimes that you will discover how much of snake you and your friends can…
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Have you every wondered what it would be like to have a friend in every city you travelled to? Have your voice heard in the House of Commons? Or simply just staying at Ottawa for a week? Well, if any of your reactions to these questions got you excited, Forum is the place for you. …
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Among HIV, climate change, and ebola, vaccine hesitancy has been named one of the world’s greatest health challenges by the World Health Organization. The World Health Organization began a five year plan, the 13th General Programme of Work, focusing on a triple billion target: ensuring 1 billion more people benefit from access to universal health…
DetailsJohn: The first thing we had to do was to secure the antidote in our possession. After briefly seeing the insane security surrounding the cure, we drew a blueprint with what we knew and memorized the whole layout. Me: After weeks of planning, we finally decided to have a go at it. Firstly, while the…
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Things will always take longer than what you think even if you think they’re going to take longer than you think they will. 1. Start NOW This is a lot easier said than done. A significant number of us put things off as long as we can but if you think you can do something…
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Jason Kenney, born in Oakville, Ontario, moved with his family to Wilcox, Saskatchewan, at the age of 8, where his father was named president of Notre Dame College. Upon graduating from Notre Dame College in Wilcox, Jason went on to study philosophy at the University of San Francisco. In his early twenties, Kenney came to…
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At long last: spring break. For those of us in school, this is a long awaited relief from the perils of second semester. If you’re stuck in Calgary (like me) during this break, here are 10 things to do to make the most of your free time, that you won’t need your parents for. 1.…
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