Summer can be a tumultuous time for fitness junkies. Between the Calgary Stampede’s seemingly endless catalogue of deep-fried delights and new insta-worthy treats popping up on your feed, finding the time and willpower to stay fit can quickly disappear out the window. Add in the expenses associated with obtaining a gym membership and the resolve…
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Unless your place of residence is located somewhere underneath a large boulder, you’ve probably heard about the massive success of DC’s newest superhero flick, Wonder Woman. Critically acclaimed, the movie has racked up the title of most successful opening weekend for a female-directed movie. Highly anticipated and directed by Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman earned a…
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I graduated? Even though it’s been nearly a month, I still have to pinch myself as I speak these words out loud. After twelve years of formal education, I, among with the 636 students of the Sir Winston Churchill High School graduating class of 2017, walked across the stage and received my diploma, before thousands…
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Recently (April actually), I went on a trip to Quebec (Ottawa and Montreal) with my school! And realising how much I love to watch travel vlogs, I decided to make one so I could share my trip with you guys! There isn’t any speaking in this because I hate hearing my recorded voice, so this…
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What food type are you? You’re more complex than four letters, and five questions. Love yourself. This quiz is made purely for childish enjoyment. What are you like at school? a. You don’t mind people around you, but you still love your alone time. You have one or two close friends, and you don’t open…
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If you find your mind dwelling too long on something, you’ve definitely experienced these struggles in your social circles and at school. With the school year winding down for two more months, let us reminisce about all of these experiences that we have faced during the school year: 1. Your friends have gotten used to…
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My playlist is very varying I must say, so hopefully theres something on there that everyone can if not indulge but partially tolerate. I hope there’s something new for you to try on here, or you can recognize a few of these songs. I have linked my Spotify road playlist, so give it a…
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Canada Day. The red and white. The fireworks. The crowds. The drunken odes to “our home and native land.” The celebration of the great white north. To most, Canada Day is just a time to embrace our small, yet indignant sense of patriotism, and partake in the annual, country-wide, festivities. Canada sort of gets a…
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At this confusing, yet fascinating stage of our lives, we fail to place value on the aspects of life that truly matter. At sixteen years of life, that is over 834 weeks, or 5, 840 days, or 140, 160 hours, I am still unable to control my emotions wholly, to push all negativity out of…
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As I was getting ready for grad, I thought it would be fun to ask some of my friends about their stories about getting ready for prom. A friend of mine decided to come with her family, my best friend with her a date, and a good friend of mine with her last minute date.…
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Humans are all born free, soaring in whatever direction pleases them, enjoying moments of life as they come. And, perhaps, Muslims are anything but human, caged birds, born on the grave of dreams, bound by metal rods. Your silence will inevitably be your death, and if you speak for justice, for the equality that…
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I’ve been told the English language isn’t beautiful. At least not as much as Spanish or French or German or Russian. That may be true but English is filled with it’s share of beauty, and that gets no truer with the rock ballad.
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Prom, grad, formal, many names for the same event. It’s a night where the graduating class and some parents and teachers dress up. Its a night many people dream about. It was certainly a night I had been looking forward too since I was 8 years old and saw Cinderella for the first time. I…
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