Peace Medal Tickets On Sale
YMCA Calgary will award eight YMCA Peace Medals on Thursday, November 22, 2012 during YMCA Peace Week.
Are They REALLY Going to Return Those 5 Bucks?
Although constantly debated, there has been no official or regulated rule of thumb for lending people money. Can you only lend to close friends? What about that hungry acquaintance? I for one have been victim to the ‘I need lunch money’ charade and found myself with empty pockets. So how can you tell when it’s…
Enjoying October with The Cheesecake Cafe’s Pumpkin Praline Cheesecake
In light of October everything is pumpkin. The classic pumpkin pie is now accompanied by soap, coffee, cupcakes, and more; including The Cheesecake Cafe‘s Pumpkin Praline Cheesecake. October’s feature cheesecake sounded too good to pass up, so I ate light before ordering dessert (theres nothing worse than being to full to finish something so delicious!).…
The Ring Road Dilemma
After continuous beginnings of talks and then ends of talks, the ring road has once again been brought to the spotlight, with many once again saying that there is a chance that the ring road may be finally completed. There has long been controversy about whether or not to send the ring road through First…
Video of the Day – Adele’s Skyfall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HKoqNJtMTQ
Give FUN This Halloween!
Ever heard of a game called Plants vs Zombies? It’s a wonderful tower defense action game created by PopCap that involves your skills of placing different plants to prevent zombies from invading! Sounds interesting enough, right? Well, what if you had the opportunity to give this game for free to all of the children who…
On the Perks of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (No Spoilers)
Everyone can use a great Breakfast Club reminiscent coming of age story. Which is why The Perks of Being a Wallflower is destined to be a hit. The Breakfast Club feel definitely came from the retro vibes the movie radiated from start to finish; driven by details such as the characters listening to vinyl, Ponytail…
Video of the day: Q StrEet Boys (my teacher being hilarious)
So, Queen Elizabeth high school has a boy (teacher?) band group now. Isn’t it amazing? ~Parody of Backstreet Boys
Book-Smart vs. Actually-Smart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rsJGSi1GA8
Ellen Hopkins: Tilt Book Review (No Spoilers!)
As soon as I heard Ellen Hopkins had a new book out I scurried over to Indigo to buy it; as my favourite author, Hopkins books are the holy grail of literature. There was no way my bookshelf would be deprived of the wonder and bliss that is her complete collection of teen books. Her…
So you want to be a doctor? – Discovery Days in Medicine
Last Friday, I was delighted to talk like babies, make cricket legs dance to music, and get “insider’s tips” from university students at Discovery Days in Medicine by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and our own University of Calgary. Though the hands-on activities were great (taking apart a human brain… model, looking at cancerous cells…
People can be shot, ideals can not – Malala Yousafzai’s Struggle
In a few hours, I’ll be waking up, getting ready, and going to school. In all likelihood, so will you. Chances are that at some point, we will each complain about school, too. But hey, at least we’ll have something to complain about without having our lives threatened. The same cannot be said for Malala…
Video of the Day: Sweet City Lib Dub
Well, this year is almost over folks – a year of being Canada’s Cultural Capital. One of the major highlights of this year was the lip dub held downtown last month in order to showcase Calgary’s “culture”. These 3 minutes of film, accompanied by the Stampeders singing and playing “Sweet City Woman”, in reality, took…
Photo of the Day: Calgary’s Autumn
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln
How To Make Bubble Tea
Bubble tea is also called pearl tea or boba tea, you can usually buy them in any malls or stores. You think it’s a normal drink, but it had history too. It all began at Taiwan where it was the place that bubble tea was born in the 1980s. Tu Tsong-he was the owner of the…