Are The Sciences For Me? (Career Advice Part 2)

| Featured Image Here | Part 1 Here | Environmental Science/Agrology Employment Prospects: B- in 4 years Courseload: 7.5-9/10 Ensci is an applied Science, which in essence means jobs outside research. In Canada, environmental Science positions often require the professional Agrologist (P. Ag) designation. The designation is obtained through experience in the industry and careful…

Gamestop Expo not to be missed

The Gamestop Expo is an event that was started to show Gamestop store managers some new games and software from their partners. The expo occurs in Las Vegas at the Sands Expo center. This year, they opened the expo up for one more day for the public to enjoy. Electronic Arts, Activision-Blizzard, Sony, and Microsoft…

Free-To-Play Recommendation of the Day

Do you like guitar hero and other music games?  Well here is a game for you! Osu is a Music game with many music genres within the game. Firstly maps are made by players and have a range of difficulties. There are thousands of songs in Osu which has an upside as well as a downside.…

Google’s Project Loon

Google is famous for being a hub of innovation, creating products which have the potential to change our lives in ways that no one imagined even a year before they were released. Google always manages to monetize these projects, improving the world while earning a profit. Looking at the evolution of these projects offers an…

Video Of The Day

I found this video while researching Kobe Beef. Kobe Beef is made from a special breed of Japanese  Cattle that has fat scattered around its meat. this means that it is destined for a perfectly tender and flavorful steak. The video shows how someone believes Kobe Beef is made. Enjoy the video!!!

Faster Internet, Can it be?

Internet 60 times faster than the average Canadians! OneGigabit is a start-up company in Vancouver, making it possible by laying fiber cable 20 centimeters under the road without having to remove or damage it. This is extremely useful because as a start up company, it would be much harder to get started if they had…

E3: Microsoft

E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo, is an event held once a year in Los Angeles where all the major gaming companies present their newest games and their plans for the coming year. This year’s E3 conference is one of the most important, with both Microsoft and Sony releasing details on their new consoles, the…

Who are Canada’s mayors?

Each of Canada’s cities has a very different system for their mayor – some have parties, some don’t, some have a lot of visible corruption, and others seem clean. In the last year, in Canada’s biggest city, there have been scandals that revealed information previously unknown to anyone about Canada’s mayors. With all these changes occurring,…

Indepedence and Money

  Many readers of this website are preparing for university, and with that, financial independence. What does that entail, and what are some actions that should be taken to be more careful, especially in light of recent world events? Know what is happening with your bank. Whenever a major financial crisis occurs, everyone knows that…

More taxes?

In the United States, the Senate has recently been discussing the implementation of an online sales tax –other than how it will work, will it really be beneficial to the economy? One important argument for the online sales tax is that it will create a fairer base of competition between traditional stores that have a…

Housing – rent or buy?

Immigration to Calgary has been increasing as Alberta has become increasingly prosperous through the oil boom. Immigration is likely to increase, especially considering the that Calgary has just been named Canada’s best city to live in. Numerous social services are already strained, but as more people move to Calgary, they will all have to make…

Is Calgary a city worth living in?

In Moneysense’s Best Places to Live in Canada 2013, Canadians saw a surprising revelation – Calgary topped the list. For both the best large city and best overall city, Calgary was first. Moneysense arrived at this conclusion using numerous factors, including unemployment, crime, and weather. After seeing Ottawa take the top spot for the last…