Yesterday I posted my Sled Island picks for Wednesday and Thursday. Today I’ll be sharing my picks for the last two days of Sled Island, Friday and Saturday. Friday, June 22 Start your Friday off by watching No You Hang Up at the National Music Centre at 4 p.m. Stick around and watch Bel Riose,…
In the past few years, Sled Island has introduced an all-ages wristband for $50, which lets you into shows that are friendly and safe for all youth. You can still get wristbands here and read more about the festival here. This year there will be over 100+ bands and artists who will be spread over…
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Last week, Facebook took the plunge from being a private corporation to being a publicly traded business. The move from private to public allows for investors to buy into the tech giant company.
Over a period of a few days, a man made some amazing art in the snow just by walking around all day in the Les Arcs skiing area in France. Here are some of his incredible designs!
North Korea is expected to launch a long-range rocket in the next 24 to 48 hours, according to a official from the United States.
The amount of fuel in the rocket means that the trajectory will be very long.
For my spring break, I got the opportunity to be one of 28 students who gets to represent the Calgary Board of Education at the International Youth Leadership Summit in Beijing, China. Below is a quick blog post about what we did today during our trip to Beijing. You can find out more about our…
To fully understand the crisis that is now under way in Syria, you have to go all the way back to 1946. During this time, Syria declared independence and they became a parliamentary republic but they also had a chaotic mess of a government. This government, within the span of 10 years, created four constitutions…
In this video, Mayor Nenshi invites youth Grades 6 – 12 to be Mayor for a Day, as part of Youth Central‘s Mayor’s Youth Council essay contest. Mayor For A Day is an essay contest open to those students who are in Grades 6-12 in Calgary. To enter, all that you have to do is write an…
Calgary Transit is asking all Calgarians what they think of CT’s service, which includes everything from the location of the future lines to fare prices. The RouteAhead public consultation project will be asking Calgarians what they think of transit over the next 10 months. The first stage of the consultation will be gathering feedback from…
Sled Island 2012 takes place June 20-23 at various locations around Calgary. Festival passes are available from sledisland.com This Calgary-born music festival is now one of the largest in Calgary which has always featured some really talented acts. This year, Sled plans on being even bigger and better and they’ll be bringing some of the…
Absolutely amazing TED talk from Sir Ken Robinson, an amazing speaker about all things education. This video will totally change the way you view education, creativity and the world around you. So use your creativity and think of ways to change your world: enter the Mayor For A Day contest and use your creativity to…
Canadian teenagers have an optimistic outlook on their financial future, according to a recent survey.
A study done by the British Columbia Securities Commission revealed that teenagers have high expectations for their future earnings.
Author’s note: Is there any topic that you would like to see covered in four paragraphs? Leave it in the comments below and maybe I’ll cover it in a later blog. Update: Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of SOPA, said on Friday that he is pulling the bill “until there is wider agreement on a solution.”…
First off, national debt (debt owed by a central government) is in no way a new problem. In fact, every developed country in the world has at some point amassed some form of debt (owing another party).