About a month ago, the Keg replaced their plastic straws with a plant-based straw in an effort to minimize plastic waste. A restaurant in Banff, Magpie and Stump, is following the #StrawsSuck campaign and serving all drink without straws. Even Starbucks has planned to eliminate all plastic straws from their stores by 2020. Vancouver and…
For this Photo of the Week, I decided to share one of my personal favourites that I’ve taken. Last summer, when my family from New Delhi was visiting, we decided to take them on a trip to Vancouver. Since there were a bunch of us, we stayed in this really old, really cool, Victorian style…
So as I’ve already blogged, I went to Vancouver to see my favourite Kpop band, EXO, during the long weekend. It was just AMAZING. There are not enough words in the total of 1,025,109 English words for me to describe how awesome it was. I was in the GA, a.k.a. the pit, and the 2000…
As you may or may not know, I am an EXO-L. As in, I am a huge fan of EXO, a Kpop boy group. Since last year, many of the fans, including myself, have had some heartbreaking moments as 3 of the members quit and etcetera and etcetera. However, with the beginning of 2016, the…
It has been a while since my last posted. I was away for the last while, in Prince George and Vancouver, so for this post I thought I would write about my trip. Shortly after getting on the road we saw a black bear on the side of the road. It was amazing experience. I have seen two black bears before,…
I had the pleasure of meeting Vancouver’s Sunshine, a five-person indie, pop and shoegaze band. Their music has hazy guitars, soft and breathy vocals, and overall make you feel happy and uplifted! Their self-titled LP was a joy to listen to, and despite the rain pouring during Sled Island, their music brought sunshine to my…
Just thought, since all of the terrible events that unfolded on Calgary. It would be nice just to see some happy and uplifting weather news. In Vancouver, Global News: BC 1 meteorologist, Kristi Gordon, was doing the Noon News Hour segment until something frightened her. A spider had found his way onto the live news…
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,…
Early sunrise photos are amazing…is the sky always blue to you? Traveling to Vancouver, British Columbia.
No, it’s not IB summer school (ohgoodnessno) – it’s a week-long stay at Beautiful (University of) British Columbia to meet fellow IB-ers and talk about sustainability! The IB World Student Conference is held at 4 campuses this year, and we’re lucky enough to have one in the province next door! The week is full of…
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…
Probably one of North America’s most beautiful urban parks, Vancouver‘s Stanley Park draws an estimated 8 million visitors a year. The park’s primary forms of recreation include walking, inline skating, biking, and running. The most popular place to run is along the seawall; especially at dawn and dusk when the lighting on the water is…
The River Café is widely known in Calgary as a great dine; one of the best in town. Nothing could be better than to head to a wonderful restaurant after strolling around Prince’s Island.
I took this photo at Queen Elizabeth Garden in BC over spring break. It may not seem like it now (it’s snowing – again?!), but spring’s coming to Calgary too… sooner or later =P
Canadians have this reputation of being welcoming and amiable, but that goes out the door when it comes to hockey. We scoff at American patriotism, but at the same time, do the same during the Olympics and the World Juniors. Maybe it’s time to recognize that while Canada is great, other countries can be great too.