Lauren Klukas is currently finishing her Bachelor of Science- Human Science through AU while raising her daughter in Calgary, Alberta and testing out meal plans from her new cook book The Complete Plate – a Stronger, Healthier, Happier You that will be available throughout Canada in January, 2018. Released in major book stores just in… Read more »
This week we celebrate Take a Hike Day, with hikes from writers past. Winter camping, hunting, and hiking in BC. Wayne E. Benedict recalls memorable excursions that turned out well despite some precarious moments. “…Rick finally got the propane to ignite. He exited the camper as if he’d been shot from a canon, a roiling… Read more »
We really need to have a serious chat about our relationship. I’ve been with you for many years, and though, deep down, I don’t want to give you up, I feel like the spark I first felt for you is no longer there. What started out as a passionate love affair—a deep infatuation, if you… Read more »
AUSU will be holding its council elections at the end of February 2018. While that’s still three months away, it’s not too early to begin thinking about running for a seat on council. The call for nominations will go out in January, and campaigning will begin barely two weeks later. If you’re even considering running… Read more »
Neil Cowley, the brilliantly inventive pianist who, incidentally, backed up Adele on “Rolling in the Deep,” told me about someone he knew who’d taken great pains assembling the best phonograph system money could buy, even ordering specific parts from overseas. When at last he’d felt it was ready he put on a Joni Mitchell vinyl… Read more »
Artist: D.O.A. Tour: Canadian Fight Back Tour Coming from their summer tour that took them across Europe and Asia, D.O.A. are right back at it for their Canadian Fight Back Tour. D.O.A. have never been shy when it comes to political issues, and nothing has changed in the face of the current political environment. The… Read more »
Hope blew in the day Cuddles nicknamed me “Nicee.” Names spark hope and sometimes save necks—but always pep up writers’ pens. So, observe—and name—the whatchamacallits of the world, says author Barbara Baig (2015). To master names, buy kids’ encyclopedias. While reading an encyclopedia of science, I learned makeup comes from petroleum—yes, grease á la ground—ooze… Read more »
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Aung San Suu Kyi was born June 19, 1945, in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar) and was the first State Counsellor of Myanmar, which is comparable to our Prime Minister. During the 1988 Uprisings, Aung rose to power, becoming the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD), which was a party she formed,… Read more »
“How is school going?” For students the world over, that question often invokes feelings of stress and anxiety about interactions with classmates. It’s been that way since the first cave family sent their kids down the mountain to an educational quarry. Essay deadlines and academic struggles are unavoidable if we are to succeed in university… Read more »