The Calgary Folk Music Festival, one of Canada's largest and most celebrated music festivals, has been a centrepiece of Calgary's cultural landscape since its inception in 1980. Held annually at Prince's Island Park, the festival draws in over 52,000 attendees annually. This year&
Separation of church and state is enshrined in the first amendment of the United States constitution. The purpose of the law is to prevent the government from adopting an official religion, or incorporating religious views into any legislation. However, assumed republican presidential nominee Donald Trump contradicts this pillar of American
It is the conclusion of the yearly Met Gala that reignites the consumption of high fashion media coverage in everyday news. This year, the theme of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s featured exhibit is “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion”, featuring delicate historic relics that are so fragile that they are
At 81, President Joe Biden has launched an audacious campaign to make history once again by becoming the first octogenarian commander-in-chief. But his defiant bid for re-election in 2024 has opened a generational rift in the Democratic Party over the risks of advancing age and the desire
While people have different views on what constitutes laziness – refusal to go above what is required, not using leisure time to pick up a new hobby or an alternate source of income, or taking the easier way out of a problem – it is certain that on a collective level, laziness
There was a time when I would eagerly wait for the Oscars every year. It was the ultimate prize in cinema, akin to the Nobel prize in the field of cinematic arts. There was a sincerity to it, but in recent years it has become more of a moralistic popular
The Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow was marketed with dazzling visuals of edible gardens and candied wonderlands, offering an immersive event inspired by Roald Dahl's beloved novel. Families eagerly bought tickets priced at around $60 each, excited to interact with Oompa Loompas and witness a real-life chocolate
If you haven’t heard by now, the American Government is once more trying to ban TikTok in the United States. They tried in 2020 during the Donald Trump Administration but were stopped by the Courts, and Joe Biden mandated that the app is not allowed on any Government devices
The University of Calgary has recently elected to partner with MyCredsTM – a firm that offers an official credential wallet to post-secondary students and graduates – to deliver all official student academic documents. According to the university, this move serves as an assurance to the receiving organization that the documents in
As an avid reader, I can often be found with a minimum of one book in my possession at all times. This book is highly likely the latest piece of fiction I’m obsessing over. In combination with being a woman in STEM, has led many people to ask me
