Francesca Carone is a full-time mother and student. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, she moved to Nova Scotia for a more peaceful life. She is completing her BPA in Criminal Justice with plans to move on to a Masters in Counseling. Most of her free time is spent with her children and dog playing outside, sports, and gardening.
In November, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees said the government plans to cut up to 5,900 jobs as part of its elaborate plan of balancing the budget before the 2022-23 fiscal year. Most of these cuts will affect Alberta’s Health Services and government employees. While their jobs will not be affected until March 30,… Read more »
Amazon’s electronic device is known as Echo. It is the conduit for their voice activated virtual assistant, Alexa, similar to Apple’s Homepod for Siri, and Google Home with the Google Assistant. With this device a user can find answers to many questions as well as change your thermostat, stream music, and schedule appointments. Alexa software… Read more »
Being able to freely say whatever you want is a right that people in North America value a lot. You can have any opinion or belief, no matter whom it goes against and it may offend others. But it is our right to be allowed to say, or at least believe those things. Alberta university… Read more »
What will the future hold? No one is sure about anything, but I am pretty sure that, unless we get attacked with an EMP weapon, technology will play a very important role. From online schooling and exams, to connecting with doctors and controlling your appliances, technology shapes our society. Currently, we’re using technology to do… Read more »
We all know that eating too much trans-fat or sugar is bad for our health, right? But why is that, and why do we keep eating it? With school and other stress in our lives, is it possible to avoid it? Well, sugar is bad for us in several ways. First, it overloads your liver… Read more »
With school starting or new things in our lives popping up, it’s easy for us to get stressed out. Yes, Stress is natural and can be beneficial at certain times—it can even help motivate people—but it can also be detrimental if left to become chronic. Anxiety and stress can have a negative effect long-term on… Read more »
Local food has been growing in popularity every year, and is being marketed to people as a local solution: saving the earth and eating fresh sort of ideology. This idea is highlighted more and more at grocery stores and is also featured on restaurant menus. This local food idea seems to have shifted from a… Read more »
As summer starts and a lot of people are taking time away from work or school to enjoy the outdoors, it is easy to have the “school’s out!” attitude. We all know what that attitude is like. It’s telling us to go have fun and not care. Having fun by eating a lot, drinking, staying… Read more »
Time off is important, not just from work, but from school too. Just like work, students need to have time off to refresh themselves and increase their performance for the next set of courses. School time is busy, and usually there isn’t much time to do any fun or relaxing stuff. For a vacation, summertime… Read more »
Although you may already be on the path to an educational goal and career, it is good to think about things from another perspective. Many students, despite starting university, still do not know exactly what path they want to take and what their career choice will be. The role of AI in the job sector… Read more »