As summer vacations are right around the corner (despite the recent snowfalls), there are plenty of options for students to consider when it comes to vacations. If part of your vacation plans require air travel, then this read can hopefully save you some of the time and money you spend with air-travel. Last year was… Read more »
This morning, my loved one warned me, “Life is not ‘for getting.’ Life is ‘for giving,’ and in order to do that, you need to be forgiving to others—especially those who did not give you what you thought you were going to get.” I’m not sure where my loved one found this quote. She did… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi, I have just begun taking courses at AU after having been out of a school and working for the last 10 years. When I graduated high school I was one of the top students in my class, but now I’m barely passing and finding the work very difficult. It’s disappointing and I’m… Read more »
The domestic dog is a member of the genus Canis (canine). They have been bred through hundreds of years from a type of wolf, extinct today, to become the friendly, loyal companions we now know. The dog was one of the first species to be domesticated and selectively bred for various behaviors and physical attributes. … Read more »
If you’re a creative writer you’re probably already familiar with “writing prompts,” those little tips designed to boost your literary engines. Prompts often come in the form of a first line, which is helpful because that’s the hardest to write, but they’re often way too conventional to give your imagination the kind double-take needed to… Read more »
What time wasters haunt you? I waste an hour every morning reading health articles. But I convince myself that, when I turn 70, I’ll write the MCAT and enter an undergraduate program in medical science education. I could become a doctor by the time I turn 80. So, for the past two days, I’ve poured… Read more »
The past few months, in the prairies and eastern Canada, it seems like Mother Nature is binge-watching Frozen and trying to imitate Elsa. I know it doesn’t seem like it right now, but spring is just around the corner, and will, hopefully, bring warmer days. There are those who say they prefer the winter season… Read more »
Most According to the Canadian Provincial Health Services Authority, February is Heart Month, which makes sense since it contains Valentine’s Day on the 14th. Maintaining a healthy heart, that amazing organ continuously beating in your chest from birth until death, generally unnoticed, is important to your present and future well being. A strong ticker delivers… Read more »
Many online behavioural blogs claim that how we deal with finances is directly related to our first memory of “money” or what it symbolizes. Digging deep into our money memories helps us gain awareness about how we think and feel about money and about how we handle our finances—whether we perform these actions consciously or… Read more »
I had a morbidly obese friend. I was obese at that time too. Once, when we ate lunch together, I gasped when I saw him eat a whole muffin in one swallow. I asked, “Don’t you worry about choking?” We then bonded over tales about our uncontrollable weight. After that day, I didn’t see my… Read more »