It’s a Nice Day for a Green Wedding – Environmental Matrimony

Getting married is a special time for anyone, and making the day unique to you and your partner is important. Don’t forget your Toronto wedding photographer!  That’s not to say that you won’t spend a lot of money on matrimony.…

5 cool and unusual bicycle designs

Tired of turning the corner and seeing someone riding the exact same bike as you? There are plenty of unique bicycles you can buy to cement your individuality on the road. Not only are these bikes ridiculously eye-catching and well-made,…

Cats are proven to naturally alleviate anxiety and depression

BY AILEEN ZANGOUEI Cats are simultaneously our cuddliest, furry friends and the world’s biggest assholes. But when they’re not waking us up at 4 a.m. by plunking their entire bodies on our face, or knocking anything and everything that’s glass…

The next evolution of birth control is moving beyond the pill

In 1839, Charles Goodyear came up with a simple rubber invention that changed everything. Not the tire – that had already been around for years before. No, this small rubber flap was the world’s first condom: a simple, snug-fitting device…

Travelling Differently: Muay Thai Holidays

The idea of travelling over ten thousand kilometres to get punched and kicked in thirty degrees plus heat might sound like pure madness to some, but that’s exactly where I found myself last year as I sat in the departures…

Afghanistan shelter helps reunite soldiers with the animals they left behind

BY: NADIA ZAIDI We have a lot of opinions when it comes to Afghanistan. War, human rights violations, and global intervention are usually at the forefront of that discussion. But one organization is helping us remember that animals, too, must…

Our elderly need a pot fix, but not from our government

BY: NADIA HARRIS  Marijuana is a holistic form of medicine that has had a tumultuous history in our modern society. It has been unjustifiably mislabelled as the herbal equivalent of a shit disturber, particularly in the minds of our baby…

Ethiopia is finally recognizing its stateless Rastafarian community

BY: NADIA ZAIDI  Ethiopia will now issue identity cards to its members of the Rastafarian community – a religious group that has long been stateless. This recognition comes at a time of volatility. Rastafarians are fighting for land, language, and…

3 (really frickin’ easy) ways that you can save the great lakes from extinction

BY: NADIA ZAIDI   The Great Lakes are an endangered resource. Growing up, I was one of those kids who thought the environment wasn’t my problem. Who cares if I won’t be around to witness the season’s shift? But I eventually…

The world’s most remote island is now home to one of the largest protected marine reserves

BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Hundreds of years ago, Dutch explorers from distant shores drew close to a mysterious island – one that would change the way we look at archeology forever. It wasn’t quite the kind of mysterious island that…

While celebrities promote detox teas, this woman used Instagram to help save a man’s life

BY: AILEEN ZANGOUEI Alison Brettschneider, a native New Yorker who now currently lives in California, is a successful fashion business owner. Her boutique has multiple locations and is called 25 Park, which is also the name of her social media…

Why so much of the world lives in a “poverty trap” and how we can escape it

Rich and poor, poor and rich. These two small words have been the driving force behind so many of the world’s cultural, social and economic history. In the old days, of course, the rich and powerful had it better than…

White(ish) privilege: How eugenics and the caste system still perpetuate racism in Latin America

BY: ADAM THRUSH With international media outlets constantly fixated on the public devolution of race relations in the United States it would be easy to think that the problems of racism and white privilege are inherently American. However, south of…