BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Not all learning happens in a classroom, sometimes a plane ticket can trump a text book. Geckos Adventures, a travel company that plans adventures for 18-29 year-old travellers, is taking the popular gap year, a year-break students…
The cost of pollution isn’t just the environment, it’s our health and wallets too
In an effort to increase awareness (and instigate action) of ways pollution is infiltrating and affecting human lives, a recent study was conducted by The World Bank in conjunction with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), entitled Air Pollution: Strengthening the Economic…
Why do women really want children?
By: Zoe Melnyk Just a single generation ago, it was completely normal for a woman to graduate from high school, get married, and have children. In 1980, the average age for women to start having children was just over 22…
This man escaped the Iron Curtain in a DIY plane and now lives in an airplane hangar in the desert
To escape the wrath of the Iron Curtain during the 80s Ivo Zdarsky took things into his own hands. He built his own aircraft, flew into Austria where he was granted asylum and eventually decided to pursue a career in the…
French photographer beautifully captures the freedom of modern day hippies and nomads
BY: KRUPA JOSEPH Twenty-three year-old Valentin Duciel is a self-taught photographer from Provence, France. A nomad at heart, he loves to discover beautiful places away from the city and people, armed with his camera and film. Through his work he…
Visit these 5 surreal art installations that use mother nature as a canvas
BY: SOPHIE JOYCE “Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.” Vincent Van Gogh’s words ring especially true when one experiences a profound and conceptual piece of art complimenting the beauty…
The Medieval city of Bruges has built the world’s first beer pipeline to protect its heritage
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI When the tour guide at the chocolate factory was asked, “What kind of beer pairs well with dark chocolate?” I half-expected him to laugh. To the tour group’s surprise, he answered without skipping a beat and went…
Fear Or Love – What Happens When We Can’t Tell The Difference
Attraction is a mysterious thing, in strange circumstances we find ourselves attracted to those who we would not usually deem our type. Scientists have now discovered that the context of meeting a potential romantic partner has a lot more to do with initial attraction than was…
New York cyclist fights back against ridiculous bike lane laws
BY: RHIANN MOORE New York City Cyclist and videographer, Casey Neistat, recently got a $50.00 ticket for diverging out of the bike lane while on his ride. As cyclists everywhere know, as a result of cars and tons of other…
Get to Know the Graffiti Affect
Often accredited to deviant hooliganism, my professors, and peers upped their nose at the idea of graffiti as fine art, only to ask me in private how I felt about Banksy. It seems the academic and hi-art roster is quick to jump…
Five stunning wineries to add to your bucket list
By: Jocelyn Schwalm Bonnie Heath Estate Winery: The aesthetics of this winery appeals to a vast array of people with their fields of lavender, grape vines and apple orchard. This winery located in Waterford, Ontario has set itself apart with its jack-of-all…
This nature phenomenon is an otherworldly forest of stone with a unique history
BY: AISHA ILYAD Mother nature is strange; it is always ready to amaze us. For thousands of years nature has carved stone pieces in order to turn them into impressive sculptures, which look like people, animals, monsters and mythical creatures. “The…
More millennials are opting for dogs instead of having children
As Facebook newsfeeds seem to be filling up with more and more young adults getting engaged, announcing pregnancies or having babies, it’s hard to believe that there’s actually an equal amount showing off a different kind of pride and joy: dogs. Dogs provide a sense of companionship without…
This company has become the ‘Netflix of dreams’ by creating a headband that lets you control them (video)
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Have you ever wanted to know what it feels like to fly? Maybe you secretly want to tell off your boss in a heated moment of catharsis, or finally make out with your celebrity crush? For many,…
3D printed micro-rockets will soon deliver drugs to your body
BY: LISA MICHAELS Recent experiments from research scientists at the Chemical and Biological Engineering department of the University of Sheffield, England have led to an exciting medical innovation. Their work has leveraged the use of new 3D inkjet printing technology…
The DEA is cracking down on a little known tea leaf that’s used to treat opioid addiction
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI It can be mashed, chewed, taken as a pill or dissolved into a number of beverages. In essence, Kratom is a tea leaf that has been consumed by farmers in South-East Asia for so long it’s become…
Tales of migration: Chasing after the North American dream
BY: AISHA ILYAD Toronto, a city with a population of more than 2 million people and home to 6 million people in The Greater Toronto Area, is one of the most multicultural cities in the world and is ranked as the…
Powerful photo series depicts the crimes that women face in every corner of the world
BY: KRUPA JOSEPH All photos by: Bhargavi Joshi For over 13 years, Indian-Canadian Bhargavi Joshi has been trying to tell stories about the things that she cares about through her photography. Photographs helps cut across languages and culture, allowing her…
The Grey School of Wizardry is the real-life Hogwarts of your childhood dreams
BY: JESSICA BEUKER If you were the type of child who checked the mail daily, or waited patiently by the front door, only to subsequently be disappointed by the tragic realization that your Hogwarts letter might never actually arrive –…
The world’s most friendly (and powerful) passports
BY: TONY BUCHNON If you had the choice of any passport you liked, which would you choose? As it turns out, your passport says more than you might realise about your level of access to the world. European countries tend…