BY: Adrian Smith My friend’s sister recently learned she suffers from anxiety, like so many in their early 20s do. While explaining to me her experience, he stressed how important she finds talking to others about what she deals with…
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This Oregon community will vote has voted to ban the greedy bottled water industry from taking its water
By: Jack M. Hood River County (population, 20,000) is a sleepy community in picturesque Oregon with a total area of just over 500 square miles, making it one of the smallest counties in Oregon State. Situated in the Columbia…
How this phone line is helping victims of revenge porn
BY: JESSICA BEUKER It’s been just over a year since the first revenge porn helpline was launched in the UK. The helpline comes as a result of a strong push towards fighting revenge porn—the act of sharing explicit photos online…
This one-of-a-kind film can only be viewed once before it disappears forever.
By: Eric Zdancewicz Director Guy Maddin believes not enough disappears from the Internet. So in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada, and Co-Creators Evan and Galen Johnson, he has created a place for films to get lost forever.…
Trolling Trump Vol 3: These Artists Are Using Trump’s Old Bus to Redefine His Brand
BY: M. TOMOSKI On the night of the New York primary, the Empire State Building shed its red, white, and blue colours to signal Trump’s absolute victory over the state with what might only be described as a terrifying crimson…
This company will lead you on expeditions of the world’s last undiscovered places
BY: CAROLINE ROLF As a commander for the British military, Tom Bodkin spent his years of service training for jungle warfare in Brunei and cliff hanging off the Zagros Mountains in Iran. He started the company with Lev Wood in…
Insects are making their way into baked goods, but it’s a good thing.
By: Mariya Guzova The edible insect market has come into the spotlight over the last few years, as more and more reports suggest that resources are running out in trying to satisfy protein demand. Edible insects are one of the…
There is a sex worker’s university and it is changing the way people think about the industry
BY: JESSICA BEUKER There are approximately 14 million active sex workers worldwide. In Thailand, where 250,000 of the world’s sex workers live, there is an active presence working to empowering women who work in the sex trade, offering services, educating…
Trolling Trump: The Art and Satire of the 2016 Campaign Vol 2
BY: M. TOMOSKI In the 1988 film They Live, ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper stands in the streets of Los Angeles and looks through a pair of propaganda busting sunglasses that reveal the hidden alien messages behind the city’s billboards. The ads…
Will Canada’s Cannabis Future Be a Stoner’s Paradise or Corporate Nightmare?
M.TOMOSKI In the Nixon administration’s hallmark hammering tone, John Ehrlichman, a former aide to the President, summed up the motivation behind the War on Drugs by saying, “The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had…
Thanks for being a vegetarian: you’re literally helping end climate change
BY: ALEX BROWN In 2014, filmmakers Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn released Cowspiracy, a controversial documentary exploring one of the leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions: animal agriculture. The narrative drove home a widespread apprehension to confront the issue. Many…
Shutting down clinics won’t stop abortion – women are turning to dangerous DIY methods
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Abortion clinics are closing in the United States at an alarming rate. In five states—Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming—only one clinic remains. And the Supreme Court is expected to consider whether or not a…
Salvador Dali’s erotic cookbook gives new meaning to food porn
BY: M. TOMOSKI From furnitures to films and exotic pets, Salvador Dali lived in a world that only he could imagine. So it’s no surprise that his food also derives from there. Published in 1973, “Les Diner des GALA” is…
Cast Out in the Land of Chaos: A two party system doesn’t want your vote it wants your loyalty
BY: M.TOMOSKI There was no way into the event or any of the surrounding shops except through a funnel of cruisers a quarter mile away from the place where the Golden Don was holed up behind a wall of Secret…
Oakland artist is building tiny homes to fight homelessness.
BY: MARIYA GUZOVA Since 2014, the number of homeless people on the streets in America has dropped by about 40,000 people. This steady and incredible decline in homelessness stems from a new wave of thinking amongst the people who are…
Canada’s elusive civil rights movement: are Canadians polite bystanders to national tragedy?
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Last month, Prime Minister Trudeau sat down with Nikki Fraser, the Youth Representative of B.C.’s Native Women’s Association (BCNWA) to discuss the pressing issue of Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Fraser, who personally lost…
Confessions of a Dr. Google addict
BY TREVOR HEWITT I found a lump in my neck when I was 20. It was soft and the size of a small grape. To make matters worse, it was the middle of my exam period. Anxious and out of…
Florida just made it legal to break into a hot car to rescue a child or animal
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Florida Governor Rick Scott has passed a bill legalizing breaking into locked vehicles to rescue pets and people that are believed to be in danger of suffocation or harm. The law, which also extends to the rescue…
Norway will invest $923 Million to develop a super network of bike highways
BY: STEFANIE AWRONSKI Cycling has long been seen as one of the healthiest modes of transportation. It gets you away from being inactive and sedentary behind the wheel of a car to being physically active and connecting with the beauty…
This Canadian island is welcoming Trump refugees
BY: M. TOMOSKI Whether you’re a Democrat, Republican or Independent, threatening to leave the country when democracy doesn’t quite match your personal preference has become something of a tradition in America. In 2000, several celebrities, including Eddie Vedder and the…