BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY How many of us stroll through a store, tossing various items in our cart or nestling them in our arms, without questioning the origins of these products that we so greatly cherish: frankly we’re all guilty of…
You still don’t speak Trump? Apparently, Europe is giving free lessons now
Do you remember when we told you how the Netherlands is the second best country and they are here to teach you how to Trump? Like, the USA is the first, but the Netherlands is the second best because why not?…
This vlogger shares his adventures around the world in 90-second videos
By: Zoe Melnyk As a journalist, or a journalist-in-training I should say, it’s alarming to admit that as well as I can tell a story, it will never compare to seeing a story. I could pour my soul into writing something with emotional depth…
Pack your bags and take a trip to Iceland
By: Zoe Melnyk With this video and a $99 plane ticket, I’m surprised I’m not in Iceland right now. WOW airlines released cheap flights to Iceland last year. Like a bus from Toronto to Detroit cheap. Since then, and even before then,…
Video exhibition portrays the dark side of 1950s domestic life
BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY Sarah Anne Johnson may or may not be a familiar name, but her striking brand of photography has left a mark on Canadian art and culture. A graduate of the University of Manitoba, Johnson’s diverse photographic exhibitions…
This TED talk encourages bad feminism and you should too
By: Zoe Melnyk Somehow, along the way, society lost the meaning of what it really means to be a feminist. Just mentioning the word feminism will either send everyone into an uncomfortable silence or a lecture about “feminazis” hating on…
Science proves that everyone can be creative. Here’s how.
BY: SWIKAR OLI Solving a problem creatively demands the sort of non-linear thinking that frees us from everyday, familiar reasoning. This is the crucial step to creative problem-solving that’s perhaps the most hard for people to overcome when trying to…
The longest, closest and most high-definition video of the sun was just released by NASA
BY: LAUREN BRUYNS After five years, with 300 hours of compiling footage and data, NASA has released a 30-minute video of the sun in remarkable 4K detail. Beginning in 2010, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been shooting images…
Watch a couple’s New Zealand bus adventure and be instantly overcome with wanderlust
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Joe Herbert and his girlfriend Kaitlin Fewings flew to New Zealand to follow their dream of going on an endless road trip with both good friends and the people they meet along the way. Herbert, 27, bought…
This man exposes the fucked up industry that milks living bears’ organs to mix with vodka (Video)
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA In Vietnam, bear-bile is in high demand. Mixed into vodka as a status symbol, or ingested to reap a number of falsely-believed ‘medicinal benefits’, bear-bile serves a completely useless industry of ignorance and severe animal cruelty.…
One man quit his high-paying desk job to become a dogwalker in the stunning Norwegian woods (Video)
BY: MATTHEW CHIN After nearly five years of working an office job in finance, Matt Hein quit and moved to Oslo, Norway. At 26, Hein realized there should be more to life than biting his nails in commuter traffic and…
14-year-old is assembling a Youth Army to take down the fossil fuel industry (Video)
BY: EDITORS When talking about the environment, oftentimes we tend to focus on the bitterness of men rather than the people playing to win, despite the poor hand they were dealt. “I’m a 14-year-old kid going up against a multi-million…
The 12 Best Short Films you can watch online for free (Videos)
Never underestimate the power of a story to illuminate meaning in this complicated world. Word-of-mouth stories were our first way of passing on knowledge. They allowed us to inspect ideas, characters, and situations from a safe distance. They served as…
Honest Gear Reviews #1 – Torpedo Live
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA Brutally honest advice for musicians who actually play instruments. In a time where every jerk-off who can count a quarter-note kick beat and watch a youtube auto-tune tutorial considers themselves a “producer”, Glenn Fricker cuts through the…