by Sean-Paul Boynton
Choice Cut
It’s very easy to complain about how bands never come to Canada. When an artist announces a “North American tour,” it’s usually a full tour of the United States with stops in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver (if they’re lucky). For the most part, the rest of our great country gets overlooked, to [...]

by Kylie Robertson
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin spoke on March 6 in Calgary – her first Canadian appearance since she resigned office in 2009. Former U.S. president George W. Bush was in Calgary almost exactly a year prior, on
March 17, 2009 and received a rather different reception than Palin.
When Bush spoke in Calgary there was [...]

by Kelsey Chadwick
Without a coach, any sport is difficult. It’s a coach’s job to teach an athlete how to perfect their sport, and while there may not be a lack of coaches, there’s usually a lack of great coaches. Great coaches will not only teach you about a sport but they will inspire you to be a [...]

by Katie Turner
During the 16-day Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canadian athletes will feel the pressure of being on home-turf but according to one official, the athletes are more than ready.
Along with being a three-time Olympic rower, Roger Jackson is also the chief executive officer and director of winter sport for Own the Podium, an organization [...]

It’s time to dust of the board or planks and head out to your favourite hill to see what the Rockies have to offer this
season. What you don’t want to do is have a bad fall resulting in a major injury because you weren’t wearing a helmet.
In October, the Calgary Sun reported that the Mount [...]

Welcome back to another rousing Tuned into Technology blog. I’ve written about robots, particle acceleration and last week, I focused in on the final frontier. After stumbling around on the Internet, trying to find something different, I found an article focusing on strange weaponry once pondered by the US government.
I am talking really strange weaponry [...]

By Reflector Staff
From Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, the staff of The Reflector attended the 88th annual Associated Collegiate Press conference in Austin, Texas.
Along with coming back with an abundance of knowledge to improve The Reflector, the staff came back with three awards in hand.
The first recognition came in the form of honourable mention for [...]

By Robert Strachan & Julie C. Vincent
The EnCana Wellness Centre made 1,200 seasonal flu vac­cinations available on Mount Royal University’s campus over the week of Oct. 19 to 23, but they will not be providing vac­cines for the H1N1 strain of in­fluenza.
Health Canada announced on Oct. 19 that they have already shipped millions of doses [...]

by Claire Miglionico
On a cold rainy day, it may seem a little odd to find Vespas out and about. But for members of the Apocalypse Scooter
Club of Calgary, riding scooters all-year round is something they do regularly.
Four of the club’s members were seated comfortably in Ricky’s All Day Grill having a Sunday brunch get-together af­ter [...]

With his feet firmly on the streets of Calgary and his eyes to the sky, local rap artist Juan “King Don Juan” Ramirez always knew he wanted to spend his life making music.
Ramirez is currently working on Smooth Operator, which will be his fifth mix-tape and is set to drop next month. Unlike his last [...]