Category: Features
Car care for the winter months
Slipping, sliding and skidding are all a part of the daily commute for many Calgarians in the wintertime. Although you can never fully prepare for what might happen out there on the unpredictable Calgary...
Scooting around town
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...
Worth a thousand words: James Nachtwey
Have you ever seen or heard something that changed your life? Maybe it was photograph, song or even a documentary. This epiphany happened when I stumbled onto a TED award about a photographer called...
Beating Boredom: Spend a usually lazy Saturday at Calgary’s Market Collective
It’s a Sunday evening and like a multitude of people around the city I’m feeling restless and bored out of my mind. However, after acquiring a platform as the new features editor for The Reflector,...
Calgary man whistling a new tune
By Claire Miglionico The Reflector Not everyone can whistle and, surely, not everyone can whistle their way off the streets. For Mike Holloway, whistling helped turn his life around. Two years ago, Holloway was...
Defusing cluster bomb policy
Billions of cluster munitions are believed to be stockpiled in an estimated 85 countries worldwide. Over the past 40 years, these weapons — designed to destroy a significant area by ejecting smaller submunitions, called...
Driving while ‘intexticated’
Despite the alleged dangers of cell phone use while driving, techno-savvy people are still punching those buttons while behind the wheel. That usage includes “intexticated” drivers, a term used to liken the practice of...
