The Reflector
Riding out
City approves new sliding scale for transit pass based on income By Bigoa Machar Starting in 2017, a new sliding-scale price for monthly transit passes will be introduced benefitting low-income earners. According to the city,...
Not-so-cool Runnings
Helmet from 1988 Jamaican bobsled team fails to sell at auction. By Bigoa Machar In what was seen as a huge step for international winter sports in 1988, the first Jamaican bobsled team...
Beyond Expectations
Star Trek series continues it’s solid run three movies in By Bigoa Machar With former director and king of lens flares J.J. Abrams switching to a producing role for the third installment...
Pokemon Go-ddamn
My experience with the game that’s taking over the world By Bigoa Machar From the hoards of people walking around the streets of downtown glued to their phone screens to the keyboard warriors...
It’s going down in Chinatown
Calgary officials turn to the population to see what’s best for the downtown region By Bigoa Machar The cool looking tigers gracing the front of the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre have become a staple...
Blank Face LP Review
Schoolboy Q Blank Face LP Top Dawg Entertainment Grade: B One of the more anticipated albums of the summer hip hop calendar, Schoolboy Q’s fourth studio album tells the story of the...
Keep Rollin’ Honey
How one Banff artist went from almost never getting into music to making her first album By Bigoa Machar Four years ago, if you had asked Amelie Patterson what her daily life would consist of...
Challenging myself to the Guinness diet
Is the Irish beer truly a “meal replacement in a can?” Kyle Pura As an avid beer drinker (or “connoisseur” if I were to give myself a pretentious title), I have sipped, gulped, chugged...
New park for New Brighton
Calgary’s newest athletic park serves southeast Calgary By Bigoa Machar Just in time for Canada Day, the city of Calgary has announced the grand opening of the New Brighton Athletic park. Just off 130...
