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When the school year gets busy, it’s hard to find time for things like laundry, cleaning, or cooking. Healthy eating often gets pushed aside in favour of comfort food and fast food; there’s a reason for the term “freshman 15.” So when my friend told me about...
Alexisonfire to play Rogers Center on Jan. 22 with The Distillers the griff: You’re the backbone for a few legendary Canadian bands — Alexisonfire (AOF) and Billy Talent — and have announced a string of shows with Alexisonfire across Canada with support from The...
As modern humans, our days are overloaded with stimulation. Notifications vibrating our pockets every couple minutes, Facebook updating us on the relationship statuses of ex-partners, constant updates on the news of war and gore. How are we supposed to catch a...
It's January and it's cold, but you know that you still have to get out of the house. Add to this the fact that your date doesn’t go into hibernation like you wish you both could, and you can find yourself in quite the predicament. It’s hard to be...
As students desperately await warmer weather and new adventures, it is natural for the winter blues to set in, but who says one can’t have fun in the winter? Perhaps the cold weather is the perfect excuse to run away for the adventure of a lifetime, and if you are...
Okay, so, first of all, what are your guys’ names? And what are your positions in this student group? Ben Windsor: I’m Ben. I’m the president of the club. Aly Pineda: I’m Aly. I’m the vice-president of the club. Did you guys start this group, or did a group of...
The removal of what we consider to be toxins from our bodies has been a collective habit for thousands of years. Some historic “detox” practices include bloodletting, enemas, sweat lodges, fasting, and drinking detoxification teas. These practices...
The new year has begun and the world is filled with a renewed sense of hope for what is yet to come. The days seem a little brighter, the air a little lighter and the wonderland we call home sparkles in a way it hadn't only days ago. In the haste of all the...
From the moment the legalization of cannabis was announced, people had questions: Will it be more expensive than on the black market? Can I have it delivered to my house? Will the nation’s children be irreversibly corrupted by the beguiling power of the...
From warpaint to wings, there are a lot of names for makeup and what we do with it. Decades have been defined by certain looks — lookin’ at you, pencil-thin ‘90s brows — and if we go back far enough in time, a killer look was often all too literal, with many...
As exam time rapidly approaches and we prepare to say goodbye to yet another semester, it's easy to understand the rising level of stress and anxiety. Students, for the most part, put everything they have into these formative years where we work to get a degree in...