Archive for October, 2010

The Canuck Miracle

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

The Vancouver Canucks is a professional hockey team who has participated in the National Hockey League for forty years. In almost every game, from the old Pacific Coliseum to the new Rogers Arena, the hockey venue is sold out. A foreigner unfamiliar with Vancouver might deduce that the Canucks traditionally been a strong team who […]

The horrors of University Textbooks

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

Most first year students (myself included) think that tuition is the only major financial burden associated with university. Sadly, we are mistaken, because there is a $300 to $700 cost for textbooks, with the average textbook costing $100. Just a few decades ago, a textbook could be bought for $3. Some blame inflation, but the […]

Will Wind Mobile blow out of town with Chatr, Roger’s “flanker” carrier, now here?

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

The new cellphone carrier, Wind mobile, has just recently entered the fast expanding wireless carrier market. To stand out from its many competitors, Wind has branded itself as a carrier with cheap plans and no contracts; as well as having a “we actually care about you, because we listen to you and actually implement your […]

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