Unlike many other sports such as basketball, volleyball or hockey, the key concept behind dodgeball, the evasive action itself or process of dodging, has been perfected over thousands of years. Long before the sport...
by Sheena Jardine-Olade The Reflector Halloween isn’t just for kids anymore. It has far transcended the tricks and treats and has turned into a time when every single one of us, from conception to...
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...
At the top of the stairs to the second floor of Calgary’s Glenbow Museum, a wet and blinking newborn gazes sleepily at its visitors. The 800-pound, 16-foot-long child, complete with attached umbilicus, shares the...
Jeanette Lynes is a Canadian-born author who has written five collections of poetry and, more recently, released her first novel. The book, titled The Factory Voice, is a fictional story of four women working...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was in Calgary for the first time in 30 years on Sept. 30 spreading a message of compassion at the Saddledome. The appearance was part of a two-day NOW conference...
Alberta’s auditor general, Fred Dunn’s, office is taking a closer look at how universities and colleges report salaries and bonuses paid to their executives in light of the $4.5 million leaving University of Calgary...
I don’t really do the whole crying thing. In fact, ask those who know best and few will tell you they have ever seen me shed tear; so you can imagine my surprise as...
Sneakers squeak, you hear the sound of feet pounding on plywood, deep voices shouting for the ball and then the sweet sound of a swish — the basketball falling right through the net making...
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but isn’t it nicer to have writers create pictures for you? WordFest is back in town for a six-day run Oct. 13-18, and director Anne...
