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The smog
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“What do you want?” Ian looked at me, as direct as his question.
I didn’t know him at all.
I came with Justus, whom I met from the class “USA Today and Tomorrow.” I took it...
Business as usual
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Everything loses beauty with overexposure.
Even the sunrise becomes devalued when one sees it constantly with tired eyes from the seat of a 747.
Cycles repeat: flowers die and new ones rise, as the earth spins...
Change in perspective
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The term wanderlust is defined in the Oxford Dictionaries as “the strong desire to travel,” but I feel as though it is more than just that: wanderlust is a contagious, and potentially life-altering, condition.
All...
Lotus-eater vibes
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It goes without saying that British Columbia is rotten with hippies. Especially in summer, when the gentle people travel from many provinces and countries to attend a string of festivals, the Canadian expression of...
We are all tourists
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Pedestrians pour over the perfectly manicured grass and onto the street, obstructing the cars attempting to drive by. Everyone seems to move at a glacial speed; no one has anywhere to be. Even the...
City girl gone bush
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It’s been just over one month since my return from a five-week placement at a boreal garden working with the Grow North Corporation in Leaf Rapids. As a participant in the University of Manitoba’s...
One student tells all
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With so many new things to do, see, eat, and experience, travelling can be exhilarating.
The University of Manitoba Icelandic Field School was unique because it gave students the opportunity to try new and exciting...







