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her own money to the humanitarian group Right To Play after winning gold at the 2006 Turin Olympics. Things started to turn around when she became a 16-year-old, sitting in her mother's living room doing some channel surfing Clara came across 1988 Calgary Olympics broadcast. There was a small documentary on speedskater Gaetan Boucher, the winner of two gold and a bronze at the '84 Sarajevo Games. She fell in love with the sport. One problem… at the time, she smoked a pack a day, she wasn't…

Ghost Busting Being part of a pastoral family exposes preachers kids - “Pks” - to all different kinds of experiences. While much ministry is confidential, they can put two and two together when they see a certain packsack come out. “Dad is going ghost busting tonight!” I prepared for this ministry very carefully and prayerfully and never took it lightly nor travelled alone if possible. These moments opened the way to introduce “Jesus” to families who had no spiritual background and show them…

main focus of this study is to assess whether males or females spend more time feeding. It is predicated that male gorillas will spend a greater amount and proportion of time feeding, due to their larger size. Methods: Observations were made at the Calgary Zoo during scheduled laboratory time (Thursdays, 2:00-4:45pm) November 19, 2015 and November 24, 2015; a group of Gorilla gorilla (gorillas) consisting of 5 individuals- Zuri, Kioja, Yewande, Dossi, and Kakinga- was studied. The group was made…

Introduction and Overview The title of the journal article I chose to do research on studies the effects of concussions on adolescents, particularly adolescents involved in athletics such as competitive Bantam and Midget hockey. Hockey is a world renowned contact sport where being physical and fighting on the ice is welcomed by spectators. This sport is so physical that it requires its players to don a helmet to go into the game and as protective as the helmets are, they cannot 100% protect…

“People in Salt Lake City are probably sending away for brochures of Calgary and Lethbridge and Pincher Creek right now”(King 191) the mother said while Laetitia was looking through the brochures she got from Salt Lake City. This quote shows that the mother is trying to show Laetitia that where they live is also full of wonderful…

to verbal, physical, and sexual abuse. Ventilation, sanitation, clothing, and healthcare was extremely poor and ultimately, the consequence of inadequate government funding. According to a report, a inspector found a girl at the Sarcee school in Calgary in 1920 in a “pitiable” state, “curled up in a bed that is filthy, in a room that was untidy, dirty and dilapidated, in the north-west corner of the building with no provision of balcony, sunshine or fresh air. Both sides of her neck and chest…

Taking a look at the ever-flowing stream of Canada history, there is a bunch of memorable giants showing up successively, Diefenbaker, William Lyon Mackenzie, John MacDonald and Pierre Trudeau, these names are probably engraved deeply in every Canadian’s brain. However, there is another guy should be memorised, Stephen Harper. Harper is an often-underestimated Canadian politician, and he became his country's first conservative prime minister in 13 years when he led his party to victory in…

This source is a quote written by American writer and activist George William Curtis. It discusses the overwhelming idea that geographical areas do not define distinction of a country; What defines a country is the love and passion one has towards it. This idea to him, is the foundation to a nation. The nationalist perspective of this source provided by George has an acquired bias towards a patriotic perspective. In only a short phrase, he is able to embody the devotion one has for their nation…

End of the Cold War Sunny Sidhu Athabasca University Calgary, AB Adam Lajeunesse HIST 455 Nov, 16, 2015 The foundation of the Cold War was built on several different disagreements such as the two superpowers at the time having differing opinions, the way the security of the nation should be dealt with, and the governments neglecting each others opinions. All of these disagreements escalated into the war that killed many innocent civilians. Many were injured and disabled…

expensive venture and access is largely restricted to wealthy people. For example, in sports like hockey the cost is very high due to registration fees, uniforms, equipment, and facility costs. A recent case involving women field hockey players in Calgary underscores many of these challenges (Nesom, 2014). There are also injuries associated with sports participation (Madigan and Delaney 2009:112), including violence perpetuated by fans of winning and losing teams (Lewis…