Vancouver Public Library Egypt protest
There was a protest today outside the Vancouver Public Library. The purpose of the protest was to show solidarity with the people of Egypt and Tunisia. There were protestors from several countries but they all had one unifying theme, to bring democracy to Egypt by getting rid of the authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak. Despite the [...]
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Campus and Beach
Image via Wikipedia So on our last full day in Vancouver I had a meeting Dr. Mary Lynn Young, the Director of the Master’s of Journalism program at the University of British Columbia‘s (UBC). I went to my meeting at the Journalism School at the UBC campus and I met a lot of great people, [...]
First Day in Vancouver, B.C.
Today we finally began our three-day conquering of the major metropolis of Vancouver. After a pretty horrible day of traveling through a freak April blizzard on Friday through the night and into this morning, we were all exhausted upon reaching our destination. And I must say, when our plane landed, I wasn’t too impressed. I [...]
Running for Gear to Fort Chip.
On March 2nd 2010, five runners from Fort McMurray will run the 300 kilometers to Fort Chipowyn, Alberta to raise money for equipment for Fort Chip. These images were taken during a training session they did on the frozen Athabasca River in Fort McMurray. The trainers will take 3 to 5 days to run the 300 kilometers. [...]
Return from Edmonton
The main reason we came to Edmonton in the first place was because Umar’s flight was going to be from Edmonton. So we figured a family day in Edmonton would be a lot more fun than one in Fort McMurray. The day we were suppose to return everyone was really tired in the morning so [...]
