The wrong guy

With Barry Trotz having just been hired by the Washington Capitals, some are likely to say that the Canucks missed out. Trotz coached the...

Early playoff exits

Early losses in the 2014 NHL playoffs make for interesting speculation. Although some teams — such as the Dallas Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets...

Calling home

My dad is from Pakistan. He moved to the United States for school when he was in his early 20s, met my mother —...

Goodbye, Nintendo.

It has been 31 years since the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), the system that revolutionized the world of videogames and helped...

The meaning of privilege

The “check your privilege” campaign is a social media movement that has been spreading among university campuses in the hopes that it will catalyze...

Stuck between childhood and adulthood

Have you ever felt like you’re somehow less mature than, say, your parents were when they were your age? Chances are you have. In...

Thank the young players

In case you missed it, Canadian soccer was given a beacon of hope earlier this month. The hope that our homegrown talent can effectively...

My grades? None of your business

If you have ever done poorly on an exam, then you will be able to relate to the internal conflicts resulting from the procession...

Avril can’t make it any more obvious

Avril Lavigne’s latest single “Hello Kitty” is guilty of a lot of things: lazily choreographed arm waves with camera jitter, unimaginative lyrics, and intense...

The world’s cheapest tablet is good enough!

  I love electronics stores. I’m the kind of guy who you’ll find sauntering around Future Shop, staring at all the items I’d already seen...