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18 May 2012
Avoiding a ‘Killer Tan’
With so much pressure from the media to look a certain way, teens often succumb to the glamorous end result they expect to have after buying a certain product or getting a certain hairstyle. Trying to look our best isn’t a bad thing, but the line must be drawn, and probably one of the most detrimental things you can do is getting a tan.
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16 May 2012
Look of the Week – Tamara
Name: Tamara
Spotted: Burnaby Heights
School: Port Moody Secondary
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10 May 2012
Look of the Week – Tangerine
With beautiful summer-like weather finally upon us it’s time to break out those pieces you’ve been coveting. From tops to jackets, dresses, pants, nails and accessories, tangerine has been making an appearance any way it can.
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01 May 2012
April 2012 #2: Devon Drumm
At 22, Devon Drumm is a graduate of the Art Institute of Vancouver with a focus on graphic design, has created his own gaming start up called Pepperdev Studios, and is now working on Hungry Fins, a mobile game app that can be purchased in app stores once funded and produced. Let’s not forget that he can now add “Y57′s Youth of the Month” on to his list of accomplishments!
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01 May 2012
Sam Alviar: Aspiring Local Talent
Sam Alviar is an aspiring local musician writing a handful of beautiful acoustic/folk numbers with a singer-songwriter approach, all taken from the heart.
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Recent News
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18 May 2012
Avoiding a ‘Killer Tan’
With so much pressure from the media to look a certain way, teens often succumb to the glamorous end result they expect to have after buying a certain product or getting a certain hairstyle. Trying to look our best isn’t a bad thing, but the line must be drawn, and probably one of the most detrimental things you can do is getting a tan.
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16 May 2012
Look of the Week – Tamara
Name: Tamara
Spotted: Burnaby Heights
School: Port Moody Secondary
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10 May 2012
Look of the Week – Tangerine
With beautiful summer-like weather finally upon us it’s time to break out those pieces you’ve been coveting. From tops to jackets, dresses, pants, nails and accessories, tangerine has been making an appearance any way it can.
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Music Spotlight
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01 May 2012
Sam Alviar: Aspiring Local Talent
Sam Alviar is an aspiring local musician writing a handful of beautiful acoustic/folk numbers with a singer-songwriter approach, all taken from the heart.
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Youth of the Month
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01 May 2012
April 2012 #2: Devon Drumm
At 22, Devon Drumm is a graduate of the Art Institute of Vancouver with a focus on graphic design, has created his own gaming start up called Pepperdev Studios, and is now working on Hungry Fins, a mobile game app that can be purchased in app stores once funded and produced. Let’s not forget that he can now add “Y57′s Youth of the Month” on to his list of accomplishments!
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Business & Politics
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01 May 2012
Sorry kids, Katimavik is on the chopping block again
Apparently Canadian funding cuts aren’t just for the arts anymore. The Conservative party’s federal budget unveiling on April 19th, 2012 announced Canadian youth volunteer program Katimavik would no longer received government funding, ending the program altogether after 35 years.
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17 Apr 2012
Trayvon Martin: A Victim of Racial Profiling
Have you ever imagined being killed because of the colour of your skin and the clothes you choose to wear?
On February 26th, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot dead on his way home in Sanford, Florida. George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old watch captain of the neighbourhood, who had decided that the boy had looked “suspicious” in his dark hoodie and now claims that he had acted out of self-defense, has been charged with second-degree murder.
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Arts & Entertainment
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27 Oct 2011
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop!: DDS II Presents: CPR II
“Can’t stop, won’t stop! Can’t stop won’t stop! CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP!” That’s the chant you’d here coming out behind the curtains Friday night, October 14th 2011 at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby. The lights were dim, and the music began; the competition had begun.
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27 Oct 2011
Reel Youth Film Festival!
Don’t follow your dreams. Lead them. – Zuhaeb Hassan, 17, Frank Hurt Secondary School
Five years ago, I was 15 years old and probably more overweight than I am now. At that age, I worried about nothing more than my friends, school, extracurriculars, and who was booting for me on the weekend. Not once did it cross my mind that there was a life beyond my bubble,
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Lifestyle
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16 May 2012
Look of the Week – Tamara
Name: Tamara
Spotted: Burnaby Heights
School: Port Moody Secondary
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10 May 2012
Look of the Week – Tangerine
With beautiful summer-like weather finally upon us it’s time to break out those pieces you’ve been coveting. From tops to jackets, dresses, pants, nails and accessories, tangerine has been making an appearance any way it can.
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Technology & Science
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10 Mar 2012
Your Digital Tattoo
Have you ever tried to look yourself up on Google? If you haven’t appeared in a viral video or you haven’t cured cancer, chances are, your named won’t pop up too many times on the search engine. However, this doesn’t mean that your information is not on the internet.
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10 Nov 2011
An Objective Look at Online Education
The concept of Online Education is undeniably attractive.
Schooling from home, in theory, allows for people to complete courses on their own time, from accredited universities, while balancing other obligations that prevent commutes and in-person lectures from being practical. But is it time for Online Education to transcend this niche and become integrated as a vital staple in the paradigm shift that the education system is currently?
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Sports
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29 Jan 2012
C-H-E-E-R-L-E-A-D-I-N-G what does that spell?
What is the first word that comes to mind when I say ‘cheerleading‘? Flips, jumps, girly and the movie, Bring It On come to mind for me. Although all of those are cheerleading-related, cheerleading has grown from much more than just pumping up the crowd at sporting games. Cheerleading has become a sport of its own.
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07 Nov 2011
The “Ultimate” Sport
Sports tend to be seasonal. For instance, no one plays baseball in the winter and no one plays ice hockey in the summer. Well maybe I shouldn’t say no one, let’s say very few play sports out of season. However for ultimate frisbee players, the weather does not stop them from playing the game.
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Community Events, Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities
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01 May 2012
Ladies Rock Camp – Rock For a Good Cause!
If you’ve ever wanted to perform in a band, but have lacked either the guts or the skills, Ladies Rock Camp is a great opportunity to try it!
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10 Apr 2012
Y57 Media Presents: Coffee Shop Series Part 4
Craving some quality live music after exam season? Then come out to part four of our Coffee Shop Series featuring a night of live music by amazing local youth artists!
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26 Mar 2012
Join the TEDxKids@BC team
The TEDxKids@BC conference took place in September of 2011, and has since developed through a tightly knit team of youth and adult members. The team collaborate to plan TED conferences here in B.C. that revolve around the powerful ideas that are worth sharing, particularly from youth.
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