Citing concerns with health effects of bisphenol A in Nalgene water bottles, Mountain Equipment Co-op had announced on Monday to remove these polycarbonate bottles off the store shelves until a federal review of the chemical is completed. These chemicals were linked to illnesses caused by hormone disruption in several independent research studies.
These bottles also came [...]

While I was at Canadian Tire today picking up a new filter for my humidifier, I saw these 2-pack CFL light bulbs for $3.99 and 4-pack CFL for $7.99. But right beside the bin, there were these $2 off coupons from Ontario Power Authority for any CFL light bulbs. Without having to do too much [...]

Status: Suffocating
It is disgustingly hot outside and the air is stuffy. Right now I am camped inside my room with A/C cranked up. I have to make my way out to the school in about an hour from now to work on the never ending ECE labs.
Oh how I wish I had $700 pocket change [...]

My mom and my sister bought me some textbooks for next term from Taiwan during their recent vacation in HK and Taiwan. So not only did I get a sweet deal from the bookstore they also threw in a little something extra.

The UPass is here! From the Feds web site this morning, the UPass will come in effect on GRT buses starting on September 1st. All you have to do is flash your Watcard and off you go!
No, it doesn’t seem like they’ve bothered to install any card readers to check on these Watcards. This might [...]

I was driving down Pacific Blvd on my way to work last week when I spotted this ad while stopped at the light. Totally genius.
Vancity is a bank based in Vancouver, duh, that have prided themselves in corporate citizenship and supporting anything very Vancouverite. So one of these Vancouverite thing is, of course, energy conservation.