Tag Archives: Michelle Auer

Winnipeg newspaper opens café to connect with the community

November 22, 2011 – 3:43 pm

by Michelle Auer and Becky Sun WHAT’S HAPPENING The Winnipeg Free Press is giving the meaning of social media a new twist — a traditional one. Many businesses encourage comments and feedback via email, Facebook, Twitter and other electronic means, and so does this newspaper. But it has also opened its own café to encourage […]

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Canadians “candify” their funny face for a chance to be immortalized as a gummi

November 16, 2011 – 7:22 am

by Michelle Auer WHAT’S HAPPENING Canadians have always loved their Maynards, the No. 1 candy in the country. By the end of 2011, the classic gummi will get a new face, literally: The brand is offering one lucky fan the opportunity to be turned into candy. To enter the contest, they have to “like” Maynards’ […]

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Canadians flock to freeze at the spa

October 18, 2011 – 12:50 pm

by Michelle Auer WHAT’S HAPPENING A sauna is usually synonymous with extreme heat, but at Sparkling Hill Resort in British Columbia, visitors get to experience the “polar” opposite. This resort offers a cold sauna, the first of its kind in North America. Called cryotherapy, patrons spend up to three minutes in –110°C (–166°F). Popular in […]

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Canadians can check out “living books” from the library

September 15, 2011 – 8:43 am

by Michelle Auer WHAT’S HAPPENING In a world where people can get unlimited data from infinite digital sources, one Canadian library is set to offer a refreshing counterpoint. The Surrey City Centre Library in British Columbia, set to open by the end of September 2011, is offering a “human library.” This concept, which started in […]

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