Kiss and Cry
For Anthony Paradis, it all started at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games. As the titular theme of Schindler’s List rang out across the ice, Yulia Lipnitskaya began her free skate program. She wore a bright red costume, an homage to a young character from the Steven Spielberg film. The Russian prodigy was only fifteen at the time, and with her rosy cheeks and wide eyes, looked not much older than the girl in the red coat to which she was paying homage.
Pass the Pixel
If you’ve ever been in a room with flying cars, you’ll know the air is humid and there are a lot of potato chips. Such a place exists in Windsor, Ontario at St. Clair College. Once a year around mid-March, you can spot groups of twenty-somethings huddled over computer screens, trying to make cars fly.
‘The Lights Felt Dimmed inside My Brain’
On August 15, 2013, while playing for Team Alberta against Team British Columbia during the national championships in Vancouver, Justine Cowitz experienced her first rugby-related concussion. “I don’t think I ever returned to normal,” she says.