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With the Month of November coming to an end it has been one to remember in terms of the weather. Usually, the month  is bitterly cold, windy and not as much sunlight. As we turned back the clocks 1 hour, the darkness sets in earlier in the evening and that is an adjustment for us all to have to adapt to. The month is also when flu season ramps up as the cold weather approaches and fall turns into winter.  November 2020 however has been the exact opposite, with more days of mild weather and not as much precipitation than in recent years. We had days that hit double digit temperatures earlier on in the month, with the days being more sunny than rainy. Our coldest nighttime temperature was -11 with the Windchill and our daily high was 16.5 Celsius. More people have been out and about in the month of November than previous years primarily because the temperature has been on our side for a change. Although we have not been able to get together with friends and family in groups that...

 When it comes to sport and the development of the human brain their are a lot of correlations between the to. Playing sports at a young age teaches kids key development for success throughout life. Socially, sports helps development social cues from within that even the shiest kid can develop into an outgoing individual. Human to human contact is key in the development of children, especially with friends and sports is the perfect environment to reinforce that key development trait.  Kids who do not play sports often find themselves sitting in front of the television too much playing video games which is in turn hindering their mental capacity in remembering certain things and even staying focused on a certain task at hand. Parents want to do anything and everything to make their kids happy, but too much screen time is just hindering their personal development and can have a long term affect on them mentally. Mentally, you are drained as a result of looking at a screen for to...

Sport has a massive impact on our society. Whether we are cheering for a certain sports team, watching it for leisure after a long work day to unwind our brains from day or are simply just watching it just to watch it, it unites and divides us in so many ways.  Sport impacts society on so many levels whether it's socially, economically or physically. Most of the time, people watch sport for the thrill of seeing two teams or individuals compete with a vast majority of risks/challenges that present as the game or match goes on.  During normal circumstances, we can go out to a sporting event and watch it in the venue and experience it in all of its' glory while capturing moments of the experience with your phone as a keepsake and post it on social media for your family and friends to see. Why am I telling you this might you ask me? The answer is simple and quite and obvious one and it is that most people look at the event as the event, but their is a bigger picture that meets the...