These pro skiers took to the hills naked for their latest shoot (Video)

BY: SINEAD MULHERN These skiers took the term “ski bum” literally. Valhalla now brings a feature film of 20 naked skiers tearing down the backcountry terrain in B.C. The video opens with a shot of the men and women from…

This company will turn your loved one’s corpse into a diamond after they die

BY: DANIEL KORN My uncle had this dog, a King Charles cavalier spaniel, who died when I was a kid. The next time we visited him at his house in Ottawa, my mom noticed he had this urn on his…

24 photos of the coldest village on Earth

Located a few hundred miles from the Arctic Circle, and in the dead of the Russian Tundra, Oymyakon is the world’s coldest village on earth. It isn’t exactly a top priority travel destination, but for photographer Amos Chapple it was…

You can live for free in this beautiful gypsy cave-village in Spain (photos)

BY: TED BARNABY In the hills above Granada, Spain, lives a bright community of cave-dwelling free spirits occupying the tall white rock of Sacromonte. Their homes are a mix of rustic, simple beauty, and claustrophobia. Windows are often scarce in…

If this is how you text, you’re seriously messing up your spine

BY: DANIEL KORN Our modern lives revolve almost entirely around our phones and we’re still trying to figure out the effects of this new, connected, mobile existence. Researchers have been looking into how our frequent cell phone use affects our…

This disturbing photo-shoot of heroin junkies will make you re-think modern fashion (Video)

BY: LORAL AMIR AND GIGI ARTZI In the series “Downtown Divas” Loral Amir and Gigi Ben Artzi photographed heroin-addicted Russian prostitutes that they found beneath a bridge, in a city that for the safety of the women, must remain unnamed.…

These tree houses will make you want to give up on society and move to the woods (Photos)

Every child envisions building the most epic tree house of all time, but most creations end up being little more than crooked nails and soggy plywood that make you scared for your life to stand on. These warriors of the…

How artificial intelligence is the next stage of evolution

BY: BRIAN CAPITAO The brightest mind in physics has declared the end of the world at the hands of Artificial Intelligence. It sounds like science fiction, but is in fact the real world we live in. Doomsday reports proliferated in…

Cuddle cafés: you can now pay to snuggle with strangers

BY: SINEAD MULHERN You can now rent a cuddle partner when you’re at a peak of loneliness. Cuddle-based services that charge clients by the hour to cuddle with a stranger have hit Toronto. Vancouver company, Cuddlery, is arriving in Toronto…

Why people who sleep in are actually smarter than early risers

BY: TED BARNABY Believe it or not, researchers have actually determined that people who stay up late and sleep in all morning are typically more intelligent than those early to bed and early to rise. The original hypothesis was formed,…

Your electronics are designed to break

BY: DANIEL KORN Since buying into Apple’s infrastructure way back in 2004, I’ve had a lot of iPods crap out on me. The battery died on my Click Wheel iPod shortly after my warranty was up. I replaced it with…

How to quit your job and live on the beach for $650 a month

BY: TED BARNABY In a tough economy, retirement has become a major issue among the aging population, many facing the question of whether they’ll even be able to settle down at all. However, a long forgotten solution to the North…

This amazing urn will turn you into a tree after you die

BY: LISA CUMMING  Bios Urn is the first biodegradable urn that has been engineered to convert the ashes of a person or pet into a tree. The Bios Urn, according to their website, has no expiration date and can support…

Here are the 15 most incredible street art pieces of 2014 (Photos)

Banksy may have claimed the spotlight, but last year was all about new artists taking their expression to the streets. From Athens to New York, these guerilla artists proved there is no canvas quite like a wall. Below is a…

This man fearlessly climbs 2,900 ft. cliff without ropes. (Video)

Alex Honnold is a 29 year old free-climber from Sacramento, California, who has ascended some of the world’s tallest and most difficult rock walls completely rope- and harness-free. He seems to harbour a natural talent—climbing walls with a calm precision…

Why you should be doing naked yoga. (Photos)

BY: SINEAD MULHERN If you’re new to yoga, it can be hard to get the gear right. Yoga pants or close-fit shorts? What kind of mat and what is the difference between a yoga bra and a regular sports bra?…

Micro condos are the urban answer to the tiny house movement

BY: SINEAD MULHERN The micro condo seems to be Toronto’s answer to the tiny home movement that’s taking hold of rural-living spendthrifts. Construction of these mini units is accelerating. A full five percent of new condos coming into the market…

These babies dressed as senior citizens will complete your life (PHOTOS)

It’s funny how we all start this life in diapers, and many of us will probably end our lives in them. Age is circular, but we come to learn that age is just a number. Why do some of us…

These illegal stairs are probably the closest you’ll get to heaven (Video)

BY: LAURA ROJAS The stairs span a height of over 2,500 feet, nearly vertical at times and peaking above the clouds at others. However, for the past 26 years, the Haiku Stairs have been closed to the public and are…

This man quit his job, restored a boat and sailed around the world (VIDEO)

Filmmaker Kevin A. Fraser captures the incredible life of David Welsford—a young man from Nova Scotia who gave up his possessions and the conventional ways of life to sail around the world in pursuit of happiness, adventure and simple beauty.…