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Straight Talk: BUTTING OUT
What you need to know about drinking, smoking and drugs once the party’s over.

Straight Talk:
What you need to know about drinking, smoking and drugs once the party’s over.

Career Profile: Registered Nurse
We talked to Holly Norgrove, 24, who’s a registered nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children, about her demanding and rewarding job.

Career Profile: TV & Radio Tracker
Can't live without: my blackberry, internet, my metropass

Career Profile: Executive Director
Stunning Landscape, and great staff

Career Profile: Film & TV Script Supervisor
Ever wondered about a career in the film & TV industry? Here's a look at what 23-year-old Marta Borowski does for a living.

Career Profile: Graphic Designer
Josh Levitt, 25, is the Art Director for Vervegirl, BZone and FUEL magazines. We chatted with him to find out more about this cool, creative career.

Apple Picking, Mount-Royal & Boris Bistro
Fall is Montreal's most beautiful time of the year. Admire the colorful trees and enjoy the sunny weekend to come by going apple picking near Montreal, taking a stroll through Mount-Royal and having a tasty lunch at Boris Bistro.

Career Profile: Publisher
Some people are born entrepreneurs, here’s the career profile of a young U of T graduate turned businessman.

Career Options: Chef & Caterer
In contemplating career and college options, we came across Stephanie Young-Lo, 24, the founder of (Pastry) Chef Steff -- The Weekend Caterer, and had a chance to talk to her about her very cool career.

Career Profile: Teacher
Best memory of University: Sudden Freedom

Career Options: Interview with Radio Producer and Host
Pondering career and post-secondary options? It's a lot to think about -- we know. Which is why we'll be checking out the OnCampus Virtual Fair on October 22. In the meantime, we caught up with John Pollock, 24, who's chosen a pretty cool career path. He's the host and producer of The Fight Network in Toronto.

Career Profile: Jeremy Mcdonald
"It's and intense job, but I love the pressure"

Feelin' Good about Doing Good
New Pumas and MAC lip glosses are thrilling for a while, but sharing your good fortune during the holidays, with people who really need it, can give you the kind of satisfaction that lasts forever.

Your Life Can Be Bigger Than You
How to make a difference in the lives of others… and, in the process, make a positive change in yourself!

Virtual University Fair Speaker: Scott Dobson-Mitchell
This week, the spotlight is on Scott Dobson-Mitchell– a student's perspective.

Chocolate Delights
Time to warm up with some hot chocolate

Career profile: Tim Long
What does the Simpsons and Vanity Fair have in common?

OnCampus Fair: Vincent Lam
Thinking of investigating a potential university or college? No need to fork over your savings to get across the country in person. Thanks to Maclean's magazine, you can check out everything you need to know online during the OnCampus Virtual Fair -- free to registrants -- on Oct. 22.

OnCampus Virtual Fair: Check out Richard Heinzl
Thinking of investigating a potential university or college? No need to fork over your savings to get across the country in person. Thanks to Maclean's magazine, you can check out everything you need to know online during its OnCampus Virtual Fair -- free to registrants -- on Oct. 22.

Keep in Touch
Stay connected with all your girlfriends!

Student Discounts
Schools Back! Time to get some discounts

Vervegirl Cause: A Hero Heads To Africa
While most teens are spending their summer kicking back, Natasha Clark, 18, will be in Southern Africa working as a HERO Youth Ambassador on behalf of the United Nations Association.

Olympic Spotlight: Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs
She’s just graduated from high school, but already gymnast Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs is set to become a household name at the Beijing Olympics.

Olympic Spotlight: Brent Hayden
One of B.C.'s Olympic hopefuls

Summer Activities
Ten ways to savour summer

Super Sweet Savings
In an effort to build our savings account, we’ve been cutting corners wherever possible lately. So it’s nice when a cost-cutting measure turns out to be no sacrifice at all.

DIY DENIM PURSE
It's in the Bag!

Where to shop for stationary: The Paper Place
We can’t be the only people who totally geek out over gorgeous stationery, can we? In case you’re one of us, you’ll want to check out The Paper Place (887 Queen St. W.).

HEALTHY SUMMER NOSHING: SWEET LULU
Is it just us, or does summer have this weird way of making you want to eat vegetables and walk for miles and be terribly, terribly healthy? You’re on your own for the walking, but when it comes to healthy eating (that’s also quick and fairly cheap), our latest fave spot is Sweet Lulu.

Building Hope By Building Homes
You may not think of construction work as the best way to spend your free time, but what if it meant a new home for a family in need?

AIDS Awareness
Why AIDS Awareness Still Matters

Classroom Culture
Making multiculturalism work

Financing 101
Post-Secondary funding solutions you can’t afford to ignore!

Queen West and West Queen West


College St.


Bay & Dundas


Queen East


The Danforth


Yonge and Eglinton


3 steps to clean
Cleanse, buff and moisturize your skin regularly. These everyday essentials will get the job done right.

Steep VS. Steal
Get the look for less!

Vervegirl Toronto Shopping Links


Bloor & Yorkville
A glamourous haven known for big labels, ritzy specialty boutiques and the occasional celebrity sighting.

Kensington/College St.
A unique neighbourhood alive with arts and culture, dynamic festivals and fresh cuisine…not to mention the amazing vintage finds!

Yonge & Dundas
Head outside and experience the melting pot of city life around Dundas Square.

Eaton Centre & Queen West
A shopaholic’s dream comes true—every brand known to man under the roof of Canada’s most loved mall. The city’s cutting-edge indie scene on Queen west has shops that are as unconventional as its inhabitants.

The Beach
From the pretty tree-lined blocks to the sun-kissed boardwalks, trendy boutiques and loads of events make this a hot spot for Summer.

Yonge & Eglinton
You don’t have to be rich to enjoy the wealth of activity going on in the heart of midtown Toronto.

The Malls
Beat the heat, hit the escalators and discover numerous brand name stores and sweet deals.

Boarding School
Your crash course in board sports

High School Confidential
School’s in, which means you’re about to embark on
a year of learning exciting things, forging new friendships and experiencing cool adventures.
But as with all journeys, you may also experience a few challenges. To help you sail through this year, Vervegirl asked leading experts to share their secrets on how to have your best school year ever!

High School Confidential
15 Ways to have the Best School Year Ever

An IT Girl’s IT List
With 2006 quickly coming to an end, vervegirl asked MuchMusic VJ Hannah Simone for her TOP PICKS in music and pop culture from the past year.

Vervegirl's Favourite Things
Just a few of our favorite things to get you back into the groove…your October is a busy one!

Numerology
Forget the stars! What are the numbers telling us?

Scrap it up!
Scrapbooking is catching on in popularity and you might just want to jump on this trend now so you’ve got one-of-a-kind gifts ready for the Holidays

Flip for Fall
Goodbye spaghetti strap tanks, hello cashmere leggings. Organizing your closet has never been easier with a little help from Vervegirl

Argentina's Invisible Children
“The poor, as everyone knows, are invisible when you speed past their homes on the highway.”
– Buenos Aires journalist in 2006

2006: The Recap
It was the Year of the Dog, the 250th anniversary
of Mozart’s birthday, and the year that 580 Scottish teens received plastic surgery to escape the wrath of a bull.

Go Global
In the spirit of the season, test your knowledge of what kind of holidays the rest of the world is celebrating!

Is a Summer Romance in the Cards for You?


Purple reign


Go Green


Drinking at Your Prom
Prom is a great time to celebrate our achievements. So why ruin the big night by making poor choices about alcohol?

Vervegirl HQ gets a Major Makeover!
We at Vervegirl absolutely love our refurbished digs and we owe it all to Allen Altman of Toronto’s Allen Altman Design.

Green Living: Mind the Water Gap
Battling for water equality for green living across the globe. Turn on the tap. Pour yourself a glass of water. Now pour another. Keep pouring until you’ve got about 2,445 glasses full.

School Lockdown at George S. Henry Academy
A police lockdown occurred yesterday at a Vervegirl school in the Toronto area

Earth Hour Toronto, 2008
Last year, Sydney Australia blazed an eco-trail by encouraging people to turn out their lights for just one hour, on March 31. More than million people and 2,100 business tuned in and turned off for an amazing result: in just one hour, the city’s energy consumption was cut by more than 10 per cent (which would be like taking 48,000 cars off the road for a year!). This year, it’s a world-wide thing (in 20 cities across six continents), with Toronto leading the way in Canada. So on March 29, at 8 p.m., join millions of people and turn your lights off for one hour. Easy peasy. (Bonus: everyone looks gorgeous by candlelight!)

War Child
Darfur. Iraq. Afghanistan. These are some of the more than thirty conflicts around the world that are having a devastating impact on children.


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