By Caroline Smith Back to school has always been an excuse to spend money on all the cute items you've been eyeing at the mall. Unfortunately this year... things aren't quite the same. Is there a point in buying those front pleated trousers from Aritzia when no one is...
By Karlie Mickanuik Learning to bake sourdough was just one of the weird things people did during quarantine season. Patrick Cunningham was one of them. The only difference is now he has an entire business surrounding baking bread and is taking the local market scene...
By Scott Zielsdorf Nominations are now open for the 2020-2021 NAITSA student senate election and the executive council by-election for a new president. Students have until Sep 28 to nominate themselves, or someone they know for the role of student senator or executive...
By Chris Avery All 10 major institutions in Edmonton and the surrounding area have decided to suspend their participation in the U-PASS program for the fall semester. The City of Edmonton presents several reasons, with the main being that most classes are now offered...
By Stephanie Swensrude NAIT had projected a seven to nine per cent cut to staffing following Alberta’s 2020 budget. Instead, instructional staff faced cuts of up to 30 per cent. There have been no cuts to management or executive positions. Former NAIT instructor...
By Mia Hildebrandt Since the threat of COVID-19 has forced long-term care homes to enact restrictions on visitations, Justina Bergmann has noticed a decline in her husband Rudy Pankratz’s mental capacity. “His dementia has really sped up and I’ve heard other people...
By Scott Zielsdorf The provincial government released its contact tracing app “ABTraceTogether” earlier this month, making Alberta the first Canadian province to implement a tracing application for COVID-19 cases. The app is a new method of COVID-19 containment that...
By Scott Zielsdorf Businesses across Edmonton have begun reopening last week as part of stage 1 of Alberta’s multi-step relaunch strategy. Some may be wondering, does this mean things are returning to normal? The answer to that question is a resounding “no - well...
By Mia Hildebrandt Health care systems are bracing for a second wave of COVID-19 as cities slowly start to reopen. Manitoba is one of the provinces with fewer cases and deaths of COVID-19 amidst this pandemic with a total of 289 confirmed cases and 7 deaths. On May 4,...
By Stephanie Swensrude Dave Horak is the new artistic director of the Freewill Shakespeare Festival. Founded in 1989, the festival has brought Shakespeare to Hawrelak Park every summer in increasingly creative ways. In a world with cancellations and postponements...
