News
New event takes flight for Black History Month at NAIT
Last year NAIT celebrated Black History Month with events like shortfilms, info sessions and speakers. This year features a new event focusing on bringing together Black, Caribbean and African (BCA) students and the rest of NAIT. During the Umoja Classic, BCA...
2025/26 NAITSA Executive Council election results
The 2026/27 NAITSA Executive Council election results are in. 2441 votes were cast, with 15.4 per cent of eligible students voting. The candidates for each vice-president position ran unopposed, with each candidate elected in a yes/no vote. Teaira Current, running for...
Arts & Life
Winter blues on campus: Why classes feel heavier as the days get shorter
Winter in Edmonton brings a major shift in how students experience school. As daylight exposure shrinks and temperatures drop, motivation, energy and connection follow suit. While winter classes are academically no different from fall or spring, the season itself...
An exceptionally snowy season: How NAIT manages winter campus conditions
NAIT’s layout makes for easy winter travel between classes, since most buildings are connected by indoor pedways. But when students do have to brave the winter weather, whether it’s to walk from the LRT, bus stop or parking facilities, campus commutes can feel...
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Sports
Men’s curling team takes home first gold in a decade
NAIT’s men’s curling team took home their first gold at conference championships in over a decade after defeating SAIT at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) championships on Feb. 1. They’ll head to nationals in Regina on Feb. 17 to take on the league’s...
2025-26 NAIT Ooks playoff preview: All six teams set for postseason action
All six of NAIT’s team sports are heading to the Alberta Collegiate Athletic Conference (ACAC) playoffs. This marks the second consecutive year NAIT will qualify all six teams to the postseason. Here’s how each team stacks up heading into their playoffs and...
Opinion
Edmonton’s ‘Snowmaggedon’ on residential streets is a safety issue
To say this city has gone to hell with snow removal is an understatement. If you’re an Edmontonian commuting the residential streets, the public sidewalks and worst of all, past the windrows, best of luck. Honestly, it seems like the powers that be forgot that people...
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Entertainment
Getting heated for a gay hockey romance
Heated Rivalry is the best and most important television show right now, and you can quote me on that. This is a show fully funded by Canadian companies — your tax dollars — and is an example of the kind of show Hollywood would probably never, in a million years,...
Getting heated for a gay hockey romance
Heated Rivalry is the best and most important television show right now, and you can quote me on that. This is a show fully funded by Canadian companies — your tax dollars — and is an example of the kind of show Hollywood would probably never, in a million years,...
Media
In review: AV & The Inner City: EP release show
All-female Edmonton band AV & the Inner City debuted their self-titled EP at the Roxy Theatre on Feb. 7. The Nugget's Mathieu Durnford was in attendance to capture the event.
In review: AV & The Inner City: EP release show
All-female Edmonton band AV & the Inner City debuted their self-titled EP at the Roxy Theatre on Feb. 7. The Nugget's Mathieu Durnford was in attendance to capture the event.
Photography
PHOTOS: Umoja Classic game
NAIT debuted a new event for their Black History Month celebrations: a basketball game. The Umoja Classic Game saw two teams of students, staff and community members hit the courts. The Black Caribbean and African team (BCA, for short) took on the World team for...
In review: AV & The Inner City: EP release show
All-female Edmonton band AV & the Inner City debuted their self-titled EP at the Roxy Theatre on Feb. 7. The Nugget's Mathieu Durnford was in attendance to capture the event.
Jan. 22: Dirty Bingo
Students filled the Nest for NAITSA's most popular event: Dirty Bingo. They played trivia, put condoms on bananas, and tested their luck to win an assortment of scandalous prizes.