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
NAIT Conservation Biology student self-publishes debut sci-fi novel
A NAIT student has turned a long-kept passion for writing into a published science-fiction novel, blending imaginative storytelling with real-world environmental themes. Related: Capstone project tackles takeout containers at NAIT Artisanal Market Forrest C. Richard,...
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...
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Sports
NAIT Ooks take on Chinese national team, former hockey coach
The NAIT Ooks men’s hockey team hosted legendary hockey coach Perry Pearn and his Chinese national hockey team on Friday and Saturday. A packed arena welcomed the former Ooks men’s coach back to NAIT’s home ice, ready to watch the Ooks take on China in a two-game...
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...
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.