On Saturday Dec. 9 at 7 p.m, the NAIT men’s hockey team will face off against the University of Alberta Golden Bears at Northlands Coliseum, the former home of the Edmonton Oilers, known back then as Rexall Place. The game is a charity event, with 20 per cent of the...
The next generation scores
Women’s hockey is not the most accessible thing in the world right now. Aside from the Olympics, women’s hockey doesn’t get a chance in the spotlight. This presents a problem: how do young girls find role models for their lives in hockey? The Edmonton Girls Hockey...
Jackson Jacob returns
The Ooks have a player back that helped propel the team into championship contention in his rookie year. Jackson Jacob served as a well needed boost for the Ooks men’s basketball team when he arrived in 2015. He went on to win ACAC Rookie of the Year honours and a...
CFL – long may it reign
The 2017 CFL season was one of the best in recent memory. The year started off as the “year of the catch,” highlight reels were featured with sensational diving catches and one-handed grabs. The season ended dramatically, though, with high scoring, down to the wire...
The mind matters, too
When I think of athletes, I think of humans being in incredible shape, being able to use their bodies to a limit that most can’t adhere to. You see highlights of basketball players jumping to extreme heights to dunk a ball, hockey players deking out a goalie in order...
Making it, faking it
2017 has been more about news commentating on the bizarre and lucid state of the news than ever before. Of course, it’s fakery that everyone is railing against: the dreaded fake news. But when MSNBC taped the Friday, Nov. 24 live episode of Morning Joe on Wednesday...
Dress up for a good cause
When you think about black tie events, you may not think Santa Claus, but that’s exactly what you can expect on Dec. 1 at the NAIT Students’ Association’s first annual Winter Formal. The Nest is hosting the inaugural event as a way to support two important school...
A guide for the future
For most current NAIT students, life after NAIT does not yet exist. NAIT’s International Centre and Alumni Relations have come together to give students a taste of life after NAIT. Life After NAIT was held on Nov. 21 in the North Lobby where faculty, alumni and...
100K raised for students
As the fall semester wraps up, many students may be feeling a time and monetary strain from attending school. Thanks to this year’s NAIT it Forward campaign, staff raised over $100,000 for students to help their cause. The NAIT it Forward campaign raises money for...
A CEO and his company
Chris Izquierdo is the CEO of DevFacto Technologies, a company: “dedicated to creating software humans love to use.” Specifically, they build enterprise software for companies and hire many of NAIT’s top software graduates. With many recent accolades in the software...