By Colin Gaumont Another record-breaking season for the Ooks men’s hockey team sitting atop the ACAC standings with a 21-3 record and 42 points on the season. Forward Jake Mykitiuk is leading the way with 50 points on the season and forward Jared Legien is leading the...
Captain’s Corner: Women Head to Playoffs
By Colin Gaumont NAIT’s women’s hockey team is headed back to the playoffs. Ooks currently sit in third place with a 12-9-1 record. With 25 points on the season that puts them in a first round matchup with Red Deer College in the playoffs. Captain Brittney Savard is...
Ook Player New Nugget Social Media Editor
By Jonah Peterson Ooks women’s volleyball rookie Mia Hildebrandt joins the NAIT Nugget as the online sports editor. Student life is stressful enough without the obligations of being on a sports team and working for the school newspaper at the same time; Hildebrandt is...
Editorial: Facing Personal Doubt for the Future of Newsrooms
By Scott Zielsdorf Issues Editor Statistics show that news media jobs in both Canada and the United States have severely declined in the last 20 years. Even more noticeable changes have transpired in the last decade making the idea of a career in the field of...
ETS Slashes Half of City’s Bus Routes in New System
By Stephanie Swensrude Starting summer 2020, Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) is changing every bus route in the city to prioritize frequency. These changes will see the number of routes reduced from around 200 to 100. The new network has five types of bus routes. They...
Career Fair a Successful Networking Opportunity
By Chris Avery On January 21, NAIT’s annual Career Fair provided students with new networking opportunities. With 97 firms represented (and nearly double the recruiters) the fair offered NAIT students a chance to explore possible career paths. Nicole Bloome, career...
Performance-Based Funding Comes to NAIT
By Karlie Mickanuik The Alberta government is implementing performanced-based funding to public post secondary schools in Alberta. NAIT is one of the many schools that will see changes to its funding in the coming months. Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta’s Minister of...
NAIT Delivers New Graduate Program
By Chris Avery A new graduate program at NAIT seeks to focus business ventures in promoting local economic development. As part of the continuing education department, NAIT has recently partnered with Cape Breton University to deliver a unique Master’s in Business...