You may have noticed something interesting taking shape beside NAIT campus. Across the parking lot from the Arena and Gymnasium is the Brigadier James Curry Jefferson Armoury, and right beside it, something has been going up over the past few years. It is the new...
On a Thanksgiving Monday, in the city where Pride tape was born, it felt like the opposite of Thanksgiving for many 2SLGBTQIA+ hockey fans, myself included. After the campaigns the NHL has held with the “Hockey Is For Everyone” slogan, the NHL’s decision to ban pride...
One of the most beautiful things about hockey is the jerseys. There’s so much you can do. In other sports, the jerseys are pretty standardized; you usually have the team name, a number and the player name on the back and that’s it. But in hockey, people play for the...
To be an elite scoring threat in a competitive sports league is one thing, but to do it as a rookie in a new league is another. Ooks men’s basketball rookie point guard Ephraim Humilde was just that. Humilde stepped right into the Ooks lineup with plenty of talent...
The 2022-23 ACAC men’s basketball season was an excellent one for the NAIT Ooks, and especially so for Benjamin Kamba, whose ability to contribute at both ends of the court earned him a spot on the ACAC North Division's All-Conference First Team. Photo via NAIT Ooks...
Many of us likely know what it feels like to mindlessly scroll. The most common example is when you go to bed on schedule, but then decide that a quick check of (insert social media platform here) will only take five minutes. This can be a dangerous way to think. Five...
The 2022-23 season is now over for the NAIT Ooks men’s basketball team. This year was a season full of memorable moments and learning curves that provided quite the experience for all. After a 13-7 regular season, the Ooks placed third in the ACAC North Division,...
The ins and outs of West Ed, as told by "Best Edmonton Mall" creator, Matthew Dutczak. Many Edmontonians tend to become complacent with West Edmonton Mall’s presence. With over 800 shops and various sources of entertainment, it’s difficult to go too long without...
How well a team gels together is a huge factor to a season’s success, and the women’s team just couldn’t get things rolling in the early part of the 2022-23 season. After they won last year’s ACAC Championship, the team saw considerable turnover–the entire roster has...
Ooks men’s Head Coach Jordan Baker had a conversation with his team at the start of the 2022-23 season about what it would take, to meet their goal of an ACAC championship. They’ve demonstrated their dedication to that goal throughout this season. The...
