By Janine Blaise Harmony House Yoga (HHY) breathes fresh and vibrant air into online fitness. While HHY yogis virtually stand by her side, owner Nikki Henriksen turns down local studio job offers. “Over the last year I've noticed people have gotten awkward and...
Intent Coffee Is Creating A Safe Space For Queer Youth In Edmonton
An Edmonton queer Filipino duo has made their dream of owning an all-inclusive cafe a reality. The store opened its space near the end of 2020 and is owned by Mavi Az Tolentino and Reika Herradura. Intent Coffee sits right past the southeast entrance to Southgate...
Canada’s First Socially Distanced Concert
By Tora Matys Live music is coming back to Edmonton in August with the launch of the Together Again Concert Series, put together by Trixstar Productions. This is Canada’s first socially distanced concert, and it’s being held at the Northland’s Exhibition Lands. Mike...
Local Sister Duo Open Gender Neutral Thrift Shop
By Kaytlyn Poberznick Today, shopping locally continues to be pushed in an attempt to support businesses in need. Buds Duds, a thrifting shop, use their platform to not only encourage diversity but to send a message that ‘clothing has no gender’. The local business is...
Face to face with an angry cow elk
By Shawna Bannerman On the final weekend of May, Luna and I went camping, just the two of us. We spent 2 nights at the south end of Abraham Lake, where it meets the Saskatchewan River. For our third and last night I decided we’d head northwest to Jasper National Park....
Online Chocolatier connects with locals for creative collabs
With Father’s Day on the horizon, Colleen’s Chocolates, founded by Colleen Heidecker, is gearing up for another successful holiday after a busy year of community support. “We just started slowly building, so it’s taken us three years. Then 2020 happened, and our...
Thou Art Here’s Hamlet in Isolation: Six Unique Renditions of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Set During The Modern Plague
A local theatre company is re-envisioning Hamlet in a virtual setting, taking it on as a one-time, lone-actor adaptation exploring different gender roles, running every Friday until June 25. Each rendition was devised by six director-actor partnerships and is inspired...
YEG Band Whale And The Wolf Release A New Single
Veins is the latest single from Edmonton indie-rock band, Whale and the Wolf. The band’s bass player, Lucas Holt, says this song came about during their 10-day session at an Edmonton recording studio, The Audio Department. New-ish to the band, drummer Joel Jeschnke,...
Small business reaches international customers through Tik Tok
Starting a business at any given time is hard, but adding a pandemic to that doesn’t make it any easier. Charlize Murray, a small business owner, has turned to TikTok to help get her cosmetic business off the ground. “Honestly, overall, [out of any] advertising app,...
DIY Crochet Summer Top For All Sizes
By Zeah Spiegel There's a certain satisfaction someone gets when they wear clothing they made themselves. With summer just around the corner, now is a perfect time to make a one of a kind crochet crop top. This top is easy enough for anyone new to the crochet hobby....