By Nicole Murphy A group of people have been volunteering outside the Strathcona Farmers Market almost every Saturday for 20 years peacefully bringing attention to the modern day concentration camps happening in China. “All the media in China is controlled by the...
By Zachary Flynn NAIT is choosing to maintain its early January start to the winter semester, despite moves by the provincial government and the University of Alberta to move back start dates by one week. “We are confident our health and safety protocols, which are...
By Kallandra Weatherbee There is growing anxiety on campus with finals fast approaching, except this year final exams are looking different. Finals week is already stressful for many students, and switching how their tests are done isn't helping. All final exams at...
By Alleah Boisvert The importance of shopping locally has increased for Edmontonians as COVID-19 continues. While big-box stores have gotten lucky enough to break even and sometimes even profit off the pandemic, some smaller local businesses are struggling to keep up....
One north Edmonton shop owner is forced to watch his game store sit empty due to new mandatory health restrictions put in place by the Alberta Government in November. “I’d rather have the lockdown happen now than have a month of [these restrictions], and then be...
By Jerilyn Kotelniski, NAITSA President & Acting VP External Apply for the Covid-19 Student Relief Bursary until December 4. NAIT & NAITSA worked together to fund this $100,000 bursary. The bursary will help students who are experiencing urgent financial...
By Zachary Flynn NAIT has raised over $150,000 for the COVID-19 Student Relief fund despite the financial hardships that have been seen in many households over the last nine months. The Student Relief fund received $50,000 each from the NAIT fund and NAITSA, over...
By Jared Gomes In order to combat COVID many tracing apps have been released to track the spread, including Canada's federal app Covid Alert. Alberta has opted out of using that application and instead chooses to use ABTraceTogether. The Alberta-focused app has...
By Kaytlyn Poberznick From the Ooks soccer pitch to the Olympic cycling track, Kelsey Mitchell’s dreams are unfolding into reality. Winning gold in the individual 200m cycling sprint at the 2019 Pan American Games, she’s looking forward to other goals she can...
Despite COVID-19 the show must go on and NAIT’s got talent still proceeded this year. There were many great submissions ranging from artists to singers to more obscure talents. This year the contest was completely virtual, using NAITSA’s Instagram stories to allow the...
