By Elijah O’Donnell Well Folks, there's no doubt about it. Skies are bluer, the sun shines hotter and that weird transition from winter to now that us Edmontonians are supposed to call spring has come and gone again. It's summer. There are a lot of things that I look...
By Erica Cawagas “Bury Your Gays” is a literary trope that has appeared in books since the 19th century. Books using this trope usually features a same-gender couple where one of the lovers is dying and the other realizes they were never actually gay, often running...
By Stephanie Swensrude NAIT had projected a seven to nine per cent cut to staffing following Alberta’s 2020 budget. Instead, instructional staff faced cuts of up to 30 per cent. There have been no cuts to management or executive positions. Former NAIT instructor...
By Karlie Mickanuik June is pride month and normally this month is filled with Pride parades and other celebrations to honour the LGBTQ2S+ community. However, with social distancing measures in place due to COVID-19 pride is going to look a little different in...
By Mia Hildebrandt Since the threat of COVID-19 has forced long-term care homes to enact restrictions on visitations, Justina Bergmann has noticed a decline in her husband Rudy Pankratz’s mental capacity. “His dementia has really sped up and I’ve heard other people...
By Karlie Mickanuik I am debating deferring my classes to a future semester to better my education, but I don’t want to. If my classes at NAIT are to be completely online I am unsure my education will set me up for success when I graduate. Everything can change in a...
By Scott Zielsdorf The provincial government released its contact tracing app “ABTraceTogether” earlier this month, making Alberta the first Canadian province to implement a tracing application for COVID-19 cases. The app is a new method of COVID-19 containment that...
By Stephanie Swensrude For the people out there who are obviously very confused, there is a specific method of protest that is RIGHT. After all, there are laws we have to obey! First of all, looting and rioting is not right. Even though a suspicious-looking undercover...
By Eli O'Donnell NAITSA has set up new resources for students who are struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, titled the Student Relief Fund, aims to help any students who don't qualify for government funding. “A lot of our students and our...
By David Madawo From his humble beginnings in highschool photography, Tyrell Kerr Douglas, also known as Kerrtisy, has captured Edmonton’s hip hop scene with expertise. Kerrtisy’s first foray into digital visual media was taking pictures of architecture and his...
