By Kallandra Weatherbee Following a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2017, NAIT graduate Sylvia Cheverie and her husband were able to fund their dream of opening an authentic French Canadian restaurant in Beaumont, Alberta. After graduating with a business degree in...
By Jared Gomes The Health Quality Council Of Alberta (HQCA) has released their results for the survey they conducted on May 25 to June 29 of 2020. During the time of the survey schools, recreation centres and public facilities were closed. Many Albertans were working...
By Erica Cawagas Local Korean restaurant HanJan opens its third location amidst the pandemic. Hanjan South first opened their doors on 99th St in 2017. A second location is off Whyte Ave, sometimes known as Round 2, and the newest HanJan is located near Oliver square....
By Zachary Flynn For two local restaurant owners, moving into the food truck business was the perfect opportunity to replace income lost due to COVID-19. “There is a restriction of seating capacity because of COVID. 50% is actually 30-33% because if two people sit at...
By Scott Zielsdorf Students finding themselves back on campus this semester will be walking into a very different school than the one they left last winter. NAIT has made it clear that safety during COVID-19 is one of the school’s primary concerns, with strict new...
By Chris Avery All 10 major institutions in Edmonton and the surrounding area have decided to suspend their participation in the U-PASS program for the fall semester. The City of Edmonton presents several reasons, with the main being that most classes are now offered...
By Stephanie Swensrude Dozens of NAIT employees were laid off recently and replaced by outside contractors in a move to cut costs. A statement from NAIT cites the provincial funding decreases of $19.1 million as the need to make cuts. As custodial services were...
By Stephanie Swensrude As restaurants across Edmonton reopen for dine-in guests, servers and hosts are having mixed feelings about being back at work. Amina* is a host at a classy, up-scale steakhouse. Before COVID, the restaurant had a bustling, yet relaxed...
By Scott Zielsdorf NAITSA is asking to strike the charge to students for the U-Pass in the Fall 2020 semester. Due to a shift in course delivery as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, students will no longer be eligible for U-Pass in the fall semester. According to the...
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...
