By Karlie Mickanuik Ayla Brook & The Sound Men is an Edmonton based roots rock band that has been making music together for over a decade. Ayla Brook is the frontman of the band playing guitar and is the lead vocalist. Brent Oliver is the bass guitarist and...
By Morgan Noseworthy The Edmonton Muse is a magazine dedicated to showcasing local events and lifestyle. Founded by Jessi Toms in 2016, the publication is the definition of a do-it-yourself endeavour. “I got a few people in my kitchen to sit around and was like ‘I...
By Morgan Noseworthy With 25 years’ experience, Ted Wright is no stranger to getting his hands dirty. After thirteen years working at a shop for someone else, Wright felt it was time to branch out on his own. “I didn’t buy the shop itself, but I bought the business....
By Stephanie Swensrude Monica Herrera is a member of the NAITSA-run Campus Activities Board (CAB), which oversees events at NAIT that are meant to foster campus life. The board is made up of five subcommittees: events, volunteering, marketing, clubs, and clubs...
By Karlie Mickanuik The first time I met Jason Roth he looked me in the eye, called Jason Roth a jerk and then introduced himself as that. Roth is a man who has pictures of cats up in his office, thinks steak and lobster is a dessert and is the lobbying voice for NAIT...
By Chi Bashangi Megan Vernon is proud to be a Jamaican-born skin specialist as well as the founder of The Melanin Studio Ltd. “I’m a woman of colour. I understand that we as black people all over the world coined the word melanin to glorify the melanin in our skin,”...
By Stephanie Swensrude Joanne Swensrude sits in her home office sipping chai tea. Her dog rests at her feet and there is a green screen hung behind her. “Hi, Maria! Hey, Joseph,” she chirps to her computer. Today, Swensrude is hosting an online webinar. Hundreds of...
By ELI O’DONNELL Entertainment Editor When was the last time you really felt like you? I don’t mean you the physical self, the mass of atoms that have so perfectly combined to create the mixture of oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus that...
By Jonah Peterson Edmonton hip-hop artist Ntwali uses the release of his third mixtape Vintage Simba, as his escape from the real world. Ntwali came to Canada when he was 4 years old and quickly discovered the genre he would one day perform: rap. Starting with artists...
By Morgan Noseworthy It’s been a month and a half since the former social worker said good-bye to the nine-to-five world to keep up with the demand for her pottery. Four and a half years ago, Brinn Steeves decided to try out pottery. Today, she’s out of the frying pan...
