By Elijah O’Donnell Assistant Entertainment Editor “Greta Thunberg visits Edmonton!” “Sixteen-Year-old Climate Activist in Edmonton.” “Greta Leads Climate March.” These were the kinds of headlines I saw leading up to and after the climate protests that took place on...
Local Soundwave: Grunge, Grime & Rhyme
By David Madawo Hailing from the small town of Edison, Alberta, YUNG HOSS KOTU is breaking into the rap industry and is ready to make waves. KOTU began writing at the age of 13 and hasn’t stopped since. KOTU says a big aim for him is to make music with a different...
Featuring Edmontons Gifted
By Mahmuda Sheikh As a part of the Edmonton Made program, program manager Laura Masyk works with a selection panel to select around a hundred made in Edmonton products for each year’s Gifted catalogue. “This catalogue is for trendy Edmontonians, who are interested in...
The Barking Buffalo: A Cafe Anomaly
By Mia Hildebrandt Coffee shops are of no shortage in Edmonton, but one stands alone on 124th Street: the Barking Buffalo Cafe. Not only are three women co-owning a coffee shop an anomaly, but they share the space with the local shop Salgado Fenwick. “Everything came...
Women Weekly: Breaking the Boundaries in Film
By Karlie Mickanuik Tamarra Canu is an Edmonton based cinematographer, director and producer for film and TV. She’s also a NAIT alumnus. Canu began her journey in the Radio and Television program through the television stream. Although her initial goal was to become...
Reviving A Historic Landmark
By Scott Zielsdorf A local Edmonton developer is looking to breathe new life into a hotel situated in historical Whyte Avenue. Initially built in 1891, along with the railroad, the Strathcona hotel is one of the oldest buildings in the Old Strathcona area. It’s one of...
Final weekend to catch a local interactive art festival
Vignettes Design Series Festival, not only has many opportunities for the perfect social media post, its marketing has almost been entirely driven by social media. CEO and creator of Vignettes Design Series, Leigh Wright, explained that most people hear about the...
The Way the Cookie Pogos
By Morgan Noseworthy Chips ov Oi! are a cookie-themed street punk band formed in 2015 in Edmonton. The band has been making a big noise in the punk scene for the last four years with their name brand chocolate-chip fueled pogo punk. Bass player Colby Amyotte came up...
Ringing in Halloween
By Morgan Noseworthy Andrew McCaffrey had a hard time hanging out with the neighbourhood kids at a young age since there was no neighbourhood. Growing up in the rural community of Ardrossan, AB left him with a lot of alone time, so he did what any aspiring young...
Edmonton’s Real Haunted House
By Patrick Puff In the spirit of Halloween, many Edmontonians will be heading out to various haunted houses to experience the thrill of the dark and unknown; some on purpose and some by accident. There are many places in Edmonton that have been rumoured to house...