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Alberta’s public health guidelines are woefully inadequate. The rules around social distancing, masks, and especially the closures and capacity limits imposed on businesses are half-measures at best, that are effective at preventing the spread of COVID in just a...
Whether in a job interview, by your high school’s guidance counselor, or by a job recruiter on campus, at some point everyone has been asked: “where do you see yourself in five years? ” “I always struggled with that question,” says Jeremy Klaszus, founder and...
You may have noticed that your butter has been more diffi cult to spread these past few months. Back in February, a few Canadian foodies started asking questions over social media about this strangely hard butter, causing a bunch of respondents to chime in with...
Normally, I would say bees are firmly in the top 10 list of things to avoid on a date. However, if you’re looking for something a little different, and something that could potentially lead to a shared hobby, Edmonton’s selection of introductory beekeeping courses...
On Feb. 4, the front pages of both the Edmonton Journal and the Edmonton Sun were left mostly blank. The logos and titles were still there, but the only other text was a statement at the bottom of the page: “Imagine if the news wasn’t there.” But you didn’t have to...
Have you ever looked at The Yellow House or Farmhouse in Provence and thought, “wow, how romantic it would be to walk around inside of this painting”? Previously, this thought was a mere fantasy — only possible if our dimension were to collide with that of Super...
The Government of Alberta appears to be engaged in a conspiracy theory to try and discredit climate reporting — one that describes shadowy international groups handing out directions to journalists, as well as activists, non-profits, and governments in a supposed...
In the past year or so, indoor herb gardens have taken off as both a decorative trend and a convenient means of supplying your kitchen with theoretically infinite, delicious herbs. While basil, thyme, and parsley plants dominate interior decoration Instagram, these...
Air Canada has taken a lot of well-deserved heat over the past few months. The company has continuously promoted leisure travelling, even as public health guidelines, most health experts, and general sense of how diseases work are telling you not to. Most of the...
Last April, Edmontonians could only watch in horror as all of the city’s famous summer festivals were cancelled one by one. It started with NextFest and the Freewill Shakespeare Festival on April 8, followed by what felt like another cancellation announcement every...
Although he has been a self-described “politics nerd” for most of his life, Cody Bondarchuk was not yet planning to run for Edmonton City Council when he was working at McDonald’s just over a decade ago. He was there to earn some extra money while in high school,...
Since April, almost every one of James Ball’s work days has ended later than he’s used to. On its own, this wouldn’t be a major problem for him, except for the fact that his customers are not used to it either. “When it reaches the point that people are answering...
I am lucky enough to have been able to do the entire fall semester from the comfort of my home. A typical school day for me meant waking up at whatever time sans alarm, brewing a whole pot of coffee for myself, plopping down at my solitary desk in front of my big...
On the cold, snowy evening of Nov. 11, Sarah Spisak made the understandable decision not to brave the weather and the pandemic to get groceries for supper. “I was feeling lazy and decided to order something from SkipTheDishes,” Spisak says. “All I wanted was some...
The car has always won on Jasper Avenue. Especially since its historic victory in 1951 when the streetcar system was dismantled, the car has enjoyed seven lanes (for most of its length) worth of right of way, limited pedestrian crossings, and a 60 km/h speed limit....