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SAMU Speaker Series: Bill Nye

On March 25, MacEwan University students had a very special guest join them over the airwaves for SAMU’s Speaker Series—Bill Nye the Science Guy! If you haven’t heard of Nye in one way or another before, you may have been living under a rock. He began his career in...

An extra sense of home

“A house,” Chief Billy Morin of Enoch Cree Nation explains, “is walls and a building and a sidewalk — a dwelling to live in. But home is a little bit different.” As his third term as Chief of Enoch Cree Nation continues, Morin is passionate about providing that...

A Sprawl-ing venture

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...

Date night: Learn how to keep backyard bees

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...

Final thoughts: The great deflection

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...

Unpaid internships in post-secondary settings

Internships are as much a part of post-secondary life as late-night cram sessions and student loans. As with the aforemen tioned, the relationship between students and internships is complicated. The idea behind internships is one of experience and value to the...

Inclusivity is in vogue, literally

Marielle Terhart has become the sustainable fashion it-girl, not by mirroring the ones she once dreamed of becoming, but by making a space for herself — and others like her — next to them. Terhart is an Edmonton-based influencer whose content caters to plus-size...

Date night: A starry night you can stroll through

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...

Creative spotlight: Bailey Stefan-Houle

Since her childhood days playing piano, music was always a big part of Bailey Stefan-Houle’s life. She had always done classical jazz composition and vocals until after high school when she bought her first guitar from a Mennonite couple for $100. But after moving...

Celebrating Black History Month 2021

February is annually recognized as Black History Month (BHM) in Canada. Each February, we focus on celebrating and learning more about Black people who contributed to humanity via culture, politics, arts, music, and literature. And as of Feb. 1, BHM is now...

Date night: An evening of delight

We may be limited with what we can do for date nights these days, but that doesn’t mean that we have to settle for yet another at-home movie night. After months of restrictions and two sets of lockdowns, it may feel like there’s nothing we can do that’s both...

Creative spotlight: Ellie Heath

It’s 1994 and a young Anna Paquin has taken to the stage to accept an Oscar for her role in The Piano. As her speech ends, a young Ellie Heath’s begins. Though her audience looks a little different — her own reflection in the bathroom mirror.  From that point...

To be or not to be

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...

A lifetime of redistribution

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,...