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A guide to mindful holiday gifting

It’s that time of year again! Our part of the Earth has gently angled away from the sun, lulling a warm fall season into Edmonton’s trademark winter. As skeletons and costumes get

October 30, 2023

Culture

Is trick-or-treating as dangerous as the media has led us to believe?

In just a few short days, children all over the city, dressed as their favourite characters, will go door-to-door, yelling, “trick or treat!” And with the tradition of trick-or-treating comes the unspoken

October 30, 2023

Culture

Tradition vs Chaos: A tale of two Thanksgiving dinners

I have been with my partner for almost seven years, and our Thanksgiving weekends have always followed the same pattern: dinner with his family on Sunday night, and then dinner with mine

October 21, 2023

Culture

Benjamin Oswald’s The Shape of Absence art exhibit is now featured in the Mitchell Art Gallery

An absence of space is exactly what is demonstrated in the art of Benjamin Oswald,a local ceramicist who has won awards both provincially and internationally.His art investigates liminal space. The Shape of

October 21, 2023

Culture

An Expedition to the Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo

Whether you’re a superhero fanatic or into the Japanese stylization of media, you can find yourself in one way or another at the Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo. This September, nerds, geeks,

October 13, 2023

Culture·Events

Whodunit? We checked out a crime lab on campus

A peek into MacEwan’s Police and Investigations studies program and crime lab When I heard that the Griff was presented with the opportunity to write a story about the on-campus crime lab

October 13, 2023

Culture

Creative Spotlight: FKB

What started as four high school kids playing their favourite songs from the Beatles became a polished, high-energy indie pop band touring cities all over North America. Lead singer Drew Shalka and

October 11, 2023

Culture

I chatted with the students organizing pool tournaments at Towers

Zach and Giancarlo use pool to get students to play pool and socialize outside of class hours It’s been years since I held a pool cue in my hand. The essence of

October 7, 2023

Culture

Afraid in a corn maze

I scared myself on purpose for your reading pleasure While driving down the highway heading east towards the country, I should have remembered the old adage: Those who go looking for trouble,

October 7, 2023

Culture

Eco-anxiety: climate change stress sucks, but may be a normal response

Climate change isn’t breaking news. For young people, warnings of the end times and ecological disasters are constant. For many Gen Z students, they’ve been told since childhood that climate change is

October 7, 2023

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