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Edward Snowden abandoned his six-figure salary, his house in the tropical paradise of Hawaii, and the love of his life. This was all in order to expose the dark truth about global surveillance programs. “I had a comfortable life,” Snowden told a full house via...
Hundreds gathered at the Alberta legislature on Saturday, March 24, as part of an international “March for Our Lives” aimed at reinforcing current gun laws and stopping future school shootings. As the demonstrators gathered before the stairs leading up to the...
Chad Michael Murray was in the Heart of the Robbins on Friday, March 23, as a part of the Students’ Association of MacEwan University’s (SAMU) Speaker Series. The actor, best known for his role as Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill, sat down for a Q+A, moderated by...
Edmonton winters can be tough. For seven months of the year, the streets and sidewalks are frozen, icy, and covered in snow. Some days, our city is the coldest place on the entire planet. This can make it hard to find enough motivation to leave the house. Netflix...
Edmonton prides itself on being a city of festivals, and though this often calls to mind summer events, we’ve got winter covered, too. This past weekend ushered in the 11th annual installment of Deep Freeze, the cool counterpart to Kaleido Fest, which is a summer...
LaunchPad Trampoline Park has everything I look for when I want to try something exciting and new with friends or a date. Trampolining is fun, affordable, active, and provides a welcome change from the tired combo of dinner and a movie. Don’t get me wrong, dinner...
A large crowd gathered in a University of Alberta lecture hall on Nov. 8 to listen to one of Canada’s greatest explorers: George Kourounis. His presentation, titled “Images of Climate Change,” was put on by the City of Edmonton, MacEwan University, and the U of A....
The 20th annual Rocky Mountain Wine and Food Festival came to Edmonton’s Shaw Conference Centre over the weekend of Nov. 11-12, attracting a variety of people from around the city. The event, held each fall in both Edmonton and Calgary, offers people the chance to...
The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) holds two “Refinery” parties a year. The Halloween edition has the theme “Dial R for Refinery” and emphasizes femme fatale and film noir. Attendees were told to be “dressed to kill.” However, there are multiple flappers about; I...
Up + Downtown Music Festival is an Edmonton-made initiative that brings venues in the city’s core together for a holiday-weekend extravaganza. With an array of music genres offered throughout the three-day festival, attendees often find it hard to pick just one...
November is upon us. The malls are overflowing with red and green ornaments and eager crowds, and coffee shops abandon the pumpkin spice flavours for peppermint mochas. For those who like to explore the outdoors despite the dropping temperatures, the early sunsets...
The Bear’s 25th Halloween Howler did not disappoint. The crowd’s energy was high from the moment the doors opened. Those who decided to show up without a costume were the ones who truly stuck out as 5,000 “costumed freaks,” as The Bear calls them, descended into...
From Oct. 11 to 21, Walterdale Theatre ran a production of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House.” The play is a period classic, and was far ahead of its time in its themes and message. The players did a wonderful job of capturing the essence of Ibsen’s work. Their...
Oct. 16-20 was Sexual Violence Awareness Week at MacEwan University. In addition to workshops and panel discussions, the week included an interactive art installation created by the City of Edmonton’s Indigenous Artist in Residence, Dawn Marie Marchand. The Longest...
Deadmonton Haunted House This haunted house boasts a twist for any who dare to go. Held in the Paramount Theatre, this is where the gruesome and gory side of film is revealed. This year’s focus is on the undead caretaker Frankie, who has been cleaning up after...