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‘Tis the season! No, not Christmas! Pumpkin spice season, previously known as fall. Our love for everything pumpkin and spice is so prevalent now that this year Starbucks decided to move up their pumpkin spice latte arrival date to Aug. 27, a day...
On Aug. 5, 2012, a lone gunman entered a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He opened fire on worshippers in attendance, killing six and wounding four, before turning the gun on himself. The shooter was a white supremacist, affiliated with a group called the...
It’s been a very busy couple of years for Elisia Snyder, who graduated from MacEwan University in 2016 as the first Creative English Honours student from the Department of Arts and Sciences. Since then, she has travelled to Thetford Mines, Quebec to teach English...
It’s the stuff that cheap horror film plots are made of. You’re cruising along when suddenly, you hear a loud noise and your vehicle no longer handles the way it should. You hit your hazard lights, pull over to the side of the road, and when you get out to...
With student life comes the desire for travel and adventure. However, the lack of funds that come with the intense financial strain of the school year can quickly darken the possibility for fun. Students, though, are nothing if not resilient, determined, and savvy...
Another school year has begun and the rush of new classes, book purchases, and deadlines are here to remind us of what little time we have in a day. No matter how you look at it one thing is for sure: we all have to eat. We also shouldn’t have to settle for...
It’s the fuel for everything we do and often the only way to start our day. So where are the best places to find fuel? We take a look at café culture and showcase three places you might want to check out. Lock Stock Café: Beneath the hustle and bustle of the busy...
Dating apps have become the paramount vehicle for meeting new people, whether it be for a date, a hook-up, or a quick ego boost. As of 2014, the popular dating app Tinder has over 50 million users, with an average of 1 billion swipes and 12 million matches a day,...
Jerk Chicken Burgers: Serves: 8 Prep: 2 hours INGREDIENTS: 4 chicken breasts, cut in half widthwise 1 cooking onion Salt and pepper 1 jar of your favourite jerk chicken marinade 1/2 red onion 8 slices of pineapple Burger toppings of your choice DIRECTIONS: Place...
#When I first started travelling solo, the whole idea of navigating a city with only my backpack and brains scared me senseless. But as soon as my feet landed in vibrant Naples, my fears slowly began to disappear. Before I knew it, I had explored 13 different...
Edmonton has so much to offer in the way of restaurants, cafés, and interesting spaces that it can be hard to imagine getting stuck in a rut, but sometimes we do. Especially when it comes to going out. Recently my partner and I realized that we had fallen into the...
Across from the Art Gallery of Alberta, you can find a recently reinvented dining spot. The Hallway Café and Takeaway combines art, sustainability, and comfort. Located at 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square, the Hallway Café is situated right in the heart of Edmonton...
Diet, the ever-changing part of our lives that we cannot seem to get straight. In today’s era of fad diets and a plethora of what can be considered healthy options, it can be truly daunting to try to figure out exactly what you should be eating. There seems to be a...
The background of Saint Patrick’s Day is an interesting one. The story that Saint Patrick came to Ireland to drive out all the snakes is actually a metaphor used by the Catholic Church. Saint Patrick came to Ireland to convert its people (predominantly Celtic...
‘Tis the season! No, not Christmas! Pumpkin spice season, previously known as fall. Our love for everything pumpkin and spice is so prevalent now that this year Starbucks decided to move up their pumpkin spice latte arrival date to Aug. 27, a day...
On Aug. 5, 2012, a lone gunman entered a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He opened fire on worshippers in attendance, killing six and wounding four, before turning the gun on himself. The shooter was a white supremacist, affiliated with a group called the...
It’s been a very busy couple of years for Elisia Snyder, who graduated from MacEwan University in 2016 as the first Creative English Honours student from the Department of Arts and Sciences. Since then, she has travelled to Thetford Mines, Quebec to teach English...
It’s the stuff that cheap horror film plots are made of. You’re cruising along when suddenly, you hear a loud noise and your vehicle no longer handles the way it should. You hit your hazard lights, pull over to the side of the road, and when you get out to...
With student life comes the desire for travel and adventure. However, the lack of funds that come with the intense financial strain of the school year can quickly darken the possibility for fun. Students, though, are nothing if not resilient, determined, and savvy...
Another school year has begun and the rush of new classes, book purchases, and deadlines are here to remind us of what little time we have in a day. No matter how you look at it one thing is for sure: we all have to eat. We also shouldn’t have to settle for...
It’s the fuel for everything we do and often the only way to start our day. So where are the best places to find fuel? We take a look at café culture and showcase three places you might want to check out. Lock Stock Café: Beneath the hustle and bustle of the busy...
Dating apps have become the paramount vehicle for meeting new people, whether it be for a date, a hook-up, or a quick ego boost. As of 2014, the popular dating app Tinder has over 50 million users, with an average of 1 billion swipes and 12 million matches a day,...
Jerk Chicken Burgers: Serves: 8 Prep: 2 hours INGREDIENTS: 4 chicken breasts, cut in half widthwise 1 cooking onion Salt and pepper 1 jar of your favourite jerk chicken marinade 1/2 red onion 8 slices of pineapple Burger toppings of your choice DIRECTIONS: Place...
#When I first started travelling solo, the whole idea of navigating a city with only my backpack and brains scared me senseless. But as soon as my feet landed in vibrant Naples, my fears slowly began to disappear. Before I knew it, I had explored 13 different...
Edmonton has so much to offer in the way of restaurants, cafés, and interesting spaces that it can be hard to imagine getting stuck in a rut, but sometimes we do. Especially when it comes to going out. Recently my partner and I realized that we had fallen into the...
Across from the Art Gallery of Alberta, you can find a recently reinvented dining spot. The Hallway Café and Takeaway combines art, sustainability, and comfort. Located at 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square, the Hallway Café is situated right in the heart of Edmonton...
Diet, the ever-changing part of our lives that we cannot seem to get straight. In today’s era of fad diets and a plethora of what can be considered healthy options, it can be truly daunting to try to figure out exactly what you should be eating. There seems to be a...
The background of Saint Patrick’s Day is an interesting one. The story that Saint Patrick came to Ireland to drive out all the snakes is actually a metaphor used by the Catholic Church. Saint Patrick came to Ireland to convert its people (predominantly Celtic...