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Edmonton declares housing state of emergency

City Council passes declaration After two emotional days of City Council meetings, the City of Edmonton has acknowledged a housing crisis. The meetings were separate from the recent sweeping of encampments and the displacement of people in our city, focusing on the...

Sun, sand, and root canals

Last September, Ryan Bloemen, a young adult from Edmonton, attended the first of three dental appointments for replacement fillings and persistent cavities. Ryan, like many young adults, had inconsistent dental work since he had turned 18 due to a lack of time and...

Where did the sugar go?

What Western Canada’s sugar shortage means for casual and professional bakers Holiday baking plans might be put to a halt this year due to a sugar shortage. The Rogers Sugar refinery in Vancouver has been involved in a labour dispute. As a result of the strike,...

The mustard seed that grows

An overview of the Mustard Seed’s services The conversation on Edmonton’s community services is certainly a contested one. Certain Edmontonians express frustration about the presence of these community services, particularly within Edmonton’s core.  In Edmonton,...

Me, I’m a Union man (Opinion)

There are picket lines and protest slogans in my bloodline. As a child, my dad would sometimes mention that my grandfather had been the head of the Boilermakers Lodge 146 union. This piece of information was presented matter-of-factly, and sometimes with slight...

MacEwan needs to talk about Palestine

While MacEwan University enthusiastically supports Ukraine, it remains silent on Israel-Palestine, leaving some students, faculty, and staff frustrated. For six and a half weeks, Israel has wrought destruction onto Gaza in its response to the Oct 7 Hamas...

YEGwave: newsworthy or scandalous?

As someone who has followed the infamous YEGwave Instagram account since December 2021, I’d like to add my two cents.  YEGwave posts some very questionable things, but since the passing of Bill C-18, Meta has blocked almost all other forms of news publishers...

The maiden voyage of the Valley Line

Proof that Edmonton is always worth investing in Hundreds of Edmontonians woke up well before 5 a.m. on  Nov. 4 for the opening day of Edmonton’s first separate train line since 1978. I was one of those people. We rode at dawn. Most gathered at the 102nd Street...