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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,...
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,...
Google will pay Canadian news outlets $100-million a year to publish news on its platform The Canadian government has come to an agreement with Google regarding the implementation of Bill C-18. Google will be allowed to host Canadian news content on its platform...
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...
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...
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...
The impact one voice can make In light of the ongoing conflict, a Free Palestine protest took place at MacEwan University on Oct. 16. In organizing the protest, second-year MacEwan student Noor Zaarour saw the success of the demonstration firsthand as others came...
Crowds gathered for an emergency sit-in at Edmonton’s legislature grounds last Wednesday with calls to end the Israeli siege of Gaza. The event began with a short ceremony commemorating the victims, and many attendees were grieving. Gaza’s suffering is close to...
Sometimes, we don’t know who the people close to us really are. In 2000, my dad, Aquiles, was working as an orthodontist in Chiapas, Mexico with my aunt Lucy. She wanted to improve her English, so she took weekly classes from an American guy named Charlie, or...
The so-called “1 Million March 4 Children” protest outside the Alberta Teachers Association (ATA) on Sept. 20 sought to target the removal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) curriculum in schools. A local advocacy group, United for Change, could not...
How post-secondary institutions are becoming lucrative targets for cybercriminals When Stephane Lemieux, a MacEwan computer science professor, received an email from a fellow faculty member on July 24, he immediately knew something was wrong with it. Over the...
On Sept. 20, 2023, the Students’ Council meeting started with an overview of SAMU’s 2023 Financial Audit which was presented by Patrick Moore, an assurance partner from Meyers Norris Penny (MNP).The presentation was followed by a question period. The primary topics...
The survey Queer students are affected disproportionately; most don’t seek out supports A recent survey funded by the provincial government and led by MacEwan University found that 50 per cent of post-secondary students in Alberta experienced some form of sexual or...
On the morning of Sept. 20, a counter-protest to the nationwide 1 Million March 4 Children took place in front of the Alberta Teachers Association building in Edmonton. The counter-protest was held in support of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in response to the national...
Only a few blocks from campus, Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) is set to close its doors at the end of the month and relocate. While Boyle Street operates in 15 different locations across Edmonton, their current downtown facility will relocate two blocks...