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Blatchford is a new community being built on 536 acres of land in the heart of Edmonton, where the City Centre Airport used to sit. This will be a neighbourhood different from any other in Edmonton, as the aim is for it to be entirely environmentally friendly. The...
Dr. Deborah Saucier, president of MacEwan University, announced she would be resigning as of July 3, 2019. Saucier began her role as president of the university in July 2017, and was the institution’s first female president. Saucier began her term here at...
The first time I met Dr. Sinan Hadi was May 13, 2015. I was 20 years old. I had gone into the pharmacy in my home town of Gibbons, Alta. with prescriptions for medications that I had used before. I dropped my prescriptions off, and when I returned to pick them up...
On Thursday, Nov. 30, amid the bustle of exam prep and final projects, Alberta college and university students received some good news. Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt was on-site at MacEwan University to announce the post-secondary tuition freeze will...
Archaeology may be, for many, a term primarily associated with faraway places. Egyptian mummies, ancient ruins, and dinosaur bones might come to mind. But this summer the digging was in Edmonton’s backyard, and MacEwan University students got to be a part of it....
On Wednesday, the former MacEwan University student who threatened mass violence against the institution last year pleaded guilty to uttering threats. John Quest, who was 19 at the time of the incident, appeared in front of a judge at the Provincial Law Courts of...
Dozens of people gathered on Churchill Square in Downtown Edmonton Saturday, taking part as participants in two groups that were hosting separate rallies over Motion 103. According to the Text of the Motion on the Parliament of Canada website, the motion aims to...
On Friday, February 3rd, at The Needle Vinyl Tavern, the Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission (AGLC) announced a policy amendment that allows minors to perform at “minor-prohibited venues such as lounges and bars.” President and CEO of the AGLC, Bill Robinson,...
Sept. 15 marked a historical day in the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench — it was the first day in the court’s history that a verdict of a major crime trial was televised and made accessible to the public. The Travis Vader case, one that has been before the courts...
There’s always that moment at the start of each semester when you discover the number of required and optional textbooks for each class that you will be attending, and within that moment is the heartbreaking reality of the cost. But, what if the textbook you needed...
What if you could ensure your child would never get Crohn’s disease? Or what if you could choose their hair colour? Or make sure they would have perfect eyesight? What may seem like science fiction to us now is just the beginning of what could be possible due to...
The MacEwan University student missing in Nice, France after a person driving a truck killed 84 people has been identified. Twenty-two-year-old Mykhaylo "Misha" Bazelevskyy has been missing since the attack, and his whereabouts are currently unknown. He was one of...