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Food for thought: Tres Carnales

Co-owners of Tres Carnales Taqueria, Chris Sills and Dani Braun, first got the idea to open an authentic Mexican restaurant while on vacation in Puerto Vallarta. “We went up (to a room), and we downed a bottle of Nicaraguan rum over the next few hours and scrawled...

Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home

Warning: this review contains mild spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home based only on trailers and promotional materials, as well as spoilers for earlier films in the series. ​​Spider-Man: No Way Home is a challenging movie to nail. As the first live-action...

Review: La Casa de Papel-Season Five

Spoiler alert: This review contains minor spoilers from season five and major spoilers from seasons one through four. I have always been a sucker for TV shows about heists, and when I walked in on my roommate watching La Casa de Papel in 2019, I knew I had to carve...

More isn’t always better

Productivity is a good thing, right? After all, there are always assignments to finish, discussion forums to fill out, exams to study for, and a winding to-do list that stretches on and on and on. Our society is bombarded with messages about productivity: “How to...

Review: Cinderella – 2021

This year, Prime Video released its unique version of the fairytale we all know and love ... Cinderella. Cinderella has always been my favourite fairy tale, but the story has been done so many times — not to mention, Disney released a live-action version in 2015 —...

Final Thoughts: Satirizing The Crown

The Windsor royals are simultaneously adored and hated, and it seems that nothing about their lives is off limits. The public is fascinated by the way theydress, the way they spend their time, and especially, their children. A fascination with the royals isn’t new....

Final Thoughts: Trick or Treat

It’s October. That means a few things: snow (probably), midterms (unfortunately), and most importantly, chocolate. I went out on a limb and looted the Superstore candy aisle for name-brand chocolate with a twist, and enlisted Brett Boyd’s help for taste testing the...

Back to work

It has been almost two years since the first wave of the COVID pandemic. This has led to inevitable job losses for both full- and part-time workers. The uncertainty of a part-time job and fluctuating income while navigating school can lead to increased stress among...

Review: Never have I ever – season 2

At the start of the pandemic in 2020, I did what literally everyone else did: I started to binge watch Netflix. It started with Love is Blind and progressed to Tiger King. I wondered what I was doing with my life and why I was literally flushing my time away with...

Five Halloween movies you must watch this fall

Grab some popcorn and enjoy these Halloween classics There’s a chill in the air, leaves on the ground, and pumpkin spice on the breath. Fall is here! My favourite season of the year has finally returned, and I’ve already started planning out my autumn-themed events...

Opinion: The beginning of an uncertain end

Reflecting on three years at MacEwan, and looking forward to what’s next I love being a university student — each year, I would count down the days in August until I finished my summer job and the student loans appeared in my bank account in eager anticipation of...