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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....

10 riveting books to read in November

Gina’s Top Five Book Picks Nadya by Pat MurphyThis book was written in 1996 and is broken up into three parts. It centres around a girl named Nadya, and it takes place in the early 1800s. Nadya has to deal with being a werewolf and not fitting into “civilized...

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...

Food for thought: The Craft & Cork

The Craft and Cork, located on Whyte Avenue, was first built as a regular pub which featured local craft beer and a selective wine list. Just before the COVID pandemic emerged, The Craft and Cork revamped its image into a hauntingly unique horror-themed bar. 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...

Battle of the streaming services

I love movies; watching them, thinking about them, talking about them, bonding over them, and writing about them. I struggle to fill my free time by doing anything other than watching the latest addition to my excessive need-to-watch list.  So, in this...

Do monetary incentives increase vaccine uptake?

A look at how rewards and lotteries affect vaccine statistics On Sept. 3, Premier Jason Kenney announced, with verbalized reluctance, a $100 gift card for those who receive their first or second dose of any of the COVID vaccines between Sept. 3 and Oct. 14. The...

Final Thoughts: Hybrid learning

Hear me out, but the changes that COVID brought to post-secondary education are not ALL bad. Don’t get me wrong, I know transitioning to online schooling was not without hiccups. Studying remotely is tough and the questionable internet connections and constant...