Is Alberta the Texas of Canada?
WTF does that even mean? Is Alberta Canada’s Texas? The Griff is fixin’ to answer the question, so hold your horses. At some point, we’ve all heard someone relate ‘Berta to our southern neighbour state. However, what people say in their comparisons between ‘Berta and Texas is not always the same, or clear. So, what’s so gall darn similar ‘bout ‘em anyho?? Well, there are some obvious similarities: both have large oil and gas industries, large land masses, industrialized beef cattle production, and lean rightward politically. A while back… The old news, like a cowpoke's boots from the 90s, is Texan colonial history (not to mention U.S. colonial history), which has been romanticized and mythologized in Hollywood and American culture in...
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Executive Committee election: official results
The results of the SAMU Executive Committee (EC) election are now final, and all three candidates who appeared on ballots were able to win a spot in SAMU’s highest governing body. Gabriel...
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Who are MacEwan’s Safe Walk volunteers, and what do they do?
Do you feel uncomfortable walking alone to your car, apartment, transit station, or elsewhere after dark? If so, you should check out MacEwan’s Safe Walk program – they provide at least two...
MacEwan’s community crowds the SAMU building to participate in the Black Stories of Belonging event
UPDATE MARCH 21, 2024: This article has been edited to change the name of MacEwan’s Office of Human Rights, Equity, and Inclusion to Office of Human Rights. A member of the office informed the...
MLA Janis Irwin discusses the potential harm of the UCP government’s new policies on queer and transgender youth
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Mixtape Ghostship
When I was young and dumb, I had a weird relationship with music. Even in my teens, I skipped the phase of finding and sharing, cultivating that taste for how and where I was feeling my feelings....
VP external candidate disqualified from election
UPDATE: The Griff has reached out to Cardinal for comment but has not received a reply at this time. SAMU has confirmed that Jakob Cardinal, who is running for re-election as VP external in...
Read this before you vote: Executive Committee 2024
Get to know a bit more about your executive committee candidates The Griff has learned that candidate Jakob Cardinal has been removed from the ballot and taken off the elections page of the SAMU...
Jan 2024
CORRECTION: Varun Chandrasekar’s name was mispelled in the article “Is Alberta micromanaging its universities?” We regret the error.
CORRECTION: The photo of Simar Nayar’s BMW 335is is misattributed. The photo is by Leo, or @flickz.lp on Instagram. We apologize for the error.
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