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YEG’s trash problem is garbage

It’s a Wednesday evening, and everything goes as usual. I leave my black garbage bin along the curb right beside its smaller green clone. They sit there in silence like gargoyles in the night, awaiting the arrival of Edmonton’s garbage trucks. In the early rise of dawn, only one is chosen. The green bin.  The black bin was too full.  As I creep up to the bins before work, I find an unpleasant sight. Yet another half moon shall pass while I must wait for the waste collectors’ return. I guess my trash will wait patiently in a stinky mountain of bags along the side of my house. Surely the HOA won’t mind. In 2021, the infamous green-bin waste collection plan swept through Edmonton’s neighbourhoods. The plan introduced separate...

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Crossing the streams

Looking back on Alberta’s role in the Ghostbusters franchise The Alberta film industry is heating up, and  the Alberta Film Commission is gearing up for its “biggest year yet.” More and more...

Tim’s, stick to what you know (Opinion)

Why the Tim Hortons in MacEwan should stick to drinks If you’re anything like me, you like a good reasonably-priced cup of coffee. As delicious Deville’s lattes are, there’s nothing worse than...

How to romanticize winter in Edmonton

Wintertime is for falling snowflakes, hot chocolate, and a romantic white christmas. This time of year always has beautiful views, but it can also be troubling to go outside in the snow. It seems...

A winter event that isn’t hockey? 

The UIAA World Ice Climbing Championship is coming to Edmonton 2024 will bring a frosty new competition to Edmonton — the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA) World Ice...

MacEwan needs to talk about Palestine

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...

Beckham Review

About forty minutes into the fourth — and final — episode of the new Netflix documentary, Beckham, we find soccer superstar David Beckham at a welcome press conference in Los Angeles, addressing...

Feb 2025

Clarification: In the print UPASS story in the Feb. issue of the Griff, it was written that the Edmonton Student Alliance was involved in negotiations with ETS. While ESA members were present, the ESA was not involved in negotiations, but are involved in ongoing advocacy.

 

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