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Closer to campus

As the fall semester gets underway, the majority of MacEwan’s sports teams will resume business as usual and begin their 2016 seasons. However, this time around, the women’s and men’s Griffins hockey

September 7, 2016

Culture

Warm Night YEG event promotes safe spaces in our city

Recently, there was a tremor in the landscape of social media: the announcement of a pro-misogyny group (unnamed here because they don’t deserve more web traffic) calling for organized meetings in major cities

February 16, 2016

Culture

The reading

The door jingled as we walked in. We were greeted by a bright-pink poster featuring Polaroid photos of past fortune recipients and a description of the kinds of fortune telling offered at

February 4, 2016

Culture

Clo’s Custom Leather offers handcrafted goods made to last

Leather: the rich smells, the luxurious look and appeal. Leather has certainly remained in style over the years, but the industry’s tradespeople have suffered. The art of leatherworking seems to have almost

January 21, 2016

Culture

Gary James Joynes shows his art at local gallery

One of Canada’s more renowned contemporary artists recently showed his work in an exhibit at dc3 Art Projects, a gallery located just a couple of blocks from MacEwan University’s City Centre Campus.

November 24, 2015

Culture

Plenty of scares at Paramount

For its second year running, Deadmonton House is bigger, scarier, and more theatrical than ever. If you remember Deadmonton’s first haunted house last year, you’ll remember the legend of the Williams family.

October 26, 2015

Culture·News

Do you have what it takes to escape?

Here’s a secret that might shock everybody: I don’t like breaking my schedule. If something’s going to keep me from going home by 6 p.m. on a school night, it had better

October 26, 2015

Lifestyle

Happy Harbor Comics raises funds for local charity

Across the street from MacEwan’s City Centre Campus, you can find a peaceful locale for the pop culture enthusiast: Happy Harbor Comics. The store does a lot more for the community than

October 20, 2015

Events

Up + Downtown Music Festival sweeps through the city’s core

From Oct. 9-11, the third incarnation of Jason Flammia’s Up + Downtown Music Festival took place, featuring over 70 independent artists and 11 venues throughout downtown Edmonton. Attendees with weekend wristbands, which were

October 20, 2015

Culture

In the shadow of development

Downtown Edmonton is in a state of upheaval. Roads are littered with neon signage pushing cars into single lanes. Pedestrians walk through covered passageways, occasionally peeking through crude holes to see the

August 31, 2015

News

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