Interesting features on people and places
Arts
A cat in a bookstore? You’ve got to be kitten me
Meet Kensington’s up and coming it boy, Kilgore Trout: A cat residing in Pages bookstore. [ READ MORE ]
Life
Food and Nutrition
Helping the community has never tasted so good
In February, drinking hot chocolate not only helped SAIT students stay warm, but it also helped combat food insecurity in Calgary. [ READ MORE ]
Cannabis
SAIT students share views on smoke-free campus policy
As SAIT continues to enforce its smoke-free policy, some students are finding ways to cope with the challenge of not lighting up on campus. According to SAIT’s website, it became a smoke-free campus in fall of 2020. [ READ MORE ]
Life
SAIT International Centre organizes monthly birthday bash to celebrate student diversity
Birthdays should never be spent alone, but for international and out-of-province students, it can be another reminder of just how far away your loved ones are. [ READ MORE ]
Arts
‘Take pain and create something beautiful’
Whenever freelance artist Evelyn Mikayla Martin wields a paintbrush, she not only creates art but also raises a fist in solidarity with her fellow Indigenous people. [ READ MORE ]
Life
‘We’ve become such a big family’
All the sounds on the ice are familiar. Skate blades stopping and starting, pucks ringing around the boards, players cheering each other on, and lots of chirping. If your eyes were closed, you wouldn’t know [ READ MORE ]
Life
Southern Alberta farmers brace for severe drought
In the shadow of Chief Mountain, Larry Gibb operates a mixed farm, with a calving operation, a small feedlot, and the raising of crops such as canola, barley and wheat.
“I grew up on the farm and worked beside my dad and I grew to love the farm,” said Gibb, of Hillspring, Alta. “I think I was born to be a farmer.
“The water situation is definitely a concern for this year. We’ve had drought conditions for a couple of years now, and they’ve only worsened.” [ READ MORE ]
City
Overcoming the challenges of winter biking
Calgary often has six or more months of winter conditions which make biking throughout the city challenging to impossible. [ READ MORE ]
Arts
A welder, a writer and a teacher walk in to a bar… as punk rockers
Being a touring musician with a day-job is the reality of all three members of this Calgary punk rock band. [ READ MORE ]
BIPOC Voices
‘I did not see people who looked like me’ — being Black in Alberta
Many Alberta students have learned nothing about Black accomplishments in this province, or the fact that Black people lived in Alberta before the civil rights movement. [ READ MORE ]