The Hempact team, at the University of Alberta, is creating a hygiene pad without plastic. This eco-friendly product uses hemp as its main material to reduce plastic waste. “We don’t usually think about this problem, but there are actually many tons of product waste with one woman’s whole life usage of plastic material waste,” said […]

A student from NAIT brought home a bronze medal from the Culinary Olympics. Hizarrah Rosenally is a member of NAIT’s Culinary team. The team flew to Germany to compete in the 2020 IKA Culinary Olympics back in February to represent Canada. They came back two weeks later and brought home a bronze medal. Hizarrah is […]

This week on NAIT NewsWatch, we take a look at the first presumptive case of coronavirus in Alberta.  We also focus on NAIT preparing to cut more than 200 jobs in the wake of Alberta’s post-secondary funding reduction. Plus, we learn how to go-kart and check in on NAIT’s hockey and basketball teams as they […]

This week on NAIT NewsWatch… We dive into Alberta’s Budget 2020, focusing on the impact it’ll have on post-secondary education, as well as how public sector workers are reacting to it. Plus, we get a crash course on what it takes to become a firefighter and take a look at two Edmonton hockey teams setting […]

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services and the Edmonton Firefighters’ Burn Treatment Society (EFBTS) hosted Burn Awareness Week from February 2 to 8. The goal was to show Edmontonians the dangers of extreme temperatures- both hot and cold. Frostbite was a major talking point throughout the week. “Any thermal injury, chemical injury, will have an effect on […]