NAIT NewsWatch – November 1, 2024
November 5, 2024 - NAIT NewsWatch returns this week, and we cover stories on international student policy changes, a new gambling course at the University of Alberta, Edmonton’s festivals struggling to keep up wit
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NAIT grads follow their passion and open a brewery
Kevin Danard, who was in Landscape Architectural Technology in ’97, dreamed up the idea of The Growlery Beer Company two years ago. Danard and his partner, Jeff Pollock, who was in Business Administration in ’95, saw potential in Edmonton’s craft beer industry. “You anticipate the problems you might have, and try to budget as closely […]
Local artists sketch Edmonton historic sites in new exhibit
Sketching History is a new exhibit open at the Prince of Wales Armouries. A group of local artists get together to sketch different places in Edmonton. Their goal is to preserve the city’s identity. “As Historian Laureate for the City of Edmonton, one of the things I’ve noticed, and I think most people have noticed, […]
Edmonton introduces new regulations for cat drop-offs
A new appointment-based drop-off model is now in place for lost, stray or abandoned cats. If you’re dropping off a cat you must call 311 to book an appointment with the Animal Care & Control Centre. Tracy Bauder, the shelter’s coordinator, says one reason for the change is the overcrowding of cats at the shelter. […]
Local woman uses ad space to find a live-saving donor
Andrea Mackinaw was only a baby when her doctors diagnosed her with chronic kidney failure. Treatment for kidney failure, commonly referred to as dialysis, was physically taxing and not sustainable for an otherwise healthy girl. Andrea was put onto a waiting list when she became an adult to hopefully receive a kidney transplant when a […]
NAIT NewsWatch Extra – December 6, 2019
This week on NAIT NewsWatch Extra: We take you beyond the studio and into the community for a more in-depth look at news around Edmonton. One local non-profit organization hosts a workshop in memory of one of their biggest supporters, a superhero superfan is reinventing himself as an artist, and we walk around an antique […]