NAIT NewsWatch – November 29, 2024
December 3, 2024 - For this week’s NAIT NewsWatch, we take a look at how businesses are dealing with Canadians spending less on Christmas shopping, the Ooks women’s hockey team is heading to Europe over Chri
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Edmonton’s first female midget tackle football division kicks off this month
An Edmonton woman has introduced the city’s first female midget tackle football division. Tanya Henderson says she created the league to make the sport more inclusive for younger girls. The new division gives girls the chance to play a level higher than Bantam, the previously highest level female football went up to in Edmonton. “My […]
Local botanist prepares for Orchid Fair
This weekend, 15 exhibitors from all over the the world will compete at the Enjoy Centre with their carefully groomed orchids. Dr. Paul Paludet is an Orchid Fair contestant and also the vice president of the Orchid Society of Alberta. He looks forward to the fair each year and sees it more as an opportunity […]
Edmonton tests new waste management strategy
April 15 marks the start of the Edmonton Cart Rollout, a waste management system intended to reduce the amount of trash that ends up in landfills. 13 neighbourhoods were chosen to participate in the new cart-based system. “We really want to thank the 8000 participants taking part in the Edmonton Cart Rollout for taking this […]
Athletes honour fallen hockey player at 2019 Matt Cook Memorial Cup
Sledge hockey players are paying tribute to Matt Cook, a hockey player who passed away due to cancer, in the the 15th Annual Western Canada Sledge Hockey Tournament. The tournament was played on March 29 to 31 and also goes by a different name, The Matt Cook Memorial Cup. The sledge hockey tournament is open […]
NAIT NewsWatch Extra – April 18, 2019
This week’s episode of NAIT NewsWatch Extra is brought to you by Team A. In this show we take a more indepth look into the construction of homes for homeless veterans, a non-profit organization using Dungeons and Dragons to help troubled youth heal and an iconic hobby store which survived the threat of being shut […]