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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Post-secondary takes a hit in Alberta budget
The provincial government released its budget on Thursday. Advanced Education was one of the departments that will see substantial changes to its budget and operating model. We are very dissapointed with what we are seeing with respect to post-secondary education. I think it’s short-sighted in terms of understanding what has to be done to grow […]
Ooks play in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The NAIT Ooks sports teams have been showing their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Weekend, swapping their blue jersey for pink t-shirts. The Ooks women’s basketball team sported pink in their first home game of the season against the Grande Prairie College Wolves. Both players and coaches wore pink ribbons and t-shirts during the warm-up […]
Edmonton woman starts scrunchie business in memory of her grandma
Christina Verschuur is putting her grieving heart to use. After she lost her grandma to a long nine-year battle with Alzheimer’s in February of 2019, she decided she wanted to make a difference. Her grandma loved to sew. And when Christina was a little girl, her grandmother taught her how to use a sewing machine. […]
NAIT NewsWatch – November 1, 2019
This week on NAIT NewsWatch we take a look at road-test issues and extreme wait times, we check in with NAIT about the recent budget cuts and our own Chelsea Richardson jumps out of an airplane.
HGTV host Bryan Baeumler visits Edmonton
Bryan Baeumler, the host of Island of Bryan, spoke at the annual Fall Home Show in Edmonton on October 19. Baeumler fans crowded the stage to listen to his life stories and experiences. “My favourite jobs are very technical, structural jobs where we have to shore houses or repair damage to the homes, you know, […]