NAIT NewsWatch – March 28, 2025
March 31, 2025 - Tonight on NAIT NewsWatch, a look at declining student voter turnout at the polls as preparations begin for the next federal election, NAIT gets provincial funding for a new skills centre, and Tesla f
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Edmonton testing new adaptive traffic lights near Rogers Place
The city is testing new technology to help move downtown commuters faster. Adaptive traffic signals have been installed at all controlled intersections on 101 St., between 103A Ave. and 111 Ave., as part of a three-month pilot program. Edmonton is the first city in Canada to test this technology. The hope is fewer drivers will […]
NAIT Engineering students compete in drawbridge building
NAIT’s Construction Engineering Technology program held its annual Drawbridge Building Competition this weekend. Seven teams from engineering programs at NAIT gathered in Whitemud Park for the competition across the creek. Five teams came from Construction Engineering Technology, one from Civil Engineering and one from Engineering Design Technology. The competition involved the teams of 15 crossing […]
Edmonton cafe offers a vegan twist on the traditional Thanksgiving
Edmonton’s own Table Top Cafe has a new spin on Canada’s favourite excuse to eat pumpkin pie. Turkeys, roast ham and cornucopias are seasonal treats that are commonplace on Canadian tables at Thanksgiving, but Table Top is doing things a little differently with a vegan Thanksgiving menu. Table Top is a board game cafe in […]
Eskimos add Ricky Ray to the Wall of Honour
Football legend and former Edmonton Eskimos quarterback, Ricky Ray, has been added to the Wall of Honour at Commonwealth Stadium. After ten years with the Edmonton Eskimos, and six years with the Toronto Argonauts, Ray retired in May of 2019. Although Ray was ready to retire and is having fun with his time off the […]
Edmonton students rally for climate change
Students from Edmonton Public Schools joined thousands of others Friday at the Legislature as part of a global climate action strike. The Edmonton Public School Board voted Tuesday, to support students from its district who wanted to take part in the rally. The board excused them from classes Friday, with parental permission. “We want to, […]