The MacEwan University Journalism program downtown community news site
Volume II
No. 2: Feb. 15, 2021
A hole in the city
The Baccarat Casino was demolished in 2019. Now, the lot is empty and owners the Katz Group want to turn it into more parking for the Ice District, but the idea has been met with resistance from City Council.
Brave, meek or hater?
Traditional ways of celebrating Valentine’s Day can still be special during these unprecedented times, as long as health and safety are in mind, whether you go out for Valentine’s Day, or stay in.
Car-crash art
Unlike the $600,000 pile of silver balls, the giant baseball bat and the Southgate legs standing 20 feet high, Carbon Copy sculpture gets thumbs-up reviews from two MacEwan University art majors.
COVID and caring
Helping the homeless and unhoused has been complicated by COVID. As the pandemic approaches its one-year anniversary, priorities and practices have significantly shifted from what they were this time last year.
Opening to danger?
Editor’s notebook: Jason Kenney and the UCP are once again putting the demands of their rural Alberta base before the needs of the cities – where most Albertans live.
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About us
Managing editor: Benjamin Hollihan
Assistant managing editor: Andy Trussler
Photo editor: Cole Buhler
Copy chief: Preston Hodgkinson
Copy editors: Nikita Case, Chris Ranta
Contributors: Brittany Burridge, Brendan Collinge, Brooklyn Cooper, Haley Grinder, Austin Schuster, Andy Trussler, Peter Williams
Publisher: Brian Gorman PhD, associate professor of journalism
gormanb3@macewan.ca
No. 1: Feb. 2, 2021
Online pros and cons
Cut, colour and COVID
How one hair salon has adapted to this complicated time by integrating the provincially mandated protocols into daily operations – with the goal of ensuring health and safety of its employees and clients.
Orbiting for wildfire
Since 2018, there have been 15,031 wildfires in Canada, devastating vast areas of woodlands. Timely information is critical in managing wildfires, and climate change is raising the stakes.
Six months of the mask
It has been six months since city council enacted the mask bylaw. In December, the city started cracking down and handing out more fines. The LRT still struggles with compliance, and the city seems to be ignoring it.
Food bank … rupt
Food banks were intended as a semi-permanent solution to food insecurity. But, volunteers say, putting the responsibility for feeding the homeless on charity allows us to simply give and forget.
A town for all seasons
Learning to love winter could make us healthier. But making Edmonton a winter-friendly city means examining everything from neighbourhood accessibility to building design, to infrastructure.
Segways in the snow
River Valley Adventure is banking that its Segway tours of the city will attract Edmontonians who are sick of sitting indoors but want to get out and enjoy the brisk weather and Alberta sunshine together … but apart.
Back to City’s Centre
About us
Managing editor: Brittany Burridge
Assistant managing editor: Benjamin Hollihan
Photo editor: Christopher Ranta
Copy chief: Haley Grinder
Copy editors: Brendan Collinge, Preston Hodgkinson
Contributors: Cole Buhler, Nikita Case, Brendan Collinge, Brooklyn Cooper, Haley Grinder, Austin Schuster, Andy Trussler, Peter Williams
Publisher: Brian Gorman PhD, associate professor of journalism
gormanb3@macewan.ca