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Chemical detonation to occur on North Campus

On Saturday August 23, the Edmonton Police Service’s (EPS) Bomb Disposal Unit and Edmonton Fire Rescue Services Hazardous Materials Team will detonate hazardous chemicals on North Campus. The University of Alberta media relations provided a statement over email to The Gateway. It stated that the detonation will occur to safely…

Notes from Council: By-election advertising strategy presented, executive updates

U of A ice core research to reveal ancient climate history

Notes from Council: 2025–26 executive goals presented

Office of the Dean of Students renamed to Student Success and Experience

Editorial: Students’ Council retreats from transparency in the name of safety

During the council meeting on July 15, the University of Alberta Students’ Union (UASU) Student’s Council voted to stop publicly disclosing how individual councillors vote. The motion passed, though with some opposition, but its implications are anything but small. For a body that represents over 37,000 students, this is not…

Global duty and domestic strain: Canada’s $4.3 billion pledge

Report Card: Bill Flanagan 2025

The GSA has been collectively bullying an Indigenous associate vice-president (labour)

Fringe Review: ‘Bribe the Director’

The 44th Edmonton International Fringe Festival is well under way, and with it comes a slew of brand new shows and experiences. I attended the opening performance of Bribe the Director, a new show presented by the improv troupe Big Dumb Babies. Big Dumb Babies is a relatively young company,…

2025 Fringe Festival Review: ‘Fear Fables’ drag anthology

2025 Fringe Festival Review: ‘Orphan Well’

2025 Fringe Festival Review: ‘Genesis’

2025 Fringe Festival Review: ‘A Lesbian in a Bear Store’

Diminishing third places and the students working to revive them

Third places are community hubs, separate from home and work, that allow for social interaction and leisure. Common examples include libraries, gyms, and cafes. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg first coined the term. In his essay, “Our Vanishing Third Places,” Oldenburg argued that “what suburbia cries for are the means for people…

Harm reduction on campus: Students pushing for more

The Greenhouse Effect: The potential for positive byproducts from the campus greenhouse

Understanding Reconciliation through FOOD!

The link between dietary restrictions and food insecurity