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U of A research hub helps conserve Canadian grasslands 

The Grassland Learning and Knowledge Hub is a five-year project that began in 2024. John Pattison-Williams, an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta’s Augustana campus, is the lead researcher on the project.  The hub is one of five across Canada dedicated to ecosystem and grassland conservation. The network includes…

Fuelling the fight against breast cancer

How beavers reveal climate change in northern ecosystems 

Notes from Council: Addressing transparency around student fees and affordability

Exploring the cerebellum’s role in adult reading impairments

Alberta can do better to protect students from poverty

Food Banks Canada recently issued Alberta a D- grade in its Poverty Report Card. They cited issues of housing affordability, higher than average food costs, and unemployment as some of the reasons Alberta received this grade. These issues, though, disproportionately affect students and youth. But can’t Alberta do something about…

Failed coal petition shows the dark side of the Alberta government

Travelling is harder now, but it can still be fun

Will the passenger rail finally leave the station for Alberta?

Is EPS’s new facility the best solution to help with substance use?

Gus Englehorn embraces imagination and storytelling with album ‘The Broken Balladeer’

Gus Englehorn, a Montréal-based duo, released their latest album The Broken Balladeer, on February 27, 2026. The pair consists of Gus Englehorn and his wife, Estée Preda. They visited Edmonton on June 16 at The Aviary to perform tracks from the new album.  Channeling the underdog Englehorn described The Broken…

Social Intercourse: July 15

CHILIØ adds a little Alberta to Rockin’ Thunder’s main stage

Paul Langlois brings a lot of rock and a little Tragically Hip to Edmonton

The Freewill Shakespeare Festival continues with ‘Something Rotten!’

New School of Politics and Democracy sparks concerns from faculty

The University of Alberta and the Banff Centre have been the home of the Peter Lougheed School of Leadership since 2014. Now, the school has a sibling — the Peter Lougheed School of Politics and Democracy (PLSPD).  The U of A officially launched the PLSPD in October 2025. Its first…

Indigenous leaders struggle to make progress in GSA

2026 Predictions

Photostory: Rockin’ Thunder 2026

Rockin’ Thunder lived up to its name this year, in both the music and weather.…

Photostory: The Pride Soirée 2026

Photostory: Edmonton Drag Festival 2026