Hey!
I am Mofe Adeniran, the new co-editor of the newsletter. I’m a fourth year journalism student and a lover of arts and music so I aim to sprinkle just a little bit of my personality into the weekly updates. A fun fact about me is that I developed equinophobia when I was 10 or so on a family vacation so I still don’t trust horses and I probably never will.
Hey everyone, my name is Zach Payne. I’m a fourth year journalism student and the other co-editor of the Calgary Journal newsletter. One fun fact about me is that I’ve never left North America (though I plan to travel once I graduate).
As this term’s newsletter editors we hope to bring you the best the Calgary Journal has to offer. We want to get to know our readers so expect more communicative weekly updates with chances to have your input impact the stories we publish.
As the winter semester gets underway, we hope that all of you are managing to survive the cold weather and settle into your new courses.
Hot This Week:
Snowfall warning in effect for parts of southern and western Alberta (CBC)
Former Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced her intention to step down as Alberta NDP Leader (Global News)
The annual Mayor’s food drive raised over $546,000 for the Calgary Food Bank (CTV)
Calgary’s new single-use bylaw took effect on Tuesday, Jan. 16 (CityNews)
Crowchild Classic: The annual Crowchild Classic games are set to take place Wednesday, Jan. 24th at the Scotiabank Saddledome between your MRU Cougars, and the University of Calgary Dinos. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., the women’s game starts at 4:30, and the men’s game will begin between 7:30 and 8:00. If you haven’t scored your $5 tickets yet, you can get them here
Extreme Cold: Over the last week, the city of Calgary and most of Alberta have endured quite the cold snap. With temperatures dropping below -30 degrees, and below -40 with the wind chill. It was so cold in fact, that an emergency alert was sent out to get residents to conserve power, as the frigid temperatures were very difficult on the city’s power grid. You can catch up on the deep freeze here
Career Expo: The MRU Career Expo is fast approaching. On Jan. 31, and Feb. 1, between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Main Street, MRU Career Services is hosting the 2024 career expo. There will be networking opportunities, career insights, and career and internship opportunities. You can register to guarantee your spot here
Intramurals: MRU’s intramural sports started up this week. If you are interested in participating, you can find a list of the offered sports as well as registration information here
Artist Highlight: With this innovation of the newsletter we will be highlighting a new artist based in Alberta every week! This week’s artist is Sumin Choi, a multimedia graphic designer with playful cute characters and colorful line work. You may have spotted her work all around town and she was featured as an insulation artist at Telus Spark. Her youthful illustrations and bubbly art have made her the children’s illustration artist in residence for the Calgary Public Library You can find out more about her here and here.
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