Debbi Serafinchon

1 day ago | edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Debbi Serafinchon

Students earn credits by helping FireSafe AI manage wildfires By FireSafe AI CEO Nafaa Haddou has returned to his alma mater to offer students credit for helping his company tackle how artificial intelligence and tech can address the growing wildfire problem in Alberta.

2 days ago | edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon

The Drive AI aims to make file management smarter By Fresh off winning the Rising Star of the Year award at this year's YEG Startup Community Awards, Bigyan Karki said he's working to develop the world's first fully agentic file system. "We want all file operations to be handled by natural language," Karki, 28, told Taproot about The Drive AI.

3 days ago | edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Colin Gallant |Debbi Serafinchon

Paths for People celebrates a decade of street surgery By About 10 years ago, while Michael Phair and other residents in Wîhkwêntôwin were pushing the city to build a bike lane in their neighbourhood, Anna Ho and Conrad Nobert were doing the same across the river in Strathcona. Eventually, the two sides teamed up to form Paths for People, which in the decade since has successfully advocated for Edmonton to build better options for people who walk, roll, and cycle.

1 week ago | edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser |Kevin Holowack |Scott Lilwall |Debbi Serafinchon

Common Ground seeks to amplify Prairie theatre artists with Mainstage Series By Edmonton's thriving theatre scene can mask some missing opportunities for second- and third-run shows, both in Edmonton and across the Prairies, which can limit the potential for playwrights and other homegrown talent to thrive or even remain in Edmonton, said Mac Brock with with Common Ground Arts Society.

1 week ago | edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Debbi Serafinchon

Meuwly's drops retail to cook up new food brands By Now that Meuwly's owner Peter Keith has ceased regular retail hours at his store, he has fixed his focus on mentoring up-and-coming food brands at his 5,000-square-foot stronghold at 124 Street and 107 Avenue. "It's kind of like how I imagine having a child who graduates, moves out of the house, goes off to college, and moves on," Keith told Taproot about Meuwly's retail service, which stopped in January.