Edmonton’s World War II Heroines
During the five years of the Second World War, Edmonton came into its own as a city, where anything is…
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Edmonton’s Pioneer Photographers
Just as importantly, the earliest archivists and some government leaders understood the enormous value of this visual history, and had…
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Donnan Family and Queen Alexandra Dairy 1911- 1932
John Donnan was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1892 and immigrated to Canada in March 1902 as a young…
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Who killed the friendly neighbourhood mall?
Capilano Mall is the saddest mall in Edmonton. Yet in its last days before major renovations starting in June, the…
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Edmonton: The Great Escape
On August 1, 1926 there is a story that the barking of a small dog startled an elephant named Mary…
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End of an era: Goodbye, Avenue Theatre
The word was given by general manager and talent buyer Steve Derpack, who explained on Facebook that it’s “primarily a…
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Edmonton’s 1957 City Hall
Edmonton’s second City Hall was a news-making building right from the beginning. Completed in 1957 as one of Canada’s first…