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  • THE HILL: The Secret Edge of Downtown

    Darrin Hagen

    MacDonald Drive has overlooked the river valley from Edmonton’s earliest incarnation, marking the south edge of downtown, a steep bank…

  • Pantages and The Strand

    Darrin Hagen

    Edmonton came by its reputation as a theatre city honestly, and more than once over the last century. At one…

  • After the Pisces Bathhouse Raid: John Kerr – Dance for Gramma

    Darrin Hagen

    In the years before John Reid launched his career as owner of Flashback, Edmonton’s first gay disco, he worked cleaning…

  • After the Pisces Bathhouse Raid: Michael Phair – LGBTQ2S+ Activist and Community Leader

    Darrin Hagen

    As of this writing, Michael is one of the few men charged as a “found-in” to speak publicly on the…

  • After the Pisces Bathhouse Raid: Dr. Henri Toupin – Dignity in the Eye of the Storm

    Darrin Hagen

    Henri Toupin was born in Legal, Alberta, on March 15, 1923. He acquired his B.Sc. in 1947 from the University…

  • After the Pisces Bathhouse Raid: Millie – I’m Number One

    Darrin Hagen

    Paul Chisholm’s first contact with another gay man occurred as he hitchhiked out of Saskatchewan in the late 1960s. Legend…

  • The Pisces Bathhouse Raid: Igniting Four Decades of Activism

    Darrin Hagen

    After the Pisces Health Spa opened in Edmonton in 1978, word spread quickly that it was the best-kept gay bathhouse…

  • 10024-102 Street: Rony’s / Dapple Gray Cafe / Appleby / Cheddars / Cafe Elite

    Darrin Hagen

    The central downtown neighbourhood south of Jasper Avenue but north of the river valley was a small but busy hub…