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  • Part III – Marguerite Rowand-McKay: Matriarch, Naturalist, Armchair Traveler, Bison Ally

    Jenna Chalifoux

    When Marguerite reached the tiny house with the Assiniboine River ambling by and its thickets of linden and maple awash…

  • Part I – Marguerite Rowand-McKay: Matriarch, Naturalist, Armchair Traveler, Bison Ally

    Jenna Chalifoux

    The 1821 merger of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) and the North-West Company (NWC) harkened an era of unfettered commerce…

  • Part II – Marguerite Rowand-McKay: Matriarch, Naturalist, Armchair Traveler, Bison Ally

    Jenna Chalifoux

    At the height of summer in 1838, Roman Catholic priests François Blanchet and Modeste Demers visited L’Fort des Prairies (Fort…

  • Louise Umphreville: The Shining Star

    Jenna Chalifoux

    In August  of 1782, Fort York was captured by the French. Edward Umphreville and some other HBC men were taken by…

  • Daughters of Shining Star

    Jenna Chalifoux

    There are many notable women in Edmonton’s history books. The ‘Famous Five’ may come to mind straight away, in addition to…

  • In Dark Times, Go to the Garden: Part 1

    Jenna Chalifoux

    Plans are afoot for spring. Sunday was spent scouring the glossy pages full of roots and blossoms in a favourite…

  • In Dark Times, Go to the Garden: Part 2

    Jenna Chalifoux

    With the last blast of winter gusto already forgotten and double-digit weather on the horizon, now’s the time to start…

  • Kisiskāciwani-sīpiy – Swift Flowing River

    Jenna Chalifoux

    Rising out of the Rocky Mountain glaciers, flowing ever eastward toward Hudson Bay, the North Saskatchewan River has meandered across…

  • Metis Matriarch – Thelma Chalifoux

    Jenna Chalifoux

    Our mothers are more than just a physical person, just as our houses are more than just a structure to…

  • Garneau: A Neighbourhood of Nations

    Jenna Chalifoux

    As we go about our daily lives, driving the kids to school or walking the dog, we often forget that…