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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…

  • Wong Bark Ging 黃柏振 : A History of My Father’s Market Gardens

    Ging Wei Wong 黃景煒

    One hundred years ago my father stepped onto Canadian soil for the first time. It wasn’t until he passed away…

  • From Edmonton Chinatown: The All-Girls Cultural Troupe

    Lan Chan-Marples

    Have you ever heard of the China Dolls?  Not the glazed porcelain dolls or the 2015 novel written by Chinese-American…

  • World War II and the Chinese Women’s Club in Edmonton

    Lan Chan-Marples

    An April 1946 photo of three young Chinese women in the Edmonton Journal readily captured a reader’s eye.  Freshly home…

  • Margaret Chappelle: The artist who saved the MacKinnon Ravine

    Bruce Cinnamon

    Margaret Chappelle was an unlikely activist: the only child of wealthy parents, and wife to a successful young doctor, she…

  • Dasha Goody, Born to the Stage

    Debby Shoctor

    Young people today may not be familiar with the name Dasha Goody, but she was one of the doyennes of…

  • Cariwest: The Caribbean Community’s Gift to Edmonton

    Donna Coombs-Montrose

    CARIWEST – Caribbean Arts Festival was introduced to Edmonton in 1984. It was created by Western Carnival Development Association (WCDA)…

  • A Residential School Survivor’s Story of Survival and Resilience: AUDIO INTERVIEW

    Rayna Gopaul

    “…first night for supper….he put a plate in front of me and I said “Mahsi!” In my language, thank you….

  • Tokens of Remembrance: Indigenous Faces in Edmonton’s Beaux Arts Architecture, 1907-1930

    Cole Hawkins

    Disclaimer: Due to the importance around the legal designation of Indian status, this article sometimes uses the term “Indian” to…

  • 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…