Edmonton’s River Lots: A Layer in Our History
In 2018, a new Edmonton park was opened and given the name “ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞,” an appellation that evokes…
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The History of Filipino Businesses in Edmonton
“Anak, siksikan nating yung bagahe mo nitong mga produktong Pinoy na ma-eenjoy ng mga kamag-anak natin. Alam kong wala ito…
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“It’s in our veins,” Part 2: Edmonton Dance Schools and Latin American Identity
Read “It’s in our veins,” Part 1 Immigration to a new community involves a dramatic change that can affect nearly…
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“It’s in our veins,” Part 1: Edmonton Dance Schools and Latin American Identity
Alejandro (Alex) Rojas, the founder of ETOWN SALSA Latin Dance Studios, moved from Chile to Edmonton with his parents in…
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10024-102 Street: Rony’s / Dapple Gray Cafe / Appleby / Cheddars / Cafe Elite
The central downtown neighbourhood south of Jasper Avenue but north of the river valley was a small but busy hub…
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From Parking Lots to Palm Trees (And Back Again): A Look Back at Heritage Mall
Brenda Hall was just 18 years old when she stepped off the bus in the community of Kaskitayo on a…
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Ah-Yin’s Chinese Persons’ Street or Amy’s Chinatown
I want to share my personal history of growing up in one of Edmonton’s Chinatowns in the 1970s. The Chinatown,…
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Edmonton’s Downtown Lunch Counters
Long before shopping malls and suburbia, the heart of the city was Edmonton’s preferred place to pause for a meal…
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Beth Shalom Synagogue
The Beth Shalom Synagogue is an Oliver neighbourhood landmark at 11906 Jasper Avenue. When it was completed in 1951, the…
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Edmonton: A World Class Dump, Part Three – Salvage Men, Coal Mines, and a Futuristic Weir
In the middle of the twentieth century, G. S. Woodward was one of a handful of Edmontonians who plied the…
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The Curious Case of the 1908 Enoch Surrender
At the time of Treaty No. 6, much change and settlement was taking place in the West, with displacement and…
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Edmonton’s Dearly Departed Funeral Parlours
Funeral homes and crematoriums can be found scattered around Edmonton today, but through most of the 20th century, downtown was…