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  • St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral

    Lawrence Herzog

    Built partly by parishioners and volunteers during the dark days of World War II, St. Josaphat Ukranian Catholic Cathedral is…

  • The Ghosts of Camsell

    Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

    The history behind the Indian Hospital is certainly haunting. During those two decades it was primarily used as a tuberculosis…

  • Cloverdale Bridge

    Kristine Kowalchuk

    The Cloverdale footbridge crosses the North Saskatchewan River in central Edmonton, connecting Henrietta Muir Edwards Park in Cloverdale and Louise…

  • Long live the Pits!

    Christina Hardie

    You won’t find the Pits marked on any map, and many people who live nearby simply refer to the area…

  • Mike’s News Stand

    Lawrence Herzog

    For 70 years, Mike’s News Stand was an Edmonton institution. For most of that time, it operated from a storefront…

  • Oliver’s Beer Castle

    Lawrence Herzog

    Since then, the 1913 building and an adjacent red brick office addition, built in 1924 and added to in 1955,…

  • Apartment Living – Then and Now

    Sally Scott

    Imagine reading in a local newspaper the following description of a building to be built in Edmonton: A driveway will…

  • McDougall United Church

    Lawrence Herzog

    Named for Reverend George McDougall, who arrived in the Edmonton area in 1862, the orange-red brick church at the top…

  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish

    Andres Lalama

    The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish does not fit the conventional standards of history or historical places by…

  • Dead Venues – The Indie, Rock, Alt Music Scene (1980s-2000s)

    Eden Munro and Mike Siek

    What makes up a music community? How does one venue turn into a place where a community can grow while…

  • Re-Imagining Rossdale: Pehonan and the Power Plant

    Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

    EPCOR decommissioned the Rossdale power plant in 2011 and handed it over to the City not long after I moved…

  • Retrofutures: Edmonton’s Omniplex – Part 1

    Dr. Russell Cobb

    Many recent projects—the expansion of the University of Alberta, the construction of the West Edmonton Mall, the plans for new…