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  • The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose, Part 1: The First Twenty-Five Years

    Ron Byers

    The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose is a unique organization in Edmonton. The core of its existence is based on…

  • Edmonton’s River Lots: A Layer in Our History

    Connor Thompson

    In 2018, a new Edmonton park was opened and given the name “ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞,” an appellation that evokes…

  • Edmonton’s Gospel Music Scene

    Anmarie Bailey

    Picture this: frenzied hand clapping, foot stomping, finger tapping, rhythmic call and response-type songs, passionate Amens, Hallelujahs and killer vocals all led by…

  • Womonspace: Creating Space for Edmonton’s Lesbian Community in the 1980s

    Josephine Boxwell

    Womonspace was a social and recreational group for lesbians founded in 1981. Part of Edmonton’s LGBTQ landscape for over thirty…

  • Beverly Cenotaph

    Lawrence Herzog

    Less than two years after the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the first…

  • Signs of Another Time

    Lawrence Herzog

    Drive around the heart of Edmonton and you’ll see them. Worn by time, pounded by the elements but still clinging…

  • Edmonton and Its Pedway: A Love-Hate Relationship for the Ages

    Sally Scott

    The early twentieth century was a period of rapid urbanisation, with folks flooding into urban centres, including Edmonton, from the…

  • Edmonton: A World Class Dump, Part Two – Feel the Burn: Edmonton’s Curious Love Affair with Incinerators

    Dr. Russell Cobb

    Perhaps the desire to burn our waste comes from a primeval desire to cover our tracks. And our smells. Incineration…

  • The Legislature Maces

    Bruce Cinnamon

    In its simplest terms, the mace represents the authority of Her Majesty the Queen to create law and to rule…

  • Shapeshifting: The Men’s Faculty Club, the Faculty Women’s Club, and Gender at the University of Alberta

    Sally Scott

    As the century continued, Edmonton entered a heyday of its own, including the opening of the University of Alberta in…

  • Edmonton’s Short-lived “Charity Meters”

    Bryan Birtles

    On April 30, 2001, Mayor Bill Smith smiled for the collected throng of reporters and photographers and dropped the first…

  • Sikh Community’s ‘Seva Truck’ Tackles Food Insecurity & Poverty Through Heritage

    Amrita Gill

    Jessy Nerval, 19 at the time, sat in the family room with his Father after dinner. They were discussing business….