Purple City: An Edmonton Tradition
It’s the name for the nighttime game that involves staring at the floodlights at the Legislature for about a minute,…
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The Pits of Mill Woods
I grew up in South East Mill Woods. My back gate opened into a sprawling wheat field, scattered with dense…
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The Strange Disappearance of Felicia Graham
The School Board, citing her persistence for fair compensation as being indicative of depression, suggested that she had jumped from…
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100 Years of Calder
Calder’s story began in the early years of the 20th century when GTPR decided to locate its roundhouse, repair shop…
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MC Hammer at West Edmonton Mall, 1991
In 1991 there was no one bigger than MC Hammer. His 1990 album, Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em would eventually go…
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Silver Heights Peony Garden
Photo credit: Dr. James Brander and children, Silver Heights Peony Garden. Provincial Archives of Alberta #B6794. Photographer: Ernest Brown Prominent Edmonton physician James…
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The Studhorse Man and the High Level Bridge
In 1969, my first year of university, I was finally free of the social girdle of my small prairie town….
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Adventures of the Lost Alpine Huts
Edmonton’s first alpine hut—The Eyrie—opened February 26, 1928. High on Quesnell Heights it looked out on a mighty river. Friends…
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The High Level Bridge at 100
It wasn’t fancy, but it was strong and structural, with 17.2 million pounds of steel held together with 1.4 million…
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Urban Dream
I know… in my mind I know they were thinking of moving. In my mind I remember hearing, “This house…
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Curiosities Bus Tour
The second Curiosities Bus Tour visited the Prince of Wales Armouries, The City Centre Airport on the day it ceased…