Before the early 1960s, few immigrants of African descent were allowed into Canada. Because of racist white preferred immigration rules and regulations, “admittance of ‘coloured or partly coloured persons’ was restricted to certain classes of close relatives of Canadian citizens and cases deemed as having exceptional merit.”
The summer of 2010 was a memorable time: I started dating my future husband, and I started exploring Edmonton’s river…
In the years before John Reid launched his career as owner of Flashback, Edmonton’s first gay disco, he worked cleaning…
As of this writing, Michael is one of the few men charged as a “found-in” to speak publicly on the…
Henri Toupin was born in Legal, Alberta, on March 15, 1923. He acquired his B.Sc. in 1947 from the University…
Paul Chisholm’s first contact with another gay man occurred as he hitchhiked out of Saskatchewan in the late 1960s. Legend…
After the Pisces Health Spa opened in Edmonton in 1978, word spread quickly that it was the best-kept gay bathhouse…
“The government can make all the laws they want, but they can’t stop people from going on strike… You could…
I remember the first time I met Elba, mother of my close friend Yazmin (or Yaz as friends and family…
Edmontonian Hilwie Hamdon (née Taha Johma, 1905-1988) was a community leader and founding member of the historic Al Rashid Mosque, the…
Craftwork, as a hobby, has seen a resurgence of popularity recently. Knitting for example, has become a social act with…
The owner of any historic home will wonder about the generations that have lived within its walls. When I recently…
