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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…

  • Ghosts of Camsell – Update

    Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

    When Ghosts of Camsell went live in late March, I had no idea what to expect. I was definitely nervous…

  • Vintage Royal Alexandra Hospital Nursing program

    Milestones – Vintage Yearbook Ads

    Curio Studio

      Over the course of Curio’s working relationship with the hospital, we discovered a tucked-away archive of early 20th century…

  • 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…

  • When Trolleys Came to Edmonton

    Lawrence Herzog

    For 70 years, electric trolleybuses travelled the streets of Edmonton. Between 1939 and 2009, they provided the city with an…

  • Baby, It’s Cold Outside!: A Brief History of Winter Fashion in Edmonton

    Laurie Callsen

    As one of the largest Northern Canadian urban centres, Edmonton is known for its long, sometimes harsh winters. For centuries,…

  • Chocolate Bar Strike

    Neil Cramer

    How frequently is it that we hear our peers or elders talk about how children are lazy and don’t have…

  • Tracks into the Past

    Lawrence Herzog

    The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) arrived in Edmonton in 1905 and laid tracks into downtown just north of 104th Avenue…

  • Crawford Block

    Lawrence Herzog

    Over its 102 years, the main floor of the building has served as a tent and awning store and was…

  • The City Market: Local Goods and a Homegrown Community

    Sally Scott

    When I first moved downtown from the Whyte Avenue area, I was incredibly nervous. Resistant to the idea that downtown…

  • Edmonton’s World War II Heroines

    Laurie Callsen

    During the five years of the Second World War, Edmonton came into its own as a city, where anything is…

  • Silver Heights Peony Garden

    Dawn Saunders-Dahl

    Photo credit: Dr. James Brander and children, Silver Heights Peony Garden. Provincial Archives of Alberta  #B6794. Photographer: Ernest Brown Prominent Edmonton physician James…