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  • History of the Edmonton Branch of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild, 1911-1966

    Brandi Goddard

    Craftwork, as a hobby, has seen a resurgence of popularity recently. Knitting for example, has become a social act with…

  • Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium: The Crown Jewel in Coronation Park

    Tracey L. Anderson

    Royal Beginnings Coronation Park is a 35-hectare park in west central Edmonton. It was named to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953…

  • The Starlite Drive-In Theatre in Jasper Place

    Allie Quigley

    The concept of a drive-in theatre was first experimented in 1933 in New Jersey, though it soon spread to Canada…

  • Woodward’s & the $1.49 Day Tradition

    Lawrence Herzog

    As a kid, I remember the downtown Woodward’s store as a treasure trove of sights, sounds, and smells. It was the…

  • Architect Doris Tanner: What did she do? Work and life in fine balance

    Cheryl Mahaffy

    It’s 2003, early in the new millennium but regrettably late in the story I’m aiming to tell. Doris Tanner died…

  • Judi Singh: A Black & South Asian musician from 1950s-70s Edmonton

    Poushali Mitra

    Last year, while exploring South Asian music history in Edmonton, I randomly searched “Singh + artist + 70s Edmonton” and…

  • The Porter: Building a Better Canada for All

    Donna Coombs-Montrose

    The Canadian National Railway Pullman train bustled through the Rocky Mountains on the way from Vancouver headed for a stop…

  • The Last Black West: Oklahoma Freedmen Seek Refuge in Alberta, Part 2

    Dr. Russell Cobb

    Read The Last Black West: Oklahoma Freedmen Seek Refuge in Alberta, Part 1. As we noted in Part 1, early…

  • The Ice Age in Edmonton

    Lawrence Herzog

    There is a fascinating series of photos in the Hubert Hollingworth Collection at the City of Edmonton Archives which shows men…

  • Forest Heights: A Hidden Pocket of History

    Allie Quigley

    I grew up in Forest Heights, a neighbourhood in southeast Edmonton, overlooking the North Saskatchewan River. The neighbourhood is known…

  • Jake Superstein: A Man for All Faiths

    Debby Shoctor

    During one of the most tumultuous times in European history, Jake Superstein was born in Pinsk, Poland, into an Orthodox Jewish…

  • A Brief History of the Edmonton Jewish Community

    Debby Shoctor

    Edmonton, Alberta was first incorporated as a town in 1892. At that time, there were about 700 permanent residents. Founded…