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  • Hot Wheelz lip syncs on stage in a seven-pointed mask with many eyes, which obscures their own eyes.

    Hot Wheelz: Raising a Middle Finger and Building World Class, Accessible Drag

    Kels Valenzuela Delamarter

    Hot Wheelz is a drag artist and self-described “disabled genderqueer monster.” They are widely celebrated as one of the first ambulatory wheelchair users to join the Edmonton drag scene. In this addition to ECAMP’s labour history series, author Kels Valenzuela Delamarter tells the story of their rise, deliciously macabre costuming, and goal “to turn the corporate ladder into a ramp.”

  • Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre: Architectural Masterpiece and Community Recreation Hub

    Tracey L. Anderson

    A Centennial Project  Coronation Park, in west central Edmonton, is a 35-hectare park named to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation. Although small compared…

  • Gifting Indigenous Ward Names

    Rob Houle

    On December 7, 2020, following over a year of planning and work by the Edmonton Boundaries Commission, Edmonton City Council…

  • In Dark Times, Go to the Garden: Part 1

    Jenna Chalifoux

    Plans are afoot for spring. Sunday was spent scouring the glossy pages full of roots and blossoms in a favourite…

  • In Dark Times, Go to the Garden: Part 2

    Jenna Chalifoux

    With the last blast of winter gusto already forgotten and double-digit weather on the horizon, now’s the time to start…

  • Finding Sophie’s Way

    Lea Storry

    Sophie’s Way is a twist of concrete winding up a short but steep hill in the Edmonton river valley. The…

  • The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose, Part 2: The Next Twenty Years

    Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The First Twenty-Five Years Following their Jubilee anniversary, the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose (ISCWR)…