Tokens of Remembrance: Indigenous Faces in Edmonton’s Beaux Arts Architecture, 1907-1930
Disclaimer: Due to the importance around the legal designation of Indian status, this article sometimes uses the term “Indian” to…
Stories tagged: Alberta Legislature
Louise Umphreville: Edmonton’s Forgotten First Lady
History is how we understand the past and that understanding is based on records made and kept by biased hands….
There Were No Safety Nets, Part 1: Edmonton’s Italian Community, 1900 to 1920
In an age in which Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees fundamental rights and immigrants, whether economic migrants or…
The Legislature Maces
In its simplest terms, the mace represents the authority of Her Majesty the Queen to create law and to rule…
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,…