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  • 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…

  • Ah-Yin’s Chinese Persons’ Street or Amy’s Chinatown

    Amy Wong

    I want to share my personal history of growing up in one of Edmonton’s Chinatowns in the 1970s. The Chinatown,…

  • There Were No Safety Nets, Part 3: Edmonton’s Italian Community, 1949 to the Present

    Adriana A. Davies

    The end of the Second World War in 1945 signalled an economic boom for Canada with primary and secondary industries…

  • Remembering the Corner Store

    Lawrence Herzog

    A bell jangles as the weathered door creaks open and the smells and memories flood back:  being six years old,…

  • The History of the Latta Bridge

    Jane Gibson

    As you approach the bridge from the east, on the south side you will catch a glimpse of a tall…

  • Subverting Edmonton

    Rhonda Kronyk

    When you think of Edmonton you likely don’t think of subversive acts. After all, we are conservative prairie dwellers who…