Rev. Robert Rundle: The Missionary and his Cat
The history of missionaries as they relate to the development of post-contact Canada is long, complicated, and often very emotional,…
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List of Edmonton’s Gay Bars
Read the 5-part series, The History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars Part 1: The Beginning Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback…
History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 5: Into Today
Read Part 1: The Beginning, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback, Part 3: The Long-Running & Part 4: The Expanding…
History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 4: The Expanding Scene
Read Part 1: The Beginning, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback & Part 3: The Long-Running here. A Kaleidoscope of…
History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 3: The Long-Running
Read Part 1: The Beginning & Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback. The Roost Another important venue in Edmonton’s gay…
History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback
Read Part 1: The Beginning In the summer of 1975, Pat F., Johnny K., Harvey J., Paul Chisholm (more popularly…
History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 1: The Beginning
Same-sex relations have been a part of life on the expansive prairies since time immemorial. Some Indigenous Nations have long…
Edmonton’s River Lots: A Layer in Our History
In 2018, a new Edmonton park was opened and given the name “ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞,” an appellation that evokes…
“It’s in our veins,” Part 2: Edmonton Dance Schools and Latin American Identity
Read “It’s in our veins,” Part 1 Immigration to a new community involves a dramatic change that can affect nearly…
“It’s in our veins,” Part 1: Edmonton Dance Schools and Latin American Identity
Alejandro (Alex) Rojas, the founder of ETOWN SALSA Latin Dance Studios, moved from Chile to Edmonton with his parents in…
10024-102 Street: Rony’s / Dapple Gray Cafe / Appleby / Cheddars / Cafe Elite
The central downtown neighbourhood south of Jasper Avenue but north of the river valley was a small but busy hub…
Ah-Yin’s Chinese Persons’ Street or Amy’s Chinatown
I want to share my personal history of growing up in one of Edmonton’s Chinatowns in the 1970s. The Chinatown,…