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  • François Lucier and the Fight Against Horse Thieves

    Lauren Markewicz

    Horses were a vital resource at Fort Edmonton and hundreds were kept by the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) in the…

  • Edmonton’s Merchant Prince: James Ramsey

    Lawrence Herzog

    Echoes of one of Edmonton’s earliest successful retail enterprises can be found in the new Kelly Ramsey Tower now being…

  • Amiskwaciwâskahikan Ostêsimâwasinahikan Nikotwâsik

    Rob Houle

    Throughout Indigenous territories, histories, cultures and stories, there exist a number of locations that hold a special significance, apart from…

  • Little Mosque in the Park

    Shaylene Flanagan and Carolee Pollock

    How did a mosque come to be in Fort Edmonton Park? Where did it come from? Why does it look…

  • Signs of Another Time

    Lawrence Herzog

    Drive around the heart of Edmonton and you’ll see them. Worn by time, pounded by the elements but still clinging…

  • Edmonton and Its Pedway: A Love-Hate Relationship for the Ages

    Sally Scott

    The early twentieth century was a period of rapid urbanisation, with folks flooding into urban centres, including Edmonton, from the…

  • The Cowboys in the Sky: The Story of Edmonton’s Ironworkers

    Jamie Ausmus

    High above the rooftops, the iron giants balance and shimmy along beams, attaching one piece of strategically placed steel after…

  • The Legislature Maces

    Bruce Cinnamon

    In its simplest terms, the mace represents the authority of Her Majesty the Queen to create law and to rule…

  • Edmonton’s Candied Past

    Lawrence Herzog

    Right from the beginning, Edmonton has had a sweet tooth. Newcomers from European countries brought with them a love for…

  • Beatrice Carmichael – The Grand Dame of Edmonton Opera

    Peggy Donnelly

    Known to her students and close friends as Auntie Van, Beatrice Carmichael was a classically trained musician from Chicago, who…

  • Mind the Gap – Working Women in Edmonton’s history

    Natalie Zacharewski

    In the book Women: Her Character, Culture and Calling published in 1890 the author writes; Woman the half of humanity, and…

  • Reconciling Edmonton

    Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

    Too often Edmonton’s story is presented as one of pioneers, homesteaders and settlement where Indigenous Peoples are relegated to the…