The Alberta Penitentiary operated on Edmonton’s River Lot 20 from 1906 – 1920, where Clarke Stadium is today. It was the first federal prison in Alberta. One constant in prisoners’ lives was unpaid hard labour, from mining coal to farming potatoes.
The year 2021 will be the 150th anniversary of the construction of Reverend George McDougall’s 1871 Methodist Mission House. This important…
Brenda Hall was just 18 years old when she stepped off the bus in the community of Kaskitayo on a…
Echoes of one of Edmonton’s earliest successful retail enterprises can be found in the new Kelly Ramsey Tower now being…
Drive around the heart of Edmonton and you’ll see them. Worn by time, pounded by the elements but still clinging…
A bell jangles as the weathered door creaks open and the smells and memories flood back: being six years old,…
Right from the beginning, Edmonton has had a sweet tooth. Newcomers from European countries brought with them a love for…
Christmas is rapidly approaching, and it’s not hard to catch the spirit of the holidays in Edmonton. Trees are lit…
Today when people think of the black market, they picture the seedy underworld of society buying and selling firearms and…
Waste may be as old as humanity, but the idea of trash is a relatively modern concept. In the first…
Designed by renowned local architect James Edward Wize and built in 1905, the Mountifield House was one of Oliver’s earliest…
On June 29, 1915, the North Saskatchewan River flooded Edmonton’s river valley. The river had flooded before, of course, but…