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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Buena Vista Building

    Lawrence Herzog

    Streetcars trundled down Jasper Avenue and turned northward to travel along newly-laid tracks on 124th Street. It was a vibrant…

  • Edmonton’s World War II Heroines

    Laurie Callsen

    During the five years of the Second World War, Edmonton came into its own as a city, where anything is…