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.
Surrounded by rows of towering tomato, cucumber and pepper plants in a greenhouse near Edmonton, I marvelled at tapas from…
I remember the first time I met Elba, mother of my close friend Yazmin (or Yaz as friends and family…
Edmontonian Hilwie Hamdon (née Taha Johma, 1905-1988) was a community leader and founding member of the historic Al Rashid Mosque, the…
Read “It’s in our veins,” Part 1 Immigration to a new community involves a dramatic change that can affect nearly…
Alejandro (Alex) Rojas, the founder of ETOWN SALSA Latin Dance Studios, moved from Chile to Edmonton with his parents in…
The end of the Second World War in 1945 signalled an economic boom for Canada with primary and secondary industries…
Over the course of Curio’s working relationship with the Royal Alexandra Hospital, we discovered a tucked-away archive of old yearbooks…
Built partly by parishioners and volunteers during the dark days of World War II, St. Josaphat Ukranian Catholic Cathedral is…
Over the course of Curio’s working relationship with the hospital, we discovered a tucked-away archive of early 20th century…
For 70 years, electric trolleybuses travelled the streets of Edmonton. Between 1939 and 2009, they provided the city with an…
Sally Stewart and Peggy Brown met at Kitchener Park playground in 1936. Sally had just moved into a new house,…