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  • Fringe-tastic!

    Shannon Kernaghan

    If you can choose when you relocate, make your move in the warm glow of summer. And if you’re moving…

  • My Royal Alberta Museum

    Tim O’Grady

    The first time I saw the Provincial Museum of Alberta I was twelve years old. It was 1994 and the…

  • Heritage Meets History: Exploring a Family’s Past

    Tim O’Grady

    I married into a big Edmonton family. The matriarch of the clan is Elsie Henderson (née Maksymuik), my wife’s grandmother….

  • Metis Matriarch – Thelma Chalifoux

    Jenna Chalifoux

    Our mothers are more than just a physical person, just as our houses are more than just a structure to…

  • The Story of Sylvancroft

    Lawrence Herzog

    The grand residence that Harry Marshall Erskine Evans built starting in 1911 has survived the passage of 100 years virtually unaltered. Now…

  • Long live the Pits!

    Christina Hardie

    You won’t find the Pits marked on any map, and many people who live nearby simply refer to the area…

  • Dead Venues – The Indie, Rock, Alt Music Scene (1980s-2000s)

    Eden Munro and Mike Siek

    What makes up a music community? How does one venue turn into a place where a community can grow while…

  • Me and Lee

    Dr. Gregory Ramshaw

    I had convinced myself that the captain of the Edmonton Oilers, the hard-nosed defensive defenseman, Number Two, Lee Fogolin and…

  • Linear Stories on the LRT

    Paul Giang

    While riding the LRT from Bay to University, memories often come to me. Ingrained in each station are personal stories,…

  • Urban Dream

    Wendy Gervais

    I know… in my mind I know they were thinking of moving. In my mind I remember hearing, “This house…