Shadows, Shade, and Sunshine
In its 1966 annual report, the City of Edmonton Parks and Recreation Department described its purpose as facilitating “the development…
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Margaret Crang: the AOC of #yegcc circa 1933
When Margaret Crang won a seat as an alderman in the 1933 municipal election, she set the record as the…
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Queers on Campus
Before the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1969, the University of Alberta’s queer community was similar to those everywhere else in Canada:…
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Long live the Pits!
You won’t find the Pits marked on any map, and many people who live nearby simply refer to the area…
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Chocolate Bar Strike
How frequently is it that we hear our peers or elders talk about how children are lazy and don’t have…
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Friday Nights: Love & Music at the Rainbow Ballroom
Every Friday a thousand teenagers would line up under the red neon sign to hear local bands like The Lords…
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Gyro Playgrounds Live On
Sally Stewart and Peggy Brown met at Kitchener Park playground in 1936. Sally had just moved into a new house,…
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Purple City: An Edmonton Tradition
It’s the name for the nighttime game that involves staring at the floodlights at the Legislature for about a minute,…