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  • Edmonton Streetcar 33: The Highs and Lows of a Public Transit Vehicle

    Adeline Panamaroff

    Relying only on volunteer labour, the need to fabricate many of the mechanical and structural parts from scratch, as well as [funding grants from] which did not come on a constant schedule, this rebuild of Edmonton streetcar No.33 took over a decade to complete. 

  • Wong Bark Ging 黃柏振 : A History of My Father’s Market Gardens

    Ging Wei Wong 黃景煒

    One hundred years ago my father stepped onto Canadian soil for the first time. It wasn’t until he passed away…

  • Tokens of Remembrance: Indigenous Faces in Edmonton’s Beaux Arts Architecture, 1907-1930

    Cole Hawkins

    Disclaimer: Due to the importance around the legal designation of Indian status, this article sometimes uses the term “Indian” to…

  • Place Renaming in Edmonton: A Constant in the City’s History

    Connor Thompson

    Renaming places in Edmonton has become a major point of public discussion with several renamings occurring, or being proposed, since…

  • Early Market Gardens in Edmonton

    Katherine Koller

    Surrounded by rows of towering tomato, cucumber and pepper plants in a greenhouse near Edmonton, I marvelled at tapas from…

  • City as Arboretum

    Dustin Bajer

    Edmonton is a unique blend of indigenous and introduced species. As a sprawling city that contains eighteen-thousand acres of river-valley,…

  • The Tamale & Pupusa – A Culinary Journey To Canada

    Amrita Gill

    I remember the first time I met Elba, mother of my close friend Yazmin (or Yaz as friends and family…

  • History of the Edmonton Branch of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild, 1911-1966

    Brandi Goddard

    Craftwork, as a hobby, has seen a resurgence of popularity recently. Knitting for example, has become a social act with…

  • Woodward’s & the $1.49 Day Tradition

    Lawrence Herzog

    As a kid, I remember the downtown Woodward’s store as a treasure trove of sights, sounds, and smells. It was the…

  • Buy It, Use It, Trash It: Changing Consumption & Growing Environmentalism in YEG

    Allie Quigley

    My name is Allie Quigley. I am a fourth-year history honours student from the University of Alberta, working with the…

  • The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose, Part 2: The Next Twenty Years

    Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The First Twenty-Five Years Following their Jubilee anniversary, the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose (ISCWR)…

  • The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose, Part 1: The First Twenty-Five Years

    Ron Byers

    The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose is a unique organization in Edmonton. The core of its existence is based on…

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