Strathcona Hotel
By: Ryan Krawchuk Iconic on the landscape of Whyte Avenue is the Strathcona Hotel. You cannot help but notice this regal building if you travel through Old Strathcona in Edmonton.
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How the Night Sky Created a Building
By: Gary Dick, posted to an internal City of Edmonton website. In 1960 Edmonton was the site of the first civic planetarium in Canada.
Edmonton Gardens
By: Ryan Krawchuk As the NHL is about to start up again for the 2021 season, I thought it might be fun to look at how professional hockey started in our fair city.
St. Francis of Assisi Friary
By: Ryan Krawchuk Did you know that the City of Edmonton has had a monastery since 1925?
A Century of Charity
Winston Churchill said, "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
Spanish Flu in Edmonton
By: Ryan Krawchuk What was life in Edmonton like during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918?
The Transit Hotel
By: Ryan Krawchuk If you lived in Edmonton for any small part of your life, especially if you lived in the north end of the city, you have heard about the Transit hotel. If you are over the agent of 40, you might even have some interesting stories to go with it; remember the gerbil races of the 90s?