Edmonton History

10067 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton By: Ryan Krawchuk This theatre, replicated on a much smaller scale at Fort Edmonton Park in 2011, is one of my favourite places to visit in the City of Edmonton. Fort Edmonton Park is expected to re-open in May of this year, following a $165 million dollar improvement project, and I couldn’t be more excited.

By: Gary Dick, posted to an internal City of Edmonton website. If you thought 2020 was a wild ride, the early part of the 20th century was also a time of great social upheaval. Governments struggled to turn Alberta from the Wild West into a place of safety and civility. Women fought for the right to vote, to obtain an education, to work outside the home, and to be legally recognized as persons. During these years there was also a growing movement to ban the sale of alcohol.

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.

By: Gary Dick, posted to an internal City of Edmonton website. In 1960 Edmonton was the site of the first civic planetarium in Canada.

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.

By: Ryan Krawchuk Did you know that the City of Edmonton has had a monastery since 1925?

Winston Churchill said, "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."