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  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 5: Into Today

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The Beginning, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback, Part 3: The Long-Running & Part 4: The Expanding…

  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 4: The Expanding Scene

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The Beginning, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback & Part 3: The Long-Running here. A Kaleidoscope of…

  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 3: The Long-Running

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The Beginning & Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback. The Roost Another important venue in Edmonton’s gay…

  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The Beginning In the summer of 1975, Pat F., Johnny K., Harvey J., Paul Chisholm (more popularly…

  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 1: The Beginning

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Same-sex relations have been a part of life on the expansive prairies since time immemorial. Some Indigenous Nations have long…

  • Alice Mailhot Ross: Canada’s first female architect?

    Cheryl Mahaffy

    Growing up, Alice Mailhot set her sights on being an engineer like her father. Perhaps Zepherin Mailhot’s life in frontier…

  • Edmonton’s River Lots: A Layer in Our History

    Connor Thompson

    In 2018, a new Edmonton park was opened and given the name “ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞,” an appellation that evokes…

  • Edmonton’s Gospel Music Scene

    Anmarie Bailey

    Picture this: frenzied hand clapping, foot stomping, finger tapping, rhythmic call and response-type songs, passionate Amens, Hallelujahs and killer vocals all led by…

  • Mayor William Hawrelak: Resigned, Removed & Re-elected

    Justin Bell

    At the centre of Edmonton’s river valley system sits William Hawrelak Park, an “emerald oasis” that plays host to ice…

  • Womonspace: Creating Space for Edmonton’s Lesbian Community in the 1980s

    Josephine Boxwell

    Womonspace was a social and recreational group for lesbians founded in 1981. Part of Edmonton’s LGBTQ landscape for over thirty…

  • The History of Filipino Businesses in Edmonton

    Giselle General

    “Anak, siksikan nating yung bagahe mo nitong mga produktong Pinoy na ma-eenjoy ng mga kamag-anak natin. Alam kong wala ito…

  • “It’s in our veins,” Part 2: Edmonton Dance Schools and Latin American Identity

    Miguel A. Priolo Marín & Nieva W. Srayko

    Read “It’s in our veins,” Part 1 Immigration to a new community involves a dramatic change that can affect nearly…