Selling Subdivisions to Francophones (Part 1)

For a short time, about a century ago, Edmonton was the home to the only French language newspaper in western Canada. The paper, a... Read More

Brutalism’s Renaissance?

Brutalism took centre stage a few days ago in Edmonton with a visit by professor Robert Bruegmann from the University of Illinois at... Read More

Image rendering created by Michael Zabinski. The image is fictional and does not serve as official material for the Blatchford... Read More

An odd shaped lot, about twelve hundred square metres in size and located just north of 76 Avenue in Mill Creek Ravine South, was... Read More

There’s a little bit of Edmonton in Saskatoon and Smithers, Gatineau and Guelph. In a trailer park in small town Michigan and an... Read More

Edmonton’s built heritage has been front and centre a lot over the last several months and in recent weeks the possible... Read More

The Vancouver Art Gallery hosted an exhibit titled “Grand Hotels” which explored how hotels have evolved from what they... Read More

To relocate the Métis-Cree away from Fort Edmonton and the highly-valued North Saskatchewan River, negotiations were made to create... Read More

27 years ago, Edmonton was struck by a F4 tornado that killed 27 people, injured over 300, and caused more than $332.27 million in... Read More

This story was originally written for the Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP) website launch. ECAMP, an initiative under the... Read More