Originally published October 16, 2003 It was originally called the “109th Street Subway,” but for most of its life, it was called “the Rathole.” The 168-metr...

Originally published October 13, 2005 Commissioned in 1967 as an Edmonton project to mark Canada’s centennial, the Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre...

Originally published September 18, 2008 The beginning of the end for Edmonton’s beloved streetcars came in the 1930s, when Edmonton’s transit system, then ca...

The Story of Edmonton International Speedway Originally published August 12, 2004 My earliest memory of the Edmonton International Speedway came in 1968. I w...

Originally published June 30, 2005 Right from Edmonton’s early days, the North Saskatchewan River has had its say. Every few years, the river has risen and l...

Originally published August 3, 2004 When the neon sign that announced Mike’s News to the world was carted away in the late 1970s, a good chunk of my formativ...

Originally published August 29th, 2002 Edmonton Mayor Kenneth Newman, who came to Jasper Place in 1946, remembers it for having the “worst damned mud in the ...

Originally published April 27, 2006 A story in the September 1913 issue of the Edmonton Journal announced the construction of a "New Magrath-Holgate Block, t...

Originally published October 16, 2013 For the first 60 years of the 20th century, the clop, clop, clop of hooves, jangle of harnesses and melodic whistles of...

Originally published January 19, 2006 The story of the Strand Theatre began about the time of the 1898 Yukon Gold Rush, where Seattle theatre magnate Pericle...

Originally published February 9, 2006 His given name was Cecil, but everybody called him “Tiger.” Last week, when Tiger Goldstick passed away, Edmonton lost ...

Between 2014 and 2016, I contributed columns to the Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP). Many are still available online at: https://citymuseumedmonton.c...

Originally published May 28, 2008 For more than 30 years, the Palace of Sweets was a place of confectionery heaven. The retail candy store opened in the mids...

Originally published May 5, 2005 My grandmother was a ten year old girl when Robert Tegler began construction of his new office and retail block in downtown ...

Originally published September 30, 2004 Beginning in 1949 and extending through the 1970s, Edmonton had more drive-in theatres than perhaps any place on the ...

Originally published November 19, 2009 Built in 1912 as the Edmonton Stock Pavilion, and pressed into service as a hockey rink when the Thistle burned down i...

Originally published February 21, 2008 In these days of drive through fast food, it's perhaps a little difficult to imagine driving up to a restaurant, being...

Originally published on January 21, 2010 The theatre that came to be known as The Capitol was constructed starting in 1917 and opened in 1918 as the Allen Th...

Originally published January 15, 2004 These days when most North Americans think of Burger King, they most often think of the American franchise chain, home ...

Originally published May 23, 2002 When the Birks Building was officially opened November 15, 1929, more than 5,000 people turned out for the party. They were...