McCord Museum Think about the longest road trip you’ve ever taken Chances are, even if it was a long one, it was done in comfort. Air conditioning in the car. Plenty of coffee and drinks from stops along the way. Maybe a detour or two to see the...
Glenbow Archives No era in United States history has captured the imagination of generations more than the Wild West. From movies to television to books, it’s well documented in pop culture, and by extension, heavily fictionalized. When you think of...
Paulo Coelho, wrote in his 1988 international best-selling novel The Alchemist, quote. “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” As we...
Things were pretty great if you were a sports fan in Edmonton in 1987.The Oilers were at the top of the standings in the NHL, and on May 31, the team captured its third Stanley Cup in four years.Wayne Gretzky, the captain, won four trophies that...
1993 The year of 1993 was a big year of change in Canadian politics. It was the year of the federal election that reshaped Canadian politics forever, and began to rise of the Bloc Quebecois and the Reform Party. In Alberta, it was a time of change...
We have seen watershed elections in Alberta. There was the 1921 election that ended the reign of the Liberals and brought in the United Farmers of Alberta. There was the 1935 election, that ended the time of the United Farmers and brought in Social...
1935 So far, Alberta has had two watershed elections in its history. The first was in 1921 when the United Farmers of Alberta swept to victory and ended the Liberal Party’s time in power, pretty much forever, in Alberta. The next came in 1935. The...
1921 Alberta, possibly more than any other province, goes through watershed elections that alter the landscape of the political map for years, even decades. The election of 1921 is one such election. Since 1905, the Liberal Party had led the...
1905 On Sept. 1, 1905, Alberta was officially declared to be the newest province in Canada, along with Saskatchewan. Carved out of the Northwest Territories, this new province needed to have an election. Alexander Rutherford, the leader of the...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at The young woman stood up in front of the photographers, with a broad smile as she accepted a prestigious award, given to only four students at the University of Alberta that year. from...