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Red Dresses at the Downtown Farmers Market
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Red Dresses at the Downtown Farmers Market
Indigenous/First Nations & Women: Red Dresses at the Downtown Farmers Market (photos added July 25, 2021)
Published at Radical Citizen Media
Sacred Heart Church – Orange Ribbons
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Sacred Heart Church – Orange Ribbons
Indigenous/First Nations: Sacred Heart Church – Orange Ribbons (photos added July 25, 2021)
Published at Radical Citizen Media
Is it time to cleanse yourself of the ‘news’?
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I am currently reading an epic book called Humankind (subtitled A Hopeful History) by a Dutch historian and thinker named Rutger Bregman. OK, I realize that sounds incredibly boring, but stay with me.  In Humankind, Bregman posits that the conventional wisdom that humans are by nature selfis...
Published at In This Corner
Chubby Cree Video Playlist
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Chubby Cree’s music is capturing audiences in Edmonton and beyond, largely due to the social media presence of videos Paula Kirman/Radical Citizen Media has filmed since the grandmother/grandson singing and drumming sensation started appearing at local rallies and protests since 2016. Here ...
Published at Radical Citizen Media
Genocide Memorial Garden 2021
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Genocide Memorial Garden 2021
General: Genocide Memorial Garden 2021 (July 24, 2021)
Published at Radical Citizen Media
Orange Ribbons at the Unitarian Church
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Orange Ribbons at the Unitarian Church
Indigenous/First Nations: Orange Ribbons at the Unitarian Church (July 24, 2021)
Published at Radical Citizen Media
Charles Camsell Hospital Site
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Charles Camsell Hospital Site
Indigenous/First Nations: Charles Camsell Hospital Site (July 24, 2021)
Published at Radical Citizen Media
The Future Fix: Connecting your community to broadband
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The Future Fix: Connecting your community to broadband
Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE: Connecting your community to broadband Reliable access to the internet is an essential service in any community. But there are barriers to bridging the “dig...
Published at Spacing Edmonton
Terwillegar Drive Expressway: Construction is underway!
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If you live or commute in southwest Edmonton, you may have seen construction on Terwillegar Drive is well underway! Construction began this spring and is the beginning of a multi-year, multi-project program to enhance the driving, walking and cycling and transit connections on and near Terwillega...
Published at Transforming Edmonton
Oh, Baby! Female names for 2020 are U’nique
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When last we met – if you can call one person writing and another reading an actual meeting – I was discussing the more intriguing and downright weird names Albertans gave their baby boys in 2020. This week, let’s look at the distaff side.  There were fewer girls than boys born in 2020 (25,1...
Published at In This Corner
Touch the Water Promenade project reimagines riverfront of future as destination for all
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When you see or hear the phrase “Touch the Water,” it means a portion of Edmonton’s river valley near the Rossdale neighbourhood could go from looking something like this ↓ to something like this ↓ Touch the Water means Victoria Oval could go from this ↓ to this ↓ Touch the Water means the hill [...
Published at Transforming Edmonton
Varscona Hotel (DSDL) Press Conference & Rally
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Varscona Hotel (DSDL) Press Conference & Rally
Labour: Varscona Hotel (DSDL) Press Conference & Rally (July 13, 2021)
Published at Radical Citizen Media
Edmonton’s default speed limit moves to 40 km/h on Aug. 6
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Most residential and downtown streets in Edmonton, including parts of Whyte Avenue and Jasper Avenue, will have a new speed limit of 40 km/h starting Friday, August 6, 2021. “This change will make our streets calmer, quieter and safer,” said Jessica Lamarre, Director of Safe Mobility for the City...
Published at Transforming Edmonton
Sspomitapi Ward: Star PersonSS-POH-ME-TAH-PEE
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Oftentimes, when one thinks of Indigenous people in Edmonton, the Cree and Métis may be the first to come to mind. The Blackfoot (Nitsitapi) people are mainly located and associated with Southern Alberta, but their traditional territory reached as far north as the North Saskatchewan River. Many c...
Published at Transforming Edmonton
Baby boy names in 2020: From Aabid to Zyron, with plenty of Jaxs
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Back when I was a youngster – literally in another millennium! – most kids had names that were pretty solid and stolid. Everybody knew a John or a Jim or a Tim or a Phillip or a Michael. Or a Diane or a Debbie or a Mary or a Janice or a Jane or a… Continue reading Baby boy names...
Published at In This Corner
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