Tag: Alberta history

The Year Eric Harvie Stopped Collecting And Alberta Started Keeping

Eric Harvie signed the Glenbow collection over to Alberta in 1966 by…

The Alberta Awards Show That Skipped Exactly One Year

The Rosie Awards began in 1974 and 2026 is the 52nd edition,…

The Fence Around Elk Island Left Forty Bison Behind

Ottawa bought the Pablo-Allard herd in 1907 and meant to move it…

Medicine Hat Has Sold Its Own Gas For 125 Years

Bylaw 48 put Medicine Hat into the natural gas business in September…

Alberta’s History Is Disappearing Faster Than We Can Digitize It

Alberta’s history is scattered across museum shelves, filing cabinets, family albums and…

The Alberta Trained Artist Who Shaped How Wolverine Looks

John Byrne grew up in Edmonton and Calgary and studied at the…

Nobody Voted On The Horse And Buggy Disappearing Either

Alberta roads went from horses to engines in about two decades with…

The Alberta Towns Where Cottage Owners Can Legally Vote Twice

Alberta created summer villages in 1913 and stopped making new ones in…