Father Lacombe Built Alberta’s Oldest Standing Building in 1861
The Father Lacombe Chapel, a small white log building on a hill…
Cheryl Foggo Brings Alberta’s Black Pioneer History to Vivid Life
Cheryl Foggo grew up in Calgary's Bowness and spent four decades documenting…
Prairie Sentinels and Alberta’s Vanishing Wooden Grain Elevators
Alberta's first wooden grain elevator went up in 1895 and nearly 1,800…
A Fort Macleod Theatre Has Been Selling Tickets Since 1912
The Empress Theatre opened on the main street of Fort Macleod in…
How Fort Assiniboine Became Alberta’s First Multimodal Freight Hub
Built in 1823 on the Athabasca River, Fort Assiniboine was where brigades…
AI Is Alberta’s Next Resource, and the Leduc Lesson Still Applies
Imperial Leduc No. 1 came in on February 13, 1947 as well…
Maureen Bianchini Purvis Turns Poppies Into a Living History Lesson
Maureen Bianchini Purvis built No Stone Left Alone from a bicycle ride…
Cor Van Raay Built A Farming Empire And Gave It Back
Cor Van Raay reached Canada in 1959 and built one of southern…
Dr Greg Powell Built the STARS Air Ambulance From Nothing
Dwight Gregory Powell was born in Welland, Ontario in 1947 and co-founded…
John Rowand and the Fur Trade Roots of Alberta’s Identity
John Rowand was born in Montreal in 1789 and ran the Hudson's…
