A message to people in Edmonton running for council: if you belong to a party you automatically remove yourself from my consideration.
A message to people in Edmonton running for council: if you belong to a party you automatically remove yourself from my consideration.
Ben Calf Robe Traditional Pow Wow
May 11, 2025
Commonwealth Rec Centre
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#yeg #yegdt #PowWow #Indigenous #FirstNations #bcrpowwow #edmonton #yegevents #photojournalism #yegphotographer
Edmonton Beltaine Faire
May 10, 2025
Ritchie Community League
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#yeg #beltaine #spring #pagan #ritual #maypole #events #traditions #edmonton #photojournalism #yegphotographer
#CallForArtists - Expressions of Interest: Indigenous #PublicArt #Curator/Consultant – Lewis Farms Facility & Park.
The #EdmontonArtsCouncil (EAC), on behalf of the City of Edmonton, seeks an #Indigenous Public Art Curator/Consultant with connections to #Amiskwaciywâskahikan / #Edmonton and #Treaty6 to develop a comprehensive vision and plan for public art at Lewis Farms Facility and Park featuring works by #IndigenousArtists from #EnochCree Nation, Treaty 6, and across #Canada. Individuals and curatorial collectives are welcome to apply.
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: Monday, June 2, 2025, 11:59am (noon)
Curatorial Fee: $25,000 plus GST. Fee is inclusive of all other costs, travel, accommodations, and taxes except GST.
Project Description:
The Edmonton Arts Council (EAC), on behalf of the City of Edmonton is seeking an Indigenous Public Art Curator/Consultant with connections to amiskwaciywâskahikan/Edmonton and Treaty 6 to create a comprehensive vision and plan for the public art at Lewis Farms Facility and Park featuring works by Indigenous artists from Enoch Cree Nation, Treaty 6, and across Canada. The total budget for art for the facility is $1.5 million.
The Lewis Farms Facility and Park Project is located on the southwest side of 92 Avenue and Rosenthal Way in the area known as Ward Nakota Isga, which is Sioux, and means “The People.” Enoch Cree Nation is located south of the project site. The Cree name for Enoch is maskêkosihk and translates as “people of the land of medicine”. Nearby Edmonton neighbourhoods include Rosenthal, and the Lewis Estates neighbourhoods of Breckenridge Greens, Potter Greens, Suder Greens, Webber Greens and Stewart Greens.
Construction of Lewis Farms Facility and Park Project is anticipated to be completed in 2028. The project includes a community recreation centre, public library and district park. Facility amenities will include an aquatics facility with a 50-metre pool, twin arena, multi-purpose and studio spaces, fitness centre, double gymnasium, and a medium-sized Edmonton Public Library branch.
Anticipated Project Timeline
June 2, 2025 at 11:59am (noon): Deadline for Expressions of Interest
June 2025: Curator/consultant selection
December 2025: Completed curatorial plan
February 2026: Calls to artists released
May – June 2026: Artist selection and contract phase
June 2026 – September 2027: Art purchase/art fabrication
September 2027 – March 2028: Art installation (to be confirmed in individual artist contracts depending on art opportunity and location)
These dates are preliminary, and subject to change.
For more information on this opportunity and to apply, visit edmontonarts.ca.
If you have questions, please email support@edmontonarts.ca.
#EdmontonArts Council
Phone: 780−424−2787 | Email: info@edmontonarts.ca
Prince of Wales Armouries, 2nd Floor (#222)
10440 108 Avenue
Edmonton, #Alberta
T5H 3Z9
Able-bodied Canadians (especially Albertans): please take notice, and please take action, however you personally see fit to do so.
From Inclusion Alberta:
"The Government of Alberta’s decision to claw back the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) – a federal benefit intended to help lift Canadians with disabilities out of poverty – from AISH recipients is punitive, mean-spirited and undermines the benefit’s fundamental purpose. Now, to add insult to injury, they have informed AISH recipients they must apply for the benefit, which requires going through a time-consuming and complex eligibility process that requires applying for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) which often can cost as much as $300, so that, should they be eligible, the government can reduce their AISH by the corresponding amount. This is an unconscionable decision to take money meant to improve the lives of people with disabilities and redirect it to government coffers."
“At the same time as this government is cutting income taxes, it is effectively adding close to 10% tax on disability by clawing back up to $200/month of what would be the combined amount of AISH and CDB,” says Inclusion Alberta CEO Trish Bowman. “What moral justification could there possibly be for leaving Albertans with disabilities to live off less than MLAs receive for their taxpayer-funded housing allowance? To suggest the amount of AISH alone is adequate shows just how out of touch this government has become with the realities of people with disabilities and their families.”
You can read this media release further, at the below link:
They lost their home to a wildfire. Now they are helping neighbours protect their own
Shantelle Williams will never forget the crackle of flames as an inferno engulfed her family farm northeast of Edmonton. She also can't forget the faces of those who came to help her family that night.
#fire #help #family #Edmonton #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wildfire-evacuee-1.7528875?cmp=rss
Never did I ever think Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, would be leading the resistance. But as an Edmontonian, I should have known better - you can be a progressive city even in a conservative state or province. Anyway, I applaud the moral courage of the Salt Lake and Boise city councils. Long may your flags fly! #Boise #SaltLakeCity #Edmonton
Thick, black smoke from west end brush fire seen across Edmonton
A plume of thick, black smoke was seen across the city from the fire that appeared to be originating from an area near the west leg of Anthony Henday Drive.
#fire #smoke #weather #Edmonton #Edmontonfire #EdmontonFireRescueServices
https://globalnews.ca/news/11166914/thick-black-smoke-from-west-end-brush-fire-seen-across-edmonton/
Yay! Three Canadian clubs advance to the Stanley Cup quarterfinals - Oilers and Jets and Leafs.
I curate a collection of articles (mostly Oilers) here on the @Flipboard app. (Note: using the “reader view” bypasses most paywalls)
https://bit.ly/48Fgkyd
#Oilers #nhl #stanleycup #hockey #hnom #yeg #edmonton @hnom @hockey
Yay! Two Canadian clubs advance to the Stanley Cup quarterfinals - Oilers and Jets.
I curate a collection of articles (mostly Oilers) here on the @Flipboard app. (Note: using the “reader view” bypasses most paywalls)
https://bit.ly/48Fgkyd
#Oilers #nhl #stanleycup #hockey #hnom #yeg #edmonton @hnom @hockey
I spent a very happy Sunday leading a Jane’s Walk through the grounds of the Alberta legislature. My thanks to everyone who came on the tour - and most of all to Ian Hosler and the entire #janewalkyeg team for organizing this annual festival of urbanism each May. #yeg #Edmonton #JanesWalk #JaneJacobs #Alberta #ableg #abheritage
Ralph's Fried Chicken & Convenience is local YEG famous, and people were heartbroken when the strip mall it was in for decades was torn down. However, like a phoenix, they're back, in Castledowns, and in a new location on 109 Ave & 112 St. I know I'm probably months behind finding this out.
Saturday, I was a judge at the Edmonton Regional Heritage Fair, which is like a science fair for history lovers. Students from grades 4-9 presented on all kinds of stories. (I judged 5 different presentations: on the Komagata Maru tragedy, Louis Riel, Viola Desmond, Terry Fox and the history of Confederation.) So much enthusiasm and knowledge on display! #Edmonton #yeg #Canada #HeritageFair #yegheritage
I had two delightful, inspiring events this weekend. Friday night, I was a special guest at Edmonton’s annual Queer Prom, a safe, inclusive, empowering dance party and festival for #LGBQT teens. Seeing the kids in their wild costumes and gowns, dancing and singing their hearts out in defiance of hate and exclusion, filled me with joy. And Pink Pony Club is ringing in my ears. #Edmonton #yeg #TransRightsAreHumanRights
AND Mark Carney ALSO announced today that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will be attending the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, next month. Would it be too much to hope for Zelenskyy to add a visit to Edmonton and its environs to his itinerary? Such a visit would have such emotional power for Ukrainian Albertan, and Ukrainians across the prairies. #Zelenskyy #G7 #Canada #cdnpoli #Edmonton #yeg #Ukraine #Alberta #Kananaskis #MarkCarney
Luksang Bayan Edmonton - a vigil in solidarity with the Filipino community and for the victims of the Lapu Lapu Festival tragedy in Vancouver this past weekend.
April 30, 2025 at City Hall.
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#yeg #yegdt #Filipino #yvr #vigil #edmonton #vancouver #photojournalism
https://www.michaeljanz.ca/bikeplan
Petition to save Edmonton from UCP ripping out bike lanes.
Common Front Resistance Rally
April 26, 2025
Alberta Legislature
Organized by the Alberta Federation of Labour
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#yeg #labour #union #CommonFront #abfedlabour #edmonton #rally #edmonton #alberta #ableg #photojournalism
Independent Bookstore Day in Little Italy
April 26, 2025
Featuring extended hours at Paper Birch Books, a food truck, bicycle storage area, and more. Supported by the Viva Italia District Association.
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#yeg #yegdt #indiebookstore #indiebookstoreday #mccauley #yegbike #edmonton #yegevents