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  • 95 & Jive: Dancing Dan! - Ken Strickland User submitted story
    Living here in the west end has given me occasion to become familiar with one of our celebrity locals, Dancing Dan.
  • A Daily Feast - Sandra L. Hatch User submitted story
    I discovered the secret ingredient to Edmonton. It is and always will be generated from the heart.
  • A Simple Story - Susan Purdy User submitted story
    My story is simple. It's about a 17-year-old girl 3000 miles from home.
  • A Year or Two - Penny Ritco Story has video
    My husband and I thought we’d be here for a year or two. That was fifteen years ago.
  • Edmonton Gave Us Our Life Back - Heather Foster User submitted story
    Instead, his boss and another lady took it upon themselves to seek out help for Chris and find him a doctor accepting new patients. This was a turning point in Chris’s life.
  • Everyday Champions - Kaitlyn Perrin User submitted story
    It wasn’t until I gave him my last toonie from my pocket and pointed him towards the next bus stop that I realized my wallet went with him on that bus.
  • Fireworks and a Waterfall in Edmonton - Rachael Smillie User submitted story
    We truly do live in an amazing city; I can't think of too many with beautiful blue skies, waterfalls, and fantastic fireworks!
  • First Snow in Canada - Michelle Ramos User submitted story
    I heard that Edmonton, Alberta has one of the coldest and longest winters, which is approximately half of the year. In my mind, that's absurd! Impossible!
  • For ETS and Edmontonians - Abayomi Charles Roberts User submitted story
    I was relieved to hear what seemed like a chorus of murmurs: "No problem, go ahead," from the other passengers.
  • Happy Canada Day - Trevor Stenson Story has video User submitted story
    It made me glad my son is growing up in such a great community and proud as an Edmontonian, Albertan, and Canadian.
  • Having a Son in Edmonton - Lili Qin User submitted story
    Would you like to pursue a dream in new surroundings? Is it exciting, hard or scary? When I became an immigrant, first thing that I did was to have a baby in Edmonton.
  • I Love Edmonton's North Central Communities - Chris Hayduk User submitted story
    There aren't many places where you can get some of the best Ethiopian cuisine, excellent Thai food, then some of the best Mexican/Salvadorean fare and everything else you might want, all within a few blocks.
  • I'm Coming Home - Heather Riddell User submitted story
    My family and I have been lucky in the amount of world we have been able to travel to. As a child my grandmère traveled extensively and we saw many places vicariously through her.
  • Loving It - Tracy Gabriel User submitted story
    The other day I was walking to work and a monk was walking by, I passed him a friendly smile and he stopped and blessed me.
  • Mill Creek Miscellany - Colin Kot User submitted story
    Growing up next to Mill Creek Ravine can teach you a thing or two about life. Colin recalls his never-ending creekside adventures.
  • Mini Donut Madness - Matthew Dringenberg Story has video User submitted story
    I was very excited when I found out there was a chance for me to go out with my video camera and film all the aspects of Edmonton and then share it with other people.
  • Our Story is Far From Over - Jolanta Lapiak User submitted story
    Our story is far from over. There will be many more chapters to explore and to write.
  • Peace in the Valley - Courtney Ellis Campbell User submitted story
    I spent my first years of school in Edmonton where I made a lot of friends. Friends who I will never be granted the opportunity to speak to again.
  • Purple City S'mores - Lisa Bromley User submitted story
    The security guards stopped by once or twice to see what exactly it was that we were up to. Each time we smiled sweetly and offered them a marshmallow, and each time they politely declined.
  • Ribbon of Green - David Hryciuk Story has video User submitted story
    For me, Edmonton has always been a wonderful, marvelous place to call home.
  • Run! - Doreen Ryan
    If I have to I’ll walk...but my pride won’t allow me to do that. I’m terrible. I’m still competitive with myself. Oh yeah, I’ll just hold that torch up like it’s nothing. I know I’ll get emotional. It has such meaning to me. I’m getting teary just thinking about it.
  • Sound of the Olympic Flame - Rod Proudfoot User submitted story
    My senses are on full alert…the sounds, the sights, the feel of the pavement, the setting sun in a cloudless sky, even the sound of the Olympic flame in my torch as I’m jogging. With a huge smile, I look up at my lit torch…beautiful!
  • Spring 2005 - Kristen Finlay User submitted story
    In the spring of 2005 my family had a difficult decision to make.
  • Spring in the Park - Kaitlin Harrison User submitted story
    It was an unusually warm April morning in Edmonton, Alberta. My friends and I were enjoying a lazy Saturday morning after a night out celebrating the end of the semester and the beginning of summer.
  • Stories From The Bench - Gord Sheppard
    The guys took care of my car and took me to the hospital and took care of that stretch of things. They’d been debating which hospital was the best to go to while I was still on the ice. There was a familiarity to it.
  • The Wedding Cup - Ann Moritz User submitted story
    That was the night that the Stanley Cup came to Edmonton for the first time out west, with Wayne Gretzky and the dream team on the ice.
  • Virtue Is Its Own Reward - LaVerne Quennell User submitted story
    The wallet contained several hundred dollars but he refused a reward. He represents what Edmonton is about.
  • You Grow Up One Way Or The Other - Emmy Stuebing User submitted story
    When you grow up in Red Deer, you are either an Edmonton fan or a Calgary fan.
  • Jewel In The River Valley - Tom Puhjera User submitted story
    My proudest moment was when the staff learned from our former General Manager that Queen Elizabeth II would be staying with us.
  • The Best Thing I Could Have Ever Done - Lance Cazon User submitted story
    Moving to Edmonton has been one of the best things I could have ever done. With all its diversity and opportunities, I am proud to call Edmonton home.
  • A Memorable Journey to Edmonton - Catherine Zhou User submitted story
    Read some entries Catherine wrote in her diary during her stay in Edmonton. She was visiting from Chengdu in China's Sichuan province. Her friends call her Rabbit.
  • Edmonton is Not Cold - Sheng Xue User submitted story
    Oh, it's cold there! Really cold! This was the only thing I heard about Edmonton when I told people in Toronto that I was going to be the Writer in Exile in Edmonton for 1 year. I was scared of the cold in Edmonton.
  • Impact Edmonton - Grant Shepherd User submitted story
    Little did I know that 27 years later, I was going to marry one of the girls who rode at that stable. (I know - I am a fast mover for sure).
  • Magical Volunteer Army - The Magical Volunteer Army Story has video
    What does it take to become one of the world's best folk festivals? Blood, sweat, toil, and tears? Definitely. Volunteers? Absolutely. Watch 2 short videos to find out what keeps everyone coming back each year.
  • Skipping Stone - Dean McKenzie Story has video
    Dean McKenzie is a poet and retired English teacher. He has made 2 CDs, Prairie Hejira and The Silver Apples of the Moon, and is working on a 3rd CD entitled The Jazz Poet.
  • The Citadel Theatre - Bob Baker & Penny Ritco Story has video
    I love what I do and I love being able to do it at the Citadel in Edmonton.
  • The Legislature Through the Seasons - Danica Klewchuk Story has audio User submitted story
    This is an audio piece about the Alberta Legislature and the way it brings people in the city together through the seasons.
  • This Art Thing - Dawn Detarando
    I'm from Boston originally, so when I came to Red Deer years ago, they said, “Oh yeah, there's this thing, this art thing, you might want to go to.”
  • Tweeting in the Fast Lane - Dreena Guptill & Paula Kirman Story has video
    See what happened when Edmonton Stories gave a camera to the winners of our Twitter Indy contest.

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