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Let's Find Out

We take questions from curious Edmontonians about local history. Then we find out the answers together.

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66 - Manifesting Peltigera Park

66 - Manifesting Peltigera Park

You may be tired of parks named after dead white men. Kyla Tichkowsky? She's railing against a different kind of tyranny... Read more

5 Jul 2023

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65 - The Riverlot Revisions

65 - The Riverlot Revisions

Zulima Acuña noticed that some of Edmonton's old riverlots are highly developed, and some not at all. She asked us to he... Read more

7 Jun 2023

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64 - Return of the Snow Goose Festival

64 - Return of the Snow Goose Festival

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63 – A Park for All Seasons

63 – A Park for All Seasons

Edmonton calls itself a winter city, which partly means we’ve got a lot of wintery festivals. This episode, our producer... Read more

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62 – About Sohan Singh Bhullar Park

62 – About Sohan Singh Bhullar Park

Soni Dasmohapatra asks: Who is Sohan Singh Bullar? Why is there a park named after them?

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61 – How a Park Gets a Name

61 – How a Park Gets a Name

Mathew Thomson asks: what’s the process for naming a park in Edmonton? We investigate: who has authority, how much do na... Read more

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60 – A Beautiful Ex-Garbage Dump

60 – A Beautiful Ex-Garbage Dump

Karen Unland asks: When did we stop dumping garbage into river valley spaces and start turning them into parks? In this ... Read more

4 Jan 2023

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59 – The Smallest Park

59 – The Smallest Park

Shelley Jodoin-Chouinard asks what Edmonton’s smallest park is.

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58 – The MacKinnon Ravine Mystery

58 – The MacKinnon Ravine Mystery

Kay Rollans asks who hung two effigies from the 142nd Street Bridge amid 1965 protests against a freeway slated to be bu... Read more

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57 – About Parks

57 – About Parks

Edmontonians take a lot of pride in our parks and natural areas. But how did they come to be the way they are, and how w... Read more

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