Edmonton heritage

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Four amazing pyramids, endless opportunities for discovery.
Muttart Conservatory pyramids are indeed a “jewel in the arctic”. With eight months of the year shrouded in wintry weather, Edmonton is the most populous northern city in Canada. Naturally, if you live here you would develop a craving for other earthly climes especially in the middle of winter.

About OUR generation

By: unknown

Read and remember!
No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us, WE ARE AWESOME !!! Our lives are living proof!

Edmonton heritage

Source: Edmonton History

A Salute to Edmonton’s History
What makes Edmonton special to me is city’s history. This history lets me discover and know where we’ve been and has indeed paved the way to what we’ve become!

Edmonton events

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Edmonton New Year’s Eve Welcomes 2012 with a Festival City Bang
Edmonton New Year’s Eve Downtown will attract an audience of 30,000 and feature family-friendly attractions, activities, music and a spectacular fireworks display in Canada’s Festival City.

Edmonton at Christmas

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Christmas day, December 25, 2011
Christmas And Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.

Edmonton events

By: John Winslow

The first Christmas – the way it was 2,000 years ago
2000 years ago, something happened in a small town just outside of Jerusalem that changed the course of history. The birth of a baby, known as Jesus, put Bethlehem on the map – and the world has never been the same. We still mark our calendars by it today.

Edmonton heritage

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Historic Hostelry
I heard people say: ‘If you see this hotel in your sights, run the other directions!’ I agree this place is a total dump. It stinks with spilled brews, totally unclean and serves too many risky patrons. I was terrified of this place, but it was declared a Historical Site and nothing could be done through the years to convince the Transit Management to make improvements.

Christmas in Edmonton

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Edmonton tradition to decorate houses
It is traditions that at Christmas time people in Edmonton decorate their Christmas trees, interiors of the house as well as the exterior of their houses too. But some people really get into it and go step further than the rest of us. Here is one example house.

Edmonton culture

By: Zdenko Kahlina

New monument honors’ the contributions of Catholic Sisters in Alberta
A new addition to the Alberta Legislature recognizes the courageous and intrepid religious women who helped to found the province, providing health care, education and social services to pioneer communities. A bronze monument unveiled in September 2011 honors’ all the congregations of Sisters who served across the province and celebrates their legacy of care and compassion carried on by others today.

Edmonton heritage

By: Zdenko Kahlina
Pictures and text: from C2E forum

The North Saskatchewan River snakes its way through the city with a long green belt of parkland running along both banks. This is North America’s largest stretch of city parkland, one long recreational area strewn with cycling paths and trails.

Edmonton heritage

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Iconic structure arose again on original site.
The other day on my way to Shaw Convention centre I passed by the newly built ‘Alberta Hotel’ on Jasper Avenue. What an incredible building. It’s been rebuild from pieces lying in storage since the historic structure was demolished 25 years ago.

Winter in Calgary      

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Few days ago I took opportunity to spend two days on the business trip to Calgary.  There was a unique Storage Networking conference that I wanted to attend. At the same time I was planning to take a few pictures of this beautiful Canadian city and write few words about it on my blog site.

Prostate Cancer Canada

By: Zdenko Kahlina
Movember means it’s time to grow that moustache! 
It’s that time again fellas: Movember is upon us. And you know what that means. Moustaches for everyone – even if your main squeeze, girlfriend, wife, sister or daughter says you look like a 70s porn star.

Edmonton’s downtown

From “Connect2 Edmonton”
I’m planning a historic walk in Downtown Edmonton between Robertson-Wesley United Church and the Hotel Macdonald, as these are the sites of my upcoming wedding ceremony and reception, respectively, in autumn of this year.

Edmonton Countryside

By Zdenko Kahlina

Experience the Bounty in Beaver County.
It is camping season and you don’t have to travel far from Edmonton, if you are looking for a weekend getaway. Do you enjoy camping, the outdoors, fresh air, and nature?

Edmonton’s Countryside

By Zdenko Kahlina

Experience the Bounty in Parkland County.
It was the best weekend to go and stroll through the Parkland County. So I packed my bicycle in my car and drove west of the city into the Parkland County, to enjoy the weather. It’s perhaps the best time to get out and just ride for the pure pleasure of it. On this tour I will take you through the Glory Hills to Chickakoo Lake and Muir Lake…

Closing the 2011 season in Edmonton

By Zdenko Kahlina

Is there a better time to ride a bike than at the end of September?
It’s perhaps the best time to get out and just ride for the pure pleasure of it. This year September had actually been better than all the previous months in the summer.

Edmonton’s Countryside

By Zdenko Kahlina

Whether you are an outdoor enthusiast, an indoor adventurer, or just want a weekend to relax, renew and reconnect, autumn’s crisp air and vibrant colors provide the perfect backdrop in Strathcona County. Strathcona Wilderness Center provides an unparalleled outdoor opportunity for all the “leaf peepers” to escape into the autumn splendors.

West Edmonton Mall

From Canadian Encyclopedia

West Edmonton Mall celebrates 30th birthday
The West Edmonton Mall (WEM), once promoted as the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” is a leading tourist attraction in central Alberta.

Edmonton Life

By: Kathleen Bell

An Edmonton native offers cultural hints for out-of-province students.
The quest for knowledge begins anew this autumn as students from all over the province, country, and world are stuffed into Edmonton’s institutions of higher learning — forced, therefore, to become responsible, intelligent young adults … or keg stand champs.

Summer in Edmonton, Alberta

By: Zdenko Kahlina
Cariwest Carnival Caribbean parade on Jasper Avenue

Parade started at noon on Jasper Avenue & 108 Street and headed towards Sir Winston Churchill Square in downtown Edmonton. Cariwest masqueraders danced under sunny skies through downtown Edmonton Saturday afternoon in brilliantly colored costumes to the pulsating sounds of the Caribbean.

Fringe festival

Text: Marcus Fernando
Pictures: Zdenko Kahlina

FRINGEOPOLIS…
Take a historic neighborhood, add dozens of different venues, stir in performers from around the world, throw in a few hundred thousand audience members and let it grow over 11 days. The result: one Fringe Festival.

Discovering Edmonton

Source: C2E Portal
Edmonton statues
Today I visited Edmonton’s outdoor statues and photographed them. I present them here in the order that I photographed them. The scary thing is that I knew only three of those people.

World Travel

By: The Over 35 Crowd

If you are 35, or older, you might think this is hilarious!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning…. Uphill… Barefoot… BOTH ways… yadda, yadda, yadda.

Edmonton heritage

By Zdenko Kahlina

Fond memories of Edmonton’s past
Edmonton has been my home base or home city for a several decades now. I moved here from Croatia with my family in 1989. So, I do remember some of the old things mentioned here.