Bella Makes Italian-ish Dining Feel Like a Party | Edify.Chef Riley Aitken’s pivot from Smokey Bear sheds the seriousness but keeps its inventiveness with a playful touch Sep 11 25September 11, 2025Article at Edify.
New & Notable: Nara Katsu | Edify.Fried chicken, family recipes and Korean comfort food come together on Whyte Aug 21 25August 21, 2025Article at Edify.
A Portentous ChangeI spent much of summer 2021 outside Alberta. Expecting the worst here—an imminent fourth wave of COVID—I took some time in Ontario for my mental well-being. The first question from one of my pollster colleagues out east when we got together for… May 01 22May 01, 2022Article at Alberta Views - The Magazine for Engaged Citizens
A Mother, Her Husband and Two Aides Walk into a Bathroom …I put the coffee on and prepared to prove myself the best birthing partner there ever was, or, at least, better than the one I was last time. Like only the most fortunate, I rediscovered the comfort of family and home in this pandemic. Being confined… Dec 03 20December 03, 2020Article at Edify.
Was Eddy Haymour a Terrorist or Civil Rights Martyr?How the Canadian Dream became a nightmare for one Edmonton immigrant, the subject of Eddy’s Kingdom, a new documentary about the country’s first international hostage crisis.A previous version of this story ran in Eighteen Bridges in 2013. It has… Nov 08 20November 08, 2020Article at Edify.
January 8, 2020The day that PS752 was shot down will forever be frozen in his memoryJavad Soleimani Meimandi places his backpack on a picnic table and delicately removes the contents. A leather-bound certificate folder bears the same University crest as his… Sep 27 20September 27, 2020Article at Edify.
Inside the Double-life of an Elusive Porn ProducerThe article was originally published as “The Man Behind the Camera” in the June 2015 issue of Alberta Venture. Copyright belongs to the author. The smell of leather and sweat filling the Beverly Bronx Boxing Club is quickly forgotten when Kris “The… Apr 06 20April 06, 2020Article at Medium Blog
Homeland for the Holidays As a child I thought the Arabic term for Lebanon was “the Balaad.” That’s what my parents called it whenever they fondly remembered their life before Canada, before I was born. This other world, as they described it, was somehow a more difficult… Jul 29 17July 29, 2017Article at Eighteen Bridges
From political prisoner to parliamentarianOn a Friday morning in spring 2016, Amarjeet Sohi sat barefoot in the den of his craftsman style home in south Edmonton. His first few months as Canada’s federal minister of infrastructure had been frantic, sending him across the country to listen to… Jan 04 17January 04, 2017Article at Alberta Views - The Magazine for Engaged Citizens
Close ContactThe Correctional peace officer counts his inmates differently than his colleagues in other units of the Edmonton Remand Centre do. Each prisoner stands at ease beside his cellmate outside his cell door, awaiting the former chief military officer’s… Nov 09 16November 09, 2016Article at Alberta Views - The Magazine for Engaged Citizens
Welcoming Omar Khadr to The King’s UniversityHow a Christian university opened its heart to the Canadian Muslim convicted of war crimes. The King’s University is small, even by the standards of small, Christian liberal arts schools. Lodged between a plastics manufacturer and a suburb of… Sep 07 16September 07, 2016Article at University Affairs
Bret Hart on the Fight of His LifeIn the summer of 1992, Bret “the Hitman” Hart, in his trademark pink leotard and shades, stood before 80,000 wrestling fans in London’s Wembley Stadium for what he considers the fight of his career: a main event against his brother-in-law, the… Sep 06 16September 06, 2016Article at Avenue Calgary
To Delight the EyeWhat do Mordecai Richler, Aimee Mann and Craig Ferguson have in common? As visitors to the Alberta capital, they’ve all marvelled at its hideousness—its drab architecture, its higgledy-piggledy urban design. “On first glance, and even on third, it… Jul 01 16July 01, 2016Article at Alberta Views - The Magazine for Engaged Citizens
How to Pitch a TentA dozen immigrants sit in a classroom. The walls are plastered with world maps, desks are stacked with maple cookies, and a table is piled high with tarps and sleeping bags. They’ve come to learn about the venerable Canadian practice of sleeping… Apr 12 16April 12, 2016Article at The Walrus
The Rise and Fall of Wrestling’s Weed-Dealing, Cat-Breeding PhenomOpen Sky Pictures It’s 5 o’clock in Tijuana, and one of Mexico’s premier wrestling promotions is readying for a press conference. On the eve of any event, the Crash Lucha Libre has a tradition of wrangling a handful of reporters to get wrestlers’… Mar 23 16March 23, 2016Article at Rolling Stone
'He’s a Texan, not a fellow Albertan': Canadians quick to disavow Ted CruzLast year, Naheed Nenshi, the mayor of Canada’s energy capital Calgary, Alberta, appeared on MSNBC to promote the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. But before he could get to his points, the host pointed out that Calgary was home to a US… Feb 04 16February 04, 2016Article at the Guardian
Ice CharadesOn one side of the street, a red swastika flag fills the window of a rundown apartment. On the other, the hulking skeleton of the Edmonton Oilers’ future home, Rogers Place. Down the block at the last remaining parking lot in sight, another red flag,… Jul 17 15July 17, 2015Article at The Walrus
The Donair WarsSam Tawachi is taken aback when I arrive for a tour of Athena Donair’s factory, in north Edmonton. “You brought a loaded camera,” the bespectacled owner says, pointing to my Canon. “A few shots, we don’t mind. We just don’t like video.” He’s worried… May 19 15May 19, 2015Article at The Walrus
In Edmonton, once a condo, now a rentalIan Smith and Amara Yamamoto must have walked by their future home 100 times before realizing it was even an option. Throughout its construction, the Edmonton couple assumed the Station on Whyte, a four-storey residential in their artsy Strathcona… Apr 10 15April 10, 2015Article at The Globe and Mail
Mall Rat to Rap StarPhotography by Curtis Comeau Whoever said “don’t read the comments” didn’t tell rapper Nova Rockafeller. Not only does she read them, she saves them. Sitting on the edge of a disorderly mattress on her bedroom floor, Nova recites from screenshots… Feb 01 15February 01, 2015Article at Edify.
