Paula Kirman

April-May 2023

Editor’s Notes By Paula E. Kirman • Volume 44, Number 2 • April-May 2023 Welcome to our April-May issue. I often use this space to thank volunteers who have gone above and beyond, and this time is no exception. Due to a technical issue with the…

From Boyle Street to Wyoming

McCauley Musings By Paula E. Kirman • Volume 44, Number 2 • April-May 2023 Occasionally I encounter a situation in my role as Editor that reminds me of the small world in which we live – and, thanks to modern technology, how a small publication can…

Transit Camp aims to mobilize bus and LRT champions

“If I asked you, ‘Are you part of the public transit community as riders and operators and supporters?’, where would you go?” said Coun. Michael Janz. “How would you find a sense of connection and community to build political power? This event is for…

New book documents residence life at the University of Alberta

A chance meeting at an alumni event that Ellen Schoeck almost skipped led to a series of books about the University of Alberta, the latest of which has just been published. Taking Care: Alumni Stories About Life in the Original Residences and Lister…

That First Bowl of Pho

McCauley Musings By Paula E. Kirman • Volume 44, Number 1 • February-March 2023 A couple of years before I began editing Boyle McCauley News, a friend took me to a restaurant in Chinatown and led me through the process of ordering and consuming my…

Accolades for McCauley Community Members

A number of McCauley residents and community contributors have received some major awards recently. In our previous issue, MLA Janis Irwin wrote about presenting me with the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal. A couple of other community…

Edmonton-made viral horror film heads to theatres

The film’s trailer caused a modest stir in some online circles early in 2022 and again that summer. The entire film ended up leaking during a European festival tour after a third-party provider hosting films for virtual viewings was hacked. “I was in…

Fave5 with Debashish Bhattacharya

The Kolkata, India-born instrumentalist got his start at the age of three with the Hawaiian lap steel guitar, and by the time he reached four he had appeared on All Indian Radio in his home city. However, mastering existing musical instruments was…

Alexis Marie Chute creates artistic oasis in Stony Plain

As the darkest days of the year approach, Eternal Summer has come to the Multicultural Heritage Centre Public Art Gallery in Stony Plain, thanks to the imagination of curator Alexis Marie Chute. “The whole idea is during the coldest month of the…

Facing Our Fears

McCauley Musings By Paula E. Kirman • Volume 43, Number 6 • December 2022 - January 2023 When I was a young child, I was afraid of the dark. I would have to be accompanied by my favourite stuffed animal any time I got up during the night. I still…

SDAB Revokes Development Permit for Boyle Street Community Services

BSCS plans to continue working towards building the new facility. As this is a breaking news story, it will be updated as required. Updates will be posted here. Nov. 25, 4:57 p.m.: Comments added from Alice Kos, McCauley Community League President.…

Archival deep dive into Ukranian family history considers settler narrative

Led by photographs and bolstered by research, but Myrna Kotash writes herself in as well A picture says a thousand words, but for Myrna Kostash, a photograph led to an entire memoir exploring mysteries about her family’s history. Ghosts in a…

Posthumous collection of writing, interviews an indictment of prison system

Editor hopes collection will serve to humanize ‘people who tend to be reduced to a label’ Rik McWhinney’s over 34 years of incarceration in Canada’s federal penitentiary system – 16 of which were in solitary confinement – began in the 1970s. During…

Problematic monuments in Edmonton force us to question our community’s core values

Educate, don't celebrate By Paula E. Kirman Over the past few weeks, activists around the world have dismembered, smeared, and toppled monuments to figures with morally and ideologically checkered pasts, renewing heated conversations about the…

The Speed of Summer

McCauley Musings By Paula E. Kirman • Volume 43, Number 5 • October-November 2022 As I reflect upon the couple of months that have passed since the last issue was published, the main thing that comes to mind is how fast this summer flew by. Summer is…

Fave 5 with Emmet Michael

Emmet Michael has had an exciting 2022. The Edmonton, Alberta based singer-songwriter received the prestigious Edmonton Music Prize, was booked to play a number of festivals, and got married in August. Michael says the future is “something I am both…

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Northeast Edmonton

by Paula E. Kirman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A number of events were held on September 30th to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (also known as Orange Shirt Day) in Edmonton. Several took place throughout the…

Fave 5 with Abigail Lapell

Abigail Lapell’s smooth and haunting vocals, combined with her multi-instrumentalist and songwriting talents, have won her a solid following as an independent recording artist. The recipient of two Canadian Folk Music Awards, Lapell has toured the…

Cooking Up A New Life

Leonard Kaposho is a McCauley resident who caters with passion. Leonard Kaposho is a husband, a father, and a chef. Kaposho and his family came to Canada in October of 2009. They are of Burundian background, but had been living in a Ugandan refugee…

REVIEW: Edmonton Folk Music Festival Returns After Three Years Off

I looked out my window on the morning of Thursday, Aug. 4 with trepidation. That evening, I would be heading to the first Edmonton Folk Music Festival in three years – so of course it was pouring. Hearty Folk Fest fans share with a glowing pride…