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Edmonton's first true skyscraper, and the tallest building in Western Canada for five years, was the CN Tower, built in 1966. A building boom did not really begin until the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979, which prompted construction of many of the city's current tall buildings (17 of the top 20, as of 2019).
The Palisades is located in the western portion of Edmonton's north sector. [1] The area is bounded by a Canadian National rail line to the west, Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) to the north, 127 Street to the east and 137 Avenue to the south. [21] The following six neighbourhoods comprise The Palisades. [5]
The Edmonton Automobile Association offered a gold medal to the first person to travel from Edmonton to Victoria through the gap. Charles Neiymer and Frank Silverthorne left in 4×4 on June 17, 1922. The following week, George Gordon and J. Sims departed Edmonton in a Ford Model T, following the same route. On July 4, both pairs arrived in ...
West Edmonton Mall (WEM) is a large shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that is owned, managed, and operated by Triple Five Group.It is the second most visited mall in Canada, [6] after the Toronto Eaton Centre in Toronto, followed by Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby, [7] and the 14th largest in the world (along with Dubai Mall) by gross leasable area. [8]
Edmonton is the only city home to two teams in the semi-professional National Ringette League: the Edmonton WAM! and Edmonton Black Gold Rush. The city also hosts an amateur women's football team, the Edmonton Storm of the Western Women's Canadian Football League.
Byfield's Report provided the voice for Western Canada's growing sense of discontent and alienation in the 1970s and 1980s. [7] In response to the province of Quebec's call for separation, Byfield wrote about "western separatism". [7] The magazine became so popular in Alberta that the circulation reached a record average of 53,277 a week by ...
The Victoria Promenade (part of Edmonton's Heritage Trail) offers attractive vistas of the river valley at the western end of Wîhkwêntôwin. Wîhkwêntôwin is one of the densest neighbourhoods in Edmonton (10,570 inhabitants per square kilometre (27,400/sq mi) [5] [7]) and West Wîhkwêntôwin is the densest area in Alberta. The population ...
Films shot in Edmonton (42 P) ... RV (film) S. Samurai Cowboy; Saskatchewan (film) Savage Land (film) September Dawn; Six Figures (film) Solitaire (1991 film) Son of ...