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The Edmonton City Hall is the home of the municipal government of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Designed by Dub Architects, the building was completed in 1992.It was built to replace the former city hall designed by architects Kelvin Crawford Stanley and Maxwell Dewar in 1957, which had become outdated and expensive to operate.
The Edmonton Clinic opened. The city's homicide rate swells; 47 murders by the year. [23] [24] 2013 – The inaugural Tour of Alberta launches from Edmonton [25] 2014 – 53-year-old Phu Lam murders his ex-wife and six relatives on December 29, the worst mass murder in Edmonton's history. [26] 2016
The city entered a recent period of economic recovery and prosperity in the late 1990s, aided by a strong recovery in oil prices and further economic diversification. [22] While oil production and refining remains the basis of many jobs in Edmonton, the city's economy has managed to diversify significantly (e.g., an explosion in high-tech jobs ...
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War memorial honouring Britain’s fallen soldiers designed by Sir Edward Lutyens in 1920 and has stood as centrepiece of National Service of Remembrance ever since
Edmonton is confirmed as capital city of province. "From the Press Gallery" Saturday News, April 28, 1906, p. 3 1907 Strathcona incorporates as a city. 1906-1911 Canadian Northern Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway built through Edmonton and Jasper National Park. (The railways later were combined to form CN.) January 11, 1911
On January 1, 2019, the City of Edmonton officially annexed 8,260 ha (82.6 km 2; 31.9 sq mi) from Leduc County and the City of Beaumont, increasing the city's area to 767.85 km 2 (296.47 sq mi), with discussions of annexing an additional 2,830 ha (28.3 km 2; 10.9 sq mi) of Edmonton International Airport land still ongoing.
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