1880s-1949
156 Street and Stony Plain Road Across the Years
Colette Lebeuf 1943 The intersection of 156 Street and Stony Plain Road is seen in the centre of this aerial photo dating from 1943. At
1964-1990
Misericordia Community Hospital
A history of health care and workers’ struggles. Paula E. Kirman The Misericordia Community Hospital is operated by Covenant Health and is known as Edmonton’s
1949-1964
Straightening 149th Street and Widening Stony Plain Road
Accommodating growth and safety. Paula E. Kirman Thanks to provincial government construction of a four-lane highway to Jasper beginning in 1949, 149 Street was straightened
1949-1964
Life in the ’50s and early ’60s in the Town of Jasper Place
Interviewee stories and reminiscences by former residents provide the backbone of the Jasper Place Community History Project. They evoke growing up and living in the
1949-1964
Chrystia Chomiak
Myrna Kostash Chrystia Chomiak grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in a modest bungalow in Canora, a core neighbourhood of Jasper Place. Her parents,
1949-1964
Getting Around in Jasper Place: Part Three
Barrel Taxi. Paula E. Kirman Barrel Taxi got its start in 1947 or 1948 at 14901 Stony Plain Road when the area was still part
1949-1964
Barrie Touchings
Barrie Touchings was two years old when his parents bought a house at 10450 154th Street. His paternal grandmother had come from England and grandfather
1949-1964
Ken (Bud) Newman
Ken (Bud) Newman was raised and attended school in the Town of Jasper Place in the 1950s and 1960s. Both of his parents had grown
1949-1964
Getting Around in Jasper Place: Part Two
Public transportation: Diamond Bus Lines and Edmonton’s Transit Systems Paula E. Kirman In our previous article, we explored the walkability of Jasper Place prior to
1964-1990
Goitom “Tom” Fessahye
Donna Coombs-Montrose Eritrea-born Goitom “Tom” Fessahye and his wife came as refugees from Sudan to Edmonton in 1983. He refreshed his university education and completed
