52 Reasons to Love Edmonton
Never mind the mall or our hockey heritage, Jennifer Fong discovers plenty of other excuses to heart Edmonton BY EMIL TIEDEMANN O N July 11, 2009 , about a week after I started blogging 'bout why I Heart Edmonton so damn much, the Edmonton Journal 's Jennifer Fong (pictured below center) had made it her mission to do the same. "People who come here already know about the largest mall in North America," wrote Fong, who actually hails from Toronto. "They already know that we claim hockey legend Wayne Gretzky as our own. They know we love our festivals so much that we branded ourselves Festival City . "But what about the little things? You know, the things that only people who live here know about. The moments that make us sigh a little and think, 'this is beautiful'." That's why Fong accepted the "challenge" of coming up with " 52 Reasons to Love Edmonton ," a year-long love affair that had the reporter discover one reas...