I Heart Edmonton

Our Neighbours By Emil Tiedemann We couldn’t have asked for better next-door neighbours than the likes of St. Albert , Sherwood Park (Strathcona County), Fort Saskatchewan, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Leduc, Nisku, Devon, and Beaumont!  These nearby communities that surround our city limits offer that small-town mentality on those days when you just need to get away from the hustle and bustle of a large metro like Edmonton. The Capital Region, as it is often referred to, is really just one large community at heart, each offering their own special personalities and attributes.    Downtown St. Albert. St. Albert, for example, is one of Canada’s “best-kept secrets,” according to MoneySense magazine, which consistently ranks the small city of about 64,000 as one of the best places to live in the whole country, even reaching #1 on the list as recent as 2014.  That says a lot about the people who live in St. Albert, practically and almost literally a hop, sk...

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Sherwood Park's Peter Carroll captures #yeg and area in all its glory! BY EMIL TIEDEMANN "My home is the land of big sky and rich colours. I am surrounded by nature's beauty," says Montreal-born, Sherwood Park-based landscape and travel photographer Peter Carroll , who is clearly one of the Capital Region's most talented photogs.  Muttart Conservatory The former Canadian Armed Forces helicopter pilot - who flew with 408 Squadron and served on the Canadian mission in Haiti during 1996 - fell in love with photography while on vacation in Italy about a decade ago, wandering the picturesque streets of Venice with his camera. Since then, Carroll has told his story and captured his journey through his lens, specializing in landscape, travel and portrait photography. His work has been represented by Getty Images, Corbis Images, All Canada Photos, FirstLight and other stock agencies. I Heart Edmonton is proud to have his work displayed on our website as wel...

Bored? Then check out our new sidebar 'Calendar' for something to do I N order to shine a light on even more upcoming events happening in Edmonton, or in surrounding areas ( St. Albert , Sherwood Park , etc.), I Heart Edmonton has included a new feature in our sidebar to the left. " Events Calendar " will highlight some of the concerts, festivals, exhibits, showcases, or other events that will be hitting up the city in the coming days or weeks. They will be brief what-when-where updates that can be clicked on for more information. And don't forget to follow I Heart Edmonton on Facebook and/or Twitter , where we let Edmontonians in on local events coming up. We'll continue finding other ways to guide all you beautiful, sexy folks through what's going on in the city of Edmonton year-round. Cheers, from I Heart . e

Services for a pair of local soldiers and my Grandma (!) unintentionally interweave     BY EMIL TIEDEMANN S AYING goodbye is never an easy thing to do, especially when you know that it's for good. Last Saturday (January 9) as my family and I laid our Grandma to rest, fellow mourners were preparing to do the same for fallen soldiers Zachery McCormick and George Miok , both based out of Edmonton.  Grandma T, as we used to call her growing up, was born Martha Mary Juliette Goubault on March 15, 1920 in Edmonton. She grew up in nearby Tofield , about 70km southeast of the city, where she eventually married Emil Karl Tiedemann , on New Year's Eve 1938. Emil was a farmer and a carpenter who played the banjo, guitar and fiddle in the family band, and even made trips to Edmonton to perform on special occasions.   In December 1970 Martha was widowed, left alone with their four grown children Yvonne , Bobby , Lucille and Mary . Years later she met Robert ("Bob") Hyde...