Exploring Edmonton's EXPO Bid
We're the lone Canadians vying for the 2017 'World's Fair,' which will put our city on the global stage BY EMIL TIEDEMANN I 'VE heard a lot of people chit-chatting about a global event that may or may not come to our blushing city, and if it may, it wouldn't even be for another seven & a half years! But that certainly hasn't stopped folks from putting in their two cents about the proposed " Edmonton EXPO 2017 ." So, I Heart decided to take a peek behind the curtains for ourselves, and determine the good, the bad and the ugly of hosting the "World's Fair." First things first, though. Do you even know what the EXPO is exactly? Me neither, so let's find out together, shall we?! The History: I've always known the EXPO as its other moniker, the "World's Fair," a public exhibition of the globe's latest developments in manufactured products, international relations, tourism, and arts & culture, and has bee...