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One hundred years ago, on what had been the hottest day in 20 years in Edmonton, the first outdoor municipal swimming pool in western Canada opened.

New plaques in a south central Edmonton park will share the history of one of Edmontons army regiments.

As Joni Mitchell once sang: “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” Visiting family here in Edmonton from the U.K., I noticed two things that struck a…

A statue of Anne Frank was installed in Light Horse Park as a gift from the Dutch Canadian Club Edmonton to memorialize the Holocaust and the Canadian military’s contribution to liberating Holland during the Second World War.

  EDMONTON -- A new statue of Anne Frank is set to be unveiled at Light Horse Park in Edmonton next weekend.  The Dutch-Canadian club of Edmonton sponsored the statue, a replica of a work done in 1960 by Dutch sculptor Pieter dHont.  "Were honoured to have a copy of it here," said John Stobbe with the club. "Its going to be a wonderful new piece of public art and a tremendous way for the Dutch community to yet again say thank you to Canada." Frank died in the Holocaust but her diaries d...

Article content Teenager Anne Frank has been called the symbol of Second World War horrors and Nazi tyranny by historians. Now, Edmonton’s Dutch community is back on track to erect a copy of the first Anne Frank statue made by famous artist Pieter d’Hont. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Nick Lees: Statue in Edmonton to honour Anne Frank back on track Back to video “This bronze statue is our way of thanking the many Canadian soldiers who w...