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Author of the article: Edmonton Journal Publishing date: Apr 22, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Northlands Coliseum on Friday, April 16, 2021 in Edmonton. The City of Edmonton says the Coliseum can't be repurposed due to an agreement with the Oilers Entertainment Group and is planning its demolition for the short term. Photo by Greg Southam /Postmedia Article content So our city hall has decided that the Coliseum cannot be repurposed and should be demolished. The last I heard the cost would be somewhere between 25-30 million dollars. If past experience is any gu...

1838: A year in the life of the British empire From central London, a huddle of harried clerks sent out an endless stream of dispatches that influenced the fate of the British empire. Alan Lester focuses on the year of 1838 to reveal how these city-bound bureaucrats managed to govern the world’s largest maritime empire Published: April 22, 2021 at 4:28 pm When James Stephen arrived at his desk on 1 January 1838, he was confronted by piles of dispatches from across the world. As the permanent under-secretary at the Colonial Office, which administered all 32 crown colonies that ...

Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs Tony Ince says a bill he tabled in the legislature on Tuesday will introduce residents to the unknown history of slavery in the province

  HALIFAX -- Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs Tony Ince says a bill he tabled in the legislature on Tuesday will introduce residents to the unknown history of slavery in the province. Ince's bill would officially designate Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day, which is the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. The British Parliament outlawed the owning, buying and selling of humans as property throughout its colonies on that day in 1834. "Nova Scotia is the birthplace of African presence in Canada," Ince told reporters Tuesday. "People of African descent have been...

The volcano's 1816 eruption triggered a temporary climate change that had catastrophic consequences.