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Ethel Field was born in Teewater, Ontario. She was educated and began her teaching career in that province before moving to Edmonton with her father in 1914. Ethel taught at schools in the Highlands, Beverly and North Edmonton for 30 years. She was best known as an artist, and joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1929, later becoming an honorary member. She was also a member of the Canadian Federation of Artists. Unlike many members of the Edmonton Art Club, she rarely offered her works for sale at club exhibitions. When she died in 1975, over one hundred of her paintings in pastel, oil, and watercolour were sold at auction. She was survived by her sister Myrtle Field Burrill.

The Edmonton & Area Land Trust was founded in 2007 by the City of Edmonton, Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton Nature Club, Land Stewardship Centre of Canada, Urban Development Institute, and Legacy Lands Conservation Society. [MELISSA - FINISH]

Margaret Tait is the daughter of Winnie Martin Tait, a member of the Edmonton Grads basketball team.

Harold Michel is believed to have been born in India to a father in the civil service. By the 1940s he was farming near Stony Plain. By the mid-1940s he was living in Jasper Place, working as a carpenter and caretaker. His wife Minnie passed away in 1951, and he retired the following year. He moved to central Edmonton in 1954. He exhibited his artwork in at least one local art show, and it was exhibited at the Edmonton Historical Exhibit around 1961.

Meredith Evans was born in London, England in 1919 and immigrated to Edmonton with his family in 1921. In 1939 he received a scholarship to study at the Banff School of Fine Arts. While serving in Vancouver in the Second World War, he set up art workshops for fellow servicemen. Following the war, he sought jobs where he could continue his artistic pursuits, such as heading a program for patients in military hospitals called Diversional Therapy, working as a pictorial artist for Hook Signs Limited in Calgary, and as a film animator creating demonstrations of heart surgery procedures for the University of Alberta, which organized art workshops and encouraged art development throughout the region. Meredith Evans worked in oils, line and wash drawings, focusing on landscape and buildings. He started a gallery in St. Albert, which led to the formation of an artists' group called Academy Six, and was a member of the Edmonton Art Club, Alberta Society of Artists, and Federation of Canadian Artists. He died in Edmonton in 1996. His works are present in many public and private collections across Canada.

Hilda Vincent Foster was born in Nottingham, England in 1896. She studied art at the Nottingham Municipal School of Art with her father, H. Wilson Foster, before crossing the Atlantic and moving to Edmonton in 1927.

She quickly entered the local art scene and was considered a “newcomer of promise” by the Edmonton Journal (July 17, 1929). She joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1930 and served as its President from 1930-1934. Around 1942 Hilda and her life partner Edith Forester moved to Cobble Hill, British Columbia on Vancouver Island.

Hilda Foster was active in many arts groups, including the Alberta Society of Artists, the Women’s Lyceum Art Association, the Women Sketch Hunters of Alberta, and the Victoria Sketch Club. She exhibited with these groups, as well as with the Royal Canadian Academy and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

The Light Opera of Edmonton began as "The Teen Aged Girls Chorus" in 1947 as a form of entertainment during the Second World War. The group was formed by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert G. Turner. Instead of disbanding after the war ended the group recruited male voices and produced light operas, especially the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. Musical Direction was provided by Eileen Turner and her husband Herbert Turner acted as producer. The group continued to encourage the musical training of young local singers recruited from Edmonton high schools. The Light Opera of Edmonton ended after 1964.

In 1976, the Japanese community in Edmonton formed the Edmonton Japanese Community Club Society (EJCCS). The EJCCS organized cultural and community annual events such family picnics, participation in Edmonton's Heritage festivals, Senior's day celebrations, Christmas parties, publication of newsletters and related activities. In 1984, the official name of the organization was changed from EJCCS to the Edmonton Japanese Community Association (EJCA) with the mission of promoting Japanese and Japanese Canadian culture, language, traditions and history. EJCA activities include cultural clubs such as Kita no Taiko and Bonsai Society, Japanese language lessons, a community library, and hosting events for members. In 1994, the EJCA partnered with the Argyll Community League to fund and operate a joint space, the Argyll Community League/EJCA Cultural Centre, the first of its kind in the City of Edmonton.

The position of Town Solicitor was established in April 1892 by Bylaw 2, appointing certain officers of the Municipality. The position of City Solicitor was established in 1904 in An Ordinance to incorporate the City of Edmonton and passed in 1904 by the fifth legislative assembly of the North-West Territories.

The chief officer of the Legal Department was the Town Solicitor (1892-1904) and the City Solicitor (1904 onward). From 1892 to 1904 the Town Solicitor reported to Council. From 1904 until at least 1923 the City Solicitor reported directly to Council. Starting as early as 1952 the City Solicitor reported to the Chief Commissioner or the Commissioners Board until that body was dissolved in 1983. For three years, from 1983-1985, the City Solicitor reported directly to Council again. Beginning in 1986, the City Solicitor reported to the City Manager. In 2023 Employee and Legal Services formed as one team, as a result the City Solicitor became the Chief People Officer and City Solicitor, and Legal Services fell under a Deputy City Solicitor and Branch Manager.

The primary function of the legal department is to supply legal advice to the Mayor, Council and all City departments and to provide legal representation for the City in courts or other actions. Over time the office has expanded to include litigation services, bylaw enforcement and business licensing, risk management, the settlement of claims for and against the city, and corporate security.

Town/City Solicitors

• Nicholas du Bois Dominic Beck, Q.C. and Patrick Leonard McNamara (1892-1898)
• Nicholas du Bois Dominic Beck (1898-1907)
• John Campbell Ferrie Brown, K.C. (1907-1933)
• Thomas E. Garside, K.C. (1933-1934 Acting, 1934-1955)
• Alan Fraser MacDonald (1956-1973)
• Harry F. Wilson (1973-1979)
• Antal (Tony) Konye (1979-1986)
• John R. Basey (1987-1993)
• Ron Liteplo (1994-1997)
• Anne Massing Jarman (1997-2019)
• Bonnie L. Andriachuk (2019-2021)
• Michelle Plouffe, Chief People Officer and City Solicitor (2021 to present)
• Michael Gunther, Deputy City Solicitor and Branch Manager (2023 to present)

The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's and then Eaton, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland. Eaton's grew to become a retail institution in Canada, with stores across the country and a mail-order catalog that was found in the homes of most Canadians. A changing economic and retail environment in the late twentieth century culminated in the chain's bankruptcy in 1999.

Eaton’s first Edmonton location opened in 1929 at 102 St NW and 102 Ave. This original location included an additional building dedicated to mail-order fulfillment, which served Eaton’s mail orders for all of Western Canada. In August 1987, a new store, now called Eatons with no apostrophe, opened in Edmonton at 101 St NW and 102 Ave. The giant four-level department store was the anchor for the Eaton Centre mall, which featured 55 stores and services in its first phase. Additionally, a time capsule was created and sealed with the intention of being opened in 2019 to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of Eaton’s. Eatons was built directly beside the original Edmonton Eaton’s location, which was demolished the following year to begin construction on phase two of the Eaton Centre mall.

Eatons operated in this location until the Eaton's chain went out of business in 1999. At this point, Eaton Centre mall merged with the neighboring Edmonton Centre to become Edmonton City Centre Mall. In 2002, The Bay moved into the former Eatons location.

Throughout the many decades in which Eaton’s operated in Edmonton, staff members created and distributed “The Edmontonian,” a monthly newsletter publication dedicated to sharing the interests and news of Eaton’s staff members.