Gary Garrison

2 weeks ago | bmcnews.org | Gary Garrison |Greg Lane |Paula Kirman

The Unheard Youth podcast is featuring the voices of newcomer youth from all across Canada! Created at the Centre for Race and Culture, located at the Edmonton Intercultural Centre, the goal of the podcast is for listeners to hear the stories of immigrant and refugee youth. In March of 2018, Rose-Eva Forgues-Jenkins was hired as Podcast Production Coordinator, and ever since then she has traveled to three other cities in Canada to record conversations with youth.

2 weeks ago | bmcnews.org | Paula Kirman |Gary Garrison

Vietnamese/Chinese/Vegetarian10582 100 Street(780) 757-9060Vegetarians in Edmonton have another option for Asian food, thanks to Veggie Garden Restaurant. The interior of the restaurant is very similar to the one that inhabited the space prior, save for the booth seats being reupholstered. It is large, bright, and very clean. What has changed quite a bit is the menu. It consists of page after page of familiar Vietnamese and Chinese dishes, but with no meat products whatsoever.

2 weeks ago | bmcnews.org | Gary Garrison |Ian Young |Paula Kirman |Dan Glugosh

Mother Teresa students say what makes the area special to them The Boyle Street/McCauley area has three school buildings that have closed in recent years because school boards decided we didn’t have enough children to keep them going. One functioning school we do still have, though, is Mother Teresa School.

2 weeks ago | bmcnews.org | Gary Garrison |Ian Young |Paula Kirman |Joanne McNeal

“It was a dream come true!” So says one of the 20 Mother Teresa grade two and three students who graduated to real violins after four weeks on cardboard violins they’d made and decorated themselves. On November 4, parents, teachers, students, and supporters of the YONA-Sistema Program gathered in the school gymnasium to watch the children perform on their cardboard instruments, demonstrate how much they’d learned about music and violins, and then play a real note together.

2 weeks ago | bmcnews.org | Gary Garrison |Paula Kirman

Demolition of the York Hotel began on February 4. The City of Edmonton became the owner of the hotel on 104 Avenue and 96 Street in March of 2010 after it was shut down for reasons of health and safety. Located across the street from the Downtown Division police station, the York was often visited by police several times a day. The original structure was the St. Petersburg Hotel, built in 1913.