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Cultural Mosaic: Edmonton is a large cutural...
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  • Written by Darby2 on Aug 26, 2002
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  • Edmonton is a large cutural center for many ethnic groups, about 10% of Edmonton's population is of Ukrainian origin.

    This is the famous pysanka in Vegreville, just an hour's drive east of Edmonton.

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    Cultural Mosaic: Heritage Festival
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  • Written by Darby2 on Jul 27, 2003
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  • Edmonton Cultural Mosaic
  • Hundreds of thousands in Hawrelak
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  • Every summer for the last 20 years, the Heritage Festival has brought dozens of different cultural and ethnic groups together to celebrate their diversity. Held in Hawrelak Park in the first weekend of August for three days of food, song and dance, more than 360,000 attended in 2002.

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    Local Customs: The top 3 of Edmonton
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  • Written by Darby2 on Jun 8, 2005
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  • The Best of Edmonton, 2004, courtesy of See Magazine:

    EDMONTONIANS

    Sexiest Edmontonian (Male)

    1) Dean Carlson

    2) Sam Fakhreddine

    3) Gord Steinke

    Sexiest Edmontonian (Female)

    1) Carrie Doll

    2) Dawn Chubai

    3) Debi Young

    Most Effective Local Politician

    1) Michael Phair

    2) Raj Pannu

    3) Bill Smith

    Favourite Radio Personality

    1) Mick Sleeper

    2) Shannon Tyler

    3) Peter Brown

    Favourite TV Weather Person

    1) Claire Martin

    2) Dawn Chubai

    3) Bridget Ryan

    Favourite TV News Anchor

    1) Gord Steinke

    2) Portia Clark

    3) Carrie Doll

    Favourite TV SportSCaster

    1) Kevin Karius

    2) Ron Sexsmith

    3) Mark Connolly

    Best Local Newspaper Journalist

    1) Fish Griwkowsky

    2) Todd Babiak

    3) Steve Tilley

    Best Local Band

    1) Ten Second Epic

    2) Tupelo Honey

    3) Mad Bomber Society/Wednesday Night Heroes

    Most Intriguing Edmontonian

    1) Skye Perry

    2) A host of also rans

    Most Creative Edmontonian

    1) Wes Borg

    2) Chris Craddock

    3) Gene Dubb

    Most Effective Activist

    1) Mike Hudema

    2) Tooker Gomberg

    3) Malcolm Azania

    Favourite Local Athlete

    1) Georges Laraque

    2) Ryan Smith

    3) Jamie Sale

    Most Obnoxious Local Celebrity

    1) Peter Hill

    2) Corey Woods

    3) Bryan Hall

    Worst Local Politician

    1) Bill Smith

    2) Ralph Klein

    3) Anne McLellan

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    Local Customs: Top 3 (continued
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  • E’VILLE

    Best Neighbourhood

    1) Strathcona

    2) Oliver

    3) Glenora

    Best TV Station

    1) Global

    2) A Channel

    3) CBC

    Most Perplexing Public Art

    1) Wind chimes

    2) Baseball bat

    3) City hall

    Best Radio Station

    1) CJSR

    2) CKUA

    3) The Bear

    Worst Radio Station

    1) Joe FM

    2) 96X

    3) The Bear

    Best Art Gallery

    1) Edmonton Art Gallery

    2) Latitude 53

    3) Harcourt House

    Best One-Day Getaway

    1) Jasper

    2) Elk Island

    3) West Edmonton Mall

    Best Bowling Alley

    1) Reds

    2) Gateway

    3) Bonnie Doon

    Best Golf Course

    1) Victoria

    2) Riverside

    3) Kinsmen Pitch n’ Putt

    Best Place to Play Video Games

    1) Home

    2) Playdium

    3) Reds

    Best Use of Taxpayers’ Money

    1) RT

    2) Roads/Potholes

    3) Education

    Worst Use of Taxpayers’ Money

    1) Churchill Square

    2) Baseball Bat

    3) Smith’s salary

    Best Place to Forget You’re In Edmonton

    1) River Valley

    2) Muttart

    3) Whyte Ave.

    Coolest Building

    1) City Hall

    2) Muttart

    3) Hotel Macdonald

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    Comments for Darby2 about Edmonton
    hunterV Sun Feb 8, 2009 16:00 UTC
     Hi, Dave! It's certainly a great place! Very impressive pictures! THANX!
    kymbanm Sat Nov 22, 2008 22:51 UTC
     Nope, I think you are wrong cuz I lied ... No new monitor here! Seriously dude! What camera are you using these days? Spill!
    volopolo Sat Mar 29, 2008 01:34 UTC
     Interesting page
    SLLiew Mon Jan 28, 2008 13:02 UTC
     Wow...your photos are "calendar-grade". Excellent warning and local custom tips.Cheers from Penang, SL :)
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