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Tequila! Veteran cocktail purveyor opening agave bar to transport patrons to Mexico City
Niki Willis is opening her first bar after more than 25 years working at places like The Common, Fu's Repair Shop, and Dolly's Cocktail Bar.
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Baby Ghosts Alberta creates new accelerator to give marginalized developers a leg up
Leaders at Interactive Arts Alberta and the Walkthrough Collaborative Centre are launching an accelerator that offers $25,000 for video game studios called Baby Ghosts Alberta, hoping to share the lessons they learned while participating in the Baby Ghosts peer accelerator in Toronto.
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Visionary says Edmonton needs to look elsewhere to re-imagine its downtown mall
Now that Edmonton City Centre's ownership company has entered receivership, leaving the fate of the mall an open question, one American urban expert who toured our downtown recently said its 1.4-million square feet of retail and office space should be transformed into housing or something that isn't retail but meets the city's changing needs.
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As butter chicken odyssey nears goal, Singh is giving back to the community
Viral food reviewer Ramneek Singh is organizing a GoFundMe for Chutney, which was one of 25 businesses damaged by arson at the Mill Woods 34 Plaza in April.
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A moment in history: Aug. 15, 1987
On this day in 1987, West Edmonton Mall's infamous roller-coaster reopened roughly one year after a deadly malfunction.
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AMTA wants to add pressure to Alberta's push to use hydrogen to decarbonize trucking
The Alberta Motor Transport Association is working to bring back a 700-bar hydrogen refuelling station to Alberta as part of its ongoing push to decarbonize the province's trucking industry, for which it serves as a member organization.
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Zylotex partners up on quest to make hemp a viable industry in Alberta
After searching for a mill to produce hemp pulp fibre but finding none willing in Alberta, Zylotex, which makes natural fibres from provincially grown hemp, is working with Plantae Technologies Inc. to pulp the hemp itself.
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Why Edmonton food brands love to pop up
A new pop-up venue called The Hub on Whyte Avenue and the latest round of the Vagabond pop-up at Under the High Wheel are just two of several culinary pop-ups emerging across Edmonton this summer.
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City starts phasing in pedestrian takeover of 83 Ave
The street in front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market will be closed to vehicles nearly every weekend from the middle of July until the end of August as the city phases in a complete pedestrianization of 83 Avenue.
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