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Recreation

Recent stories about recreation

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Connection seen as the key for healthy community leagues

Calls to action from community leagues should be framed as an invitation to build social ties, not just a plea to keep the lights on, suggests the executive director of the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues.

Group of people walking on snowshoes through a river valley park
engagement recreation

Calls for public engagement: Recreation, Rosenthal community park, winter park use

Here are opportunities to inform municipal decisions about recreation, parks, and more.

Colourful dome-shaped public art installation in Edmonton's Borden Park on a winter day
engagement business

Calls for public engagement: Recreation, under-served communities, cultural infrastructure

Here are opportunities to inform municipal decision-making about recreation, engaging communities, arts and heritage, and more. Please only answer surveys from the municipality where you live.

People swim in an outdoor pool. A slide and an umbrella can be seen in the background.
city council health

History and heatwave combine as Mill Creek Pool returns

The July 8 reopening of Mill Creek Pool came just in time to offer people relief from extreme heatwaves, setting up a swift return to popularity for one of Edmonton's original and most missed outdoor pools.

A person holding a racquet watches a ball while playing on an indoor court.
business health

Entrepreneurs work to build Edmonton's padel community

When Daniel Portilla moved from Ecuador to Edmonton earlier this year, he discovered the city lacked a padel club and decided to change that.

A newspaper clipping of pictures of a woman diving headfirst into a pool and a young man jumping in to the water, under the headline "Chill Winds Fail To Deter Edmonton Swimmers As Pools Open"
history pools

A moment in history: May 22, 1950

On this day in 1950, Edmontonians weren't letting the cold keep them from the city's outdoor pools.

Three people gathered in a bar hold up a Sport Edmonton t-shirt and an Edmonton Oilers jersey for a player called Skinner.
sports recreation

Reed Clarke charts new course for rebranded Sport Edmonton

Sport Edmonton, the rebranded version of the city-funded Edmonton Sports Council, is working to create community legacies from major sporting events that come to town, and to empower grassroots play.

Three games of pickleball take place inside a gym.
region recreation

CatchCorner helps Edmonton sport centres reduce booking headache

A Toronto-based tech company called CatchCorner, which allows users to find and rent soccer fields, skating rinks, and yoga spaces, recently expanded to the Edmonton region and is already creating more overall space on offer while also making life easier for facilities by modernizing the booking process.

Players face-off on an indoor pickleball court coloured blue, green, and brown. The court's net runs through the centre of the photo, with players holding paddles on either side.
region business

Pickleball facility expands as interest in sport soars

As interest in pickleball continues to grow in the region, a St. Albert-based facility is opening a second location in Edmonton.