It's All Good in the Hood

In this episode, I interviewed Alberta Avenue resident Catherine Owen on the two year anniversary of the purchase of her house.  Hailing from British Columbia, Catherine Owen is the author of 15 books in several genres, a visual and musical performer, and a cat lover who now has 4 cats!  After a very gracious introduction, Catherine talks about the reasons she chose to mo

There's a brand new bistro in the area! Serving delicious comforting foods and providing another great place for people to gather, Two Brown Dogs is a cafe full of heart, nestled in the heart of the inner city. You know the kind of food that brings back past pleasant comforting memories of feeling happy, safe, warm, loved, fulfilled?  Owner and chef extraordinaire Virginia Pot

This summer Avenue Magazine Edmonton has finally caught on to what all of us living just North East of Downtown in our little communities have been saying all along...the best place to live in in Edmonton, Alberta is the inner city.  The community of Alberta Avenue ranked the most desirable community to live in, with neighbours  McCauley and Parkdale also making the list.

Hi Friends!  This episode quickly glances over the history of our inner city Edmonton neighbourhood and looks at some of the factors that shaped where we live today.  It is a quick overview and doesn't get into the nitty gritty details, but it is a good basis for understanding our hood.

In this episode I interview Angela and Kim, owners of Gather textiles on Fort Road and 122 ave about the philosophy behind their lovely sewing and knitting shop and how this helps to create a community among sewers and weavers. This is a really cool place to check out sometime and hopefully I will see you there sometime! Check them out at gathertextiles.com.

A little group of local neighbours come together once a week to share food, friendship and the fellowship of music.  This group has brought so much joy to my life and has helped to create more of a sense of connection, safety and friendship in our little inner city community. There are many such music groups in the area, and they have this incredible ability to make life in th

What makes people continue to gravitate to these old inner city neighbourhoods that media casts as being disorderly, crime ridden, ramshackle areas? Have you ever wondered why people invest money in fixing up the old houses and choose to stay despite the bad rap these areas get? Well, this podcast hopes to fill you in on the secrets of these great communities.

The crime rates in the last few months have not been pretty. It seems that some of our inner city communities are experiencing an alarmingly high trend in crime. We are also seeing a proliferation of tent villages and visible homelessness. Are these things connected? And is crime only up in our neighbourhood? Yep! By quite a bit, actually.

Full discussion with Dave regarding living near problem properties in Edmonton's Inner City and his experience trying to affect change around these properties.

A look into the difficulties people face living next to or near problem properties. In this episode we talk to Rickshaw Dave about his experiences living near this properties and having his concerns addressed. We look at the city level and community level of involvement and the needs that have to be met for these problems to be resolved.