2015 120th anniversary of the founding of Fort Edmonton, at Fort Saskatchewan
2015 80th anniversary of the election of the Aberhart Social Credit government
2016 100th anniversary of Equal Suffrage for men and women
2016 125th anniversary of the coming of the railway to Strathcona
2017 150th anniversary of Confederation
2018 100th anniversary of the ceasefire to end WWI. (Peace treaties signed in 1919)
2018 100th anniversary of the "Spanish flu" epidemic
2019 100th anniversary of the WGS
2020 May 5 5th anniversary of election of Rachel Notley's NDP government
2020 125th anniversary of the founding of Fort Edmonton (at Fort Saskatchewan)
2020 150th anniversary of the Prairies becoming part of Canada
2020 350th anniversary of founding of HBC
2021 50th anniversary of the election of the Alberta Conservatives
2021 100th anniversary of the election of the United Farmers of Alberta government, a
forerunner of the NDP,
and the longest-surviving farmer government elected anywhere in Canada
2021 70th anniversary of Polio outbreak in Alberta (see other blog)
130th anniversary of founding of Strathcona, with arrival of railway in 1891
2022 700th anniversary of death of Dante (1912, the 600th anniversary, was marked by series of lectures)
210th anniversary of Edmonton's founding as permanent centre, with building of Fort Edmonton (IV) in Rossdale. From 1812 on, there has been constant recorded human habitation in what is now Edmonton.
2024 120th anniversary of Edmonton becoming a city
2025 120th anniversary of Alberta becoming a province.
2026 100th anniversary of election of first Labour MLA in Edmonton
2027 160th anniversary of Confederation
Let's celebrate!
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