Westmount Window
People, places, and goings-on in Westmount, Edmonton, Canada
Dec 2021
Features
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Microgreens
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COVID-19 outbreak at Westglen
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Holiday events in the neighbourhood
Also in this issue:
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Thank you, Councillor Scott McKeen
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Coparenting
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History: No. 8 Firehall
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Photo scavenger hunt
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Westmount Community League events
Past issues
March 2021
Heritage home renos • COVID impact on restaurants and service organizations • Waste reduction • Ryan Jespersen • Streetcar history • Community hall enhancement • Substation #600 redevelopment • Neighbourhood book exchanges • Geocaching • Adaptogens • New executive director for the 124 Street BIA
June 2021
Supportive housing • Black experience in Alberta • Community Hall enhancements • WHARF animal rescue • Daisy Chain Book Co. • CANAVUA volunteer organization • Manchester Square • Westglen pow wow.
Sept 2021
Election Q&A with O'day-min candidates • Inskip Spencer and the 124th St. Drop-In • Pandemic patios • Neighbourhood beer & ice cream • History: Westmount Shopper's Park • Westmount non-car conveyances • Yard waste collection • Health & wellness
March 2020
Tim Adams and Free Footie • Window Wanderland displays • Introducing MP James Cumming • Thank you, Randy Boissonnault • Num Chok Wilai • Roofing • Modern Gravity • Swiss community centres • The old Prince Rupert Golf Course
June 2020
Special issue: Life in Westmount as the neighbourhood enters the COVID-19 pandemic. This issue was selected for inclusion in the Royal Alberta Museum COVID archives. Spanish flu • Westmount women on the front lines • Hall landscaping • Q&A with Councillor Scott McKeen
Sept 2020
Urban design: What makes Westmount so liveable? • Homelessness • Mosaics • Beautifying Westmount Hall • History: Glenora Grocery • Interior design for small spaces • • "Buy Nothing" group
Dec 2020
Special issue: Westmount planes, trains, and automobiles.
Aviation history • Wop May • Rail history • Vintage automobiles • Ward O-day'min • Westglen playspace • Jim Want • Hallowe'en decorating • Solar power at the Westmount and Inglewood Halls • Art Hives
March 2019
Property crime • New Coronation recreation centre • Westglen playspace • Window Wanderland • Q&A with Councillor McKeen • Growing up on 126 St. • Wellness businesses • Local coffee roasters
June 2019
Senator Paula Simons • Tattoo shops • Science Olympians • Creeping bellflower • Exercise local • Play Streets initiative • 124 Grand Market • Heritage plaques • Zwick's Pretzels • Make Music Edmonton • Art workshops
Sept 2019
Superfoods at the 124 Grand Market • Roxy Theatre groundbreaking • Poet Alice Major • Porch and block parties • Scouting • Westmount Fitness Centre • OM Yoga
Dec 2019
Larry Louie, photographer • Rezoning for the Westmount Architectural Heritage Area (WAHA) • Permaculture • Reducing holiday waste • The 124 Grand building • Westmount East block party • Foods to reduce stress • Westmount Community Hall renovations • Oktoberfest • Wild birds
March 2018
Historic documents discovered during renovation • History of Westmount boundaries • Backyard chickens • High Street Mile • 124 Street youth drop-in • Art at Ross Sheppard • Discovery Time Preschool • Noise radar • Connecting through play • Westmount Skate Night • Historic St. Albert Trail
June 2018
Farewell to Sideliners • Rebuilding the Roxy • Solar power for the Westmount Hall • LRT Q&A with Councillor McKeen • Principal Rick Stanley • Supporting Westmount makers • Assess your foundation • Math competition at Ross Shep • Enjoying nature • Heritage initiatives
Sept 2018
Community at Uncle Albert's • Heritage willow • Decorative crosswalks • Noise radar • Studio Bloom • Block parties • Monitoring construction sites • Heritage plaques
Dec 2018
Business health in Westmount • Front yard sociability • Salgado Fenwick • Oktoberfest • "My move to Westmount" • Triplets • Wild birds • Drum circle • Westmount Beer Club
June 2017
Business neighbours • 124 Grand Market • Heavy fencing club • Dog park friendships • Zoning amendment • Fruits of Sherbrooke • Newcomers to Canada • Historic Chandler Barn • Artifacts unearthed • Play Streets • Westmount Vegetable Garden • Alliance Française • Infrastructure renewal • El Mariachi
Sept 2017
Garden suites • Historic Ecclestons' Confectionary • Kirsta Franke and the 124 Grand Market • 124 Street corridor study • Westmount galleries • Q&A with Ward 6 candidates • Westmount Fitness Club • Cycling • Discovery Time Playschool • Nutrition
Dec 2017
Helen Nolan, community builder • Westmount fitness options • Choosing Westmount • Westmount's Space Shuttle • Vintage building names • Discovery Time Preschool • Gardening • Shopping local • High Street Mile • Street hockey