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Boa and Hare: A New Chinatown Destination

By Anita Jenkins

A new place for coffee and more is now open in Pacific Mall and the team behind it are familiar faces in Chinatown's food scene.

Re Elect Blake Desjarlais

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Lunar New Year in Chinatown: Chinatown welcomed the Year of the Snake on January 26th on 97th Street with a Dragon Dance, Lion Dance, and the lighting of firecrackers. This year, the indoor portion of the celebrations took place at the Royal Alberta Museum. An estimated 3,000 people took in activities and cultural performances. Chinatown’s Lunar New Year celebrations were organized by the Chinatown and Area Business Improvement Area (BIA) in partnership with the Chinatown Transformation Collaborative Society, Royal Alberta Museum, and City of Edmonton. (Paula E. Kirman)
Zocalo’s Greenhouse Reopens: Zocalo’s greenhouse reopened in March, following 14 months of construction after a fire in January 2024. (Paula E. Kirman)
Bernadette Iahtail Receives Medal: Bernadette Iahtail, Executive Director and co-founder of Creating Hope Society, received the King Charles III Coronation Medal on February 22nd, presented to her by MP Blake Desjarlais. Bernadette is also a Registered Social Worker and Sixties Scoop survivor. “Bernadette has dedicated her career to supporting Indigenous children and their families, ending the cycle of Indigenous children being separated from their families and communities through the child welfare system, and creating a healing process for those affected, with the central goal of finding an Indigenous home for every Indigenous child in care,” MP Desjarlais read at the ceremony. (Cody Bondarchuk )
Family Day Transportation: A horse-drawn wagon at the Family Day celebration on February 16th at the McCauley Rink. (Paula Kirman)
Celebration at Paper Birch Books: Paper Birch Books celebrated the grand opening of its coffee bar on February 23rd. The bookstore planned a community Lantern Fest to accompany the event, including crafts, a pop-up photo booth, food truck, and Lion Dance. The event was supported by the Viva Italia District Association (VIDA). (Paula E. Kirman)
Valentine’s Day Memorial March: The annual Valentine’s Day Memorial March of Edmonton took place on February 14th at Sacred Heart Church. The march honours and advocates for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Alberta. This year’s march was organized and led by youth. (Paula E. Kirman)
Togather Chinatown Arts Festival: The 2025 Togather Chinatown Arts Festival happened on February 1st and 2nd at the Edmonton Chinatown Multi-Cultural Centre. Once again, the event featured a curated selection of community-minded, BIPOC, marginalized, and emerging vendors, artists, micro-businesses, and community organizations. This year there was also a food court and workshops. (Paula E. Kirman)

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Volume 46, Issue 3 (June-July 2025) will be published June 1st, 2025. Articles and photos concerning community news, events, and opinions are welcome for both our print and online editions. We also occasionally accept submissions of poetry and cartoons. Deadline for the print edition: May 12th, 2025. Send submissions to: editor@bmcnews.org. Articles should be 400 words or less and accompanied by photographs (JPG, in high resolution) when possible.