TOMORROW!

Tubby Bateman Cleanup

Join your neighbours at Tubby Bateman Park – 8724 97 St – for a spring clean-up.
Stop by with a rake and a pair of gloves (bags provided).

Snacks at the end!

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 2
10:30am – 12pm

Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of free citizen-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs.  

On the first weekend of May every year, Jane’s Walk festivals take place in hundreds of cities across the globe. Jane’s Walks encourage people to share stories about their neighbourhoods, discover unseen aspects of their communities, and use walking as a way to connect with their neighbours.  

Created in 2007 in Toronto by friends of the urban thinker Jane Jacobs, the annual series of free, volunteer-led urban walks has grown from 27 to over 500 walks, from Calgary to Canberra and Sao Paulo to Saskatoon.

There are many walks across Edmonton. For more information and to register, visit https://janewalksyeg.wordpress.com/ 

A selection of this year’s walks near Strathcona:

Mill Creek Ravine Sweat
Walk Leaders: Thea Pruuli Williams (Estonian Sauna Knowledge Keeper) & Eugene Slonimerov (Urban Memory Researcher) from Arts Sweat Edmonton
Date & Times: Saturday, May 2nd, 9:55 AM, 11:55 AM, 1:55 PM, 3:55 PM
Location: W.C. “Tubby” Bateman Park (8724 97 ST NW)
Description: Join a walking meditation and a sauna ritual in the ravine. Participants will experience sweat sessions with an Estonian sauna knowledge keeper in a mobile tent sauna. Groups are limited to 8 registered participants at a time.
Dress to walk trails. Wear a swimsuit or light cotton clothing underneath. Please bring a towel, slide-on shoes, robe, and water. Do not wear jewelry or watches. Changing tent onsite. Please be advised that there are no public washrooms nearby.

Old Strathcona Eastside – Ever Evolving
Walk Leader: Nathan Binnema
Date & Time: Saturday, May 2nd, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (2.5 hours)
Location: At Tubby Bateman Park (8724 97 ST NW). Gather around the “Buffalo Mountain” art installation
Description: “Old Strathcona Eastside- Evolving” will trace the impact that community organizing has had on the neighbourhood, as well as on the development of the city as a whole, linking local activism to Jane Jacobs’ famous actions to stop freeway proposals in New York and Toronto. Along the way, we will also take note of some features of historical interest, and visit a new cohousing development. We will wind up at a commercial node, where new businesses have come to occupy old buildings.
Accessibility: Start & finish are accessible by Bus, and Bike with a walk to the start. On street parking is available.

Prioritize Whyte Ave!
Walk Leaders: Ryan Jacques & Jade Charlery Vidmar from the grassroots coalition, Prioritize Whyte Ave
Date & Time: Saturday, May 2nd, 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Location: 106 St / Whyte Ave
Description: A walk down Whyte, from 106 St to 101 St, to reflect on redevelopment opportunities in the public realm. Trees, benches, patios, and more! We’ll discuss how to build a Whyte Ave that prioritizes people and transit! This ride will include a short ETS bus ride from 101 St to 96 St, so please bring your ARC Card or money for transit fare. At the east end of the Ave, we will continue the walk and discuss Whyte Ave in the context of the French Quarter.
Accessibility: Start & finish is accessible by Bus or Bike. Paid on-street parking is available. Route is all via City Sidewalks, plus a short bus ride.

Our River Valley Relative
Walk Leader: Nika Paziuk – Indigenous Initiatives Coordinator, Edmonton Heritage Council
Date & Time: Saturday, May 2nd, 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Location: ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ Indigenous Art Park (10380 Queen Elizabeth Park Rd)
Description: Join Nika for a walk in Edmonton’s beautiful and vast river valley, recounting storytelling pieces of the Indigenous peoples who have taken care of these lands since time immemorial. In partnership with the Edmonton Heritage Council’s Commonwealth Walkway app, you’ll learn about the historic relational role that the North Saskatchewan River has played for those who call amiskwacîwâskahikan home. 

Alberta Bike Swap presents The Edmonton Bike Swap on Saturday, May 9, at the Alberta Aviation Museum (11410 Kingsway NW)

Donations are accepted between 8 AM and 5 PM while consignments are accepted between 8 AM and 2 PM.  

Those with stolen bike police reports are invited at 2 PM for Peace of Mind to see for themselves that there are no stolen bikes.
Sales go from 2:30 PM to 5 PM.

Donated bikes go to Hearts Centre and Bike Edmonton, while adaptive bikes support You Can Ride 2. As a self-funded event, any profit goes directly toward supporting legitimate CAN-BIKE cycling education.

To volunteer visit: albertabikeswap.ca/volunteer. 
To learn more visit: albertabikeswap.ca/edmonton.

STARTS TOMORROW! 

Spring Rummage Sale! A tradition in Old Strathcona for over 50 years, the Holy Trinity Anglican Church Spring Rummage Sale is back.

Prices from as low as 50 cents! 

Just moved? Need new kitchen items? Clothing? Looking for that perfect Summer read? On the hunt for amazing collectibles? 

Friday, April 24: 3 pm – 8 pm
Saturday, April 25: 10 am – 3 pm
Holy Trinity Anglican Church (corner of 101 St & 84th Ave)
Enter from the West door

Free admission
BAKE SALE & PLANT SALE on Friday

Find great bargains on:

• clothing, shoes, accessories (children, baby, and adult)
• Jewellery, linens, crafts, seasonal
• books, CDs, DVDs
• toys, puzzles, games
• furniture, art
• kitchen and household items
• sports, hardware, tools, electronics
• collectibles, crystal, china, silverware
• the ever popular GREETING CARD SALE! (cards from $1+)
• Bake sale and plant sale (Friday only)

Tubby Bateman Cleanup

Join your neighbours at Tubby Bateman Park – 8724 97 St – for a spring clean-up.
Stop by with a rake and a pair of gloves (bags provided).

Snacks at the end!

Saturday, May 2
10:30am – 12pm

Celebrate Earth Day at Edmonton Public Library Strathcona Branch with special guests from the U of A Future Energy Systems! Drop-in for hands-on activities and explore how you can help the Earth! 

Saturday, April 25, 2026
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
2nd Floor, Edmonton Public Library – Strathcona Branch
8331 104 Street NW

For more information visit epl.ca 

Street Sweeping begins in Old Strathcona this week (April 20-24th). 

In spring, the City clears debris and dust from roads, bike lanes and major pathways, making them cleaner and safer for all modes of transportation. A Parking Ban is in effect from 7am to 7pm Monday through Friday for the week crews are active in each neighbourhood. Failure to move your vehicle during the Parking Ban may result in a $250 ticket. Crews may arrive at any time during the week. Parking may resume on evenings and overnights as well as once a neighbourhood is completed.

https://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/on_your_streets/street-cleaning

Spring is coming, and with that: yard cleanup. But hold off. Native bees in Alberta primarily nest in the ground, along with moths, butterflies and other critical pollinators and insects.

If you rake too early, they might meet an early end.
Wait until it’s consistently above 10 °C  before cleaning up your yard. The bees will thank you.

Thanks to Troy Pavlek for the PSA!
Learn more and get a lawn sign at leaveyourleaves.ca

Prioritize Whyte Ave

Three groups, Paths for People, Edmonton Transit Riders, and the Strathcona Business Association, are working together to develop a coordinated approach to revitalizing Whyte Avenue, including roads, sidewalks, trees, benches, and related public realm elements. With the Old Strathcona Public Realm Strategy (OSPRS) currently on hold and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) discussions on the horizon, this collaboration has formed under the “Prioritize Whyte Ave” initiative.

The goal is to align efforts and reduce duplication, both in construction and engagement, by approaching improvements to Whyte Avenue as a single, integrated project rather than separate upgrades. This approach aims to minimize overall construction time, reduce costs, and streamline public input.

With City budget allocations set each December, the group has launched this initiative early to gather meaningful feedback that can be brought forward to Council in advance. A key objective is to ensure that BRT remains a priority and receives appropriate funding in the upcoming budget cycle.

You can support this effort by completing the survey and sharing it with others who live in, work in, or care about the Whyte Avenue area. To date, there have been approximately 200 responses, and increasing participation will help strengthen the case for investment. While many areas across the city have seen recent upgrades, Whyte Avenue has not received the same level of attention in some time. This is an opportunity to help change that.

Survey purpose:
We’re seeking input to better understand perceptions of current infrastructure conditions and to identify the types of investments needed for sidewalks, bus stops, patio spaces, trees, and more along 82 Avenue NW. The survey takes approximately 5 to 10 minutes to complete.

Survey: Prioritize Whyte Ave

The 6th Edmonton Scouts are holding their Bottle Drive in the neighbourhood this Saturday, April 18.