Scott Lilwall

Writer, The Pulse

Recent work by Scott

A newspaper clipping of two ads for CKUA shows, one for "Your Home and You" and another for "Hamlets There Have Been"

Brief

A moment in history: Jan. 25, 1949

On this day 74 years ago, CKUA was broadcasting cooking lessons and drama lectures out of the University of Alberta.

Jan. 25, 2023

A newspaper clipping with a photograph of a debonair young man named Sydney Davies, beside a headline reading "Young Onlooker Caught Beneath Toppling Walls: Clothing and Tie Prove that Missing Real Estate Man Met Fate at Thursday's Blaze"

Brief

A moment in history: Jan. 18, 1913

On this day 110 years ago, people were still searching for survivors after one of the city's worst fires.

Jan. 18, 2023

A newspaper clipping of an ad from ITV reading "The Tommy Banks Show: Free"

Brief

A moment in history: Jan. 11, 1975

On this day 48 years ago, audiences were invited to free tapings of The Tommy Banks Show.

Jan. 11, 2023

A newspaper clipping with the headline "Newspaper aims to unite province's black population" and a picture of a smiling Esther Rodney in the office of The Communicant

Brief

A moment in history: Jan. 4, 1984

On this day 39 years ago, the first newspaper focused on Edmonton's Black community got some ink.

Jan. 4, 2023

A newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor under a banner reading "Opinions" and signed by "One Who Is Disappointed"

Brief

A moment in history: Dec. 14, 1928

On this day 94 years ago, one anonymous resident was unimpressed with Edmonton's new slogan. The letter to the editor captured here might just be one of the oldest surviving examples of a grand Edmonton tradition: Complaining about the city's many slogans.

Dec. 14, 2022