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<html> <head> <title>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/geo/910/000069703/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Edmonton, Alberta, Canada LOCATION Official Website: <a href="http://www.edmonton.ca/">http://www.edmonton.ca/</a> Population: 712,391 (2005)Founding Date: 1904 (incorporated)<ul> <li> <a href="/gov/143/000367039/">Mayor of Edmonton</a> </ul> NEWSPAPERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Newspaper</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/media/068/000123696/">The Edmonton Sun</a></td></tr></table> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/964/000123595/">Vanguard College</a></td><td><center>1946</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/268/000082022/">University of Alberta</a></td><td><center>1908</center></td></tr></table> MUSEUM <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Museum</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/278/000202669/">Royal Alberta Museum</a></td><td><center>1967</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/org/272/000202663/">Art Gallery of Alberta</a></td><td><center>1924</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/621/000022555/">Tommy Chong</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The stoned half of Cheech and Chong</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/140/000131744/">Paula Devicq</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Kirsten Bennett on Party of Five</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/729/000023660/">Gordon R. Dickson</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-2001</tt></td> <td>Dorsai</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/990/000032894/">Bernard Ebbers</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of WorldCom, 1985-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/632/000108308/">Nathan Fillion</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Richard Castle on Castle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/506/000347462/">Dianne Foster</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Last Hurrah</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/851/000022785/">Michael J. Fox</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Back to the Future</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/414/000031321/">Jill Hennessy</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Crossing Jordan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000022897/">Arthur Hiller</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-2016</tt></td> <td>An Alan Smithee Film</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/273/000109943/">Eric Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1979</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Whitney Fordman on Smallville</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/821/000123452/">Preston Manning</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founder, Reform Party of Canada</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/219/000350166/">Niall Matter</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Zane Donovan on Eureka</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/002/000044867/">Bruce McCulloch</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Kids in the Hall</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/965/000366864/">Caleb McGillvary</a></td> <td><center>Criminal Defendant</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-1988</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/869/000047728/">Marshall McLuhan</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1980</tt></td> <td>Understanding Media</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000165015/">Mark Messier</a></td> <td><center>Hockey</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hall of Famer, 25 years in NHL</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/666/000165171/">Scott Niedermayer</a></td> <td><center>Hockey</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-1973</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Anaheim Ducks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000347332/">Kavan Smith</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Maj. Evan Lorne on Stargate: Atlantis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/241/000131845/">Catherine Mary Stewart</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Last Starfighter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/211/000140788/">Kenneth Welsh</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Windom Earle on Twin Peaks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000132229/">Chandra West</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>White Noise</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/762/000174240/">Anne Wheeler</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Better Than Chocolate</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=69703" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2017 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/005/000001002/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/5/1002/s1002.jpg" width=128> Timeline of physicists</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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