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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Yup.
They made the same deal in Saskatchewan at the same time: Regina became the capital, Saskatoon got the university. Only Saskatchewan didn't renege on the deal the way Alberta did.
As things turned out, Calgary didn't get a university of its own until the 1960s. Just one of many ways Edmonton has given us the shaft over the years.
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Both provinces had two major cities, and it was assumed the university and the capital would be split between the two major cities in each province. However the sleazy Edmonton politicians got the agreement to be less specific - use the north and south sides of the Saskatchwan River as the dividing line. In Saskatchewan the university is on the north bank, and the capital is in Regina. Here, Rutherford used the lack of specificity to put the capital in Edmonton on the north bank, and the university in the "city" of Strathcona on the south bank.😡