Sport
- February 22 - 2003 Canada Winter Games
- November 16 - The Edmonton Eskimos win the 91st Grey Cup, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 34 to 22.
- November 22 - The 2003 Heritage Classic, the first outdoor game in NHL history, is played in Edmonton.
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“Drag racing is a sport of egos, and it’s all male egos.”
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—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
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