SpiderMable

• Edmonton’s ‘SpiderMable’ returns 10 years later, cancer-free and thriving

  It's been 10 years since the City of Edmonton came together to give Mable Tooke, known as SpiderMable, a day she would never forget.

  Features

  Sep 29, 2025
  
• Residents at St. Albert care home receive special visit from SpiderMable and Santa

  Edmonton superhero SpiderMable teamed up with a pair of University of Alberta students to bring Christmas cheer to seniors in St. Albert.

  Features

  Dec 21, 2020
  
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• Research examines SpiderMable’s ‘Hero’s Journey’ and why it exploded online

  A University of Alberta master's degree student is exploring the SpiderMable phenomenon and how the six-year-old superhero captured hearts across the online world.

  Features

  Jul 14, 2017
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• Meet some of the most courageous Albertans of 2016

  Profiles in Courage features stories about ordinary Albertans who are dealing with health challenges in extraordinary ways.

  Health

  Dec 19, 2016
• Young Edmonton cancer survivor thriving 1 year after SpiderMable captivated city

  A year after she captured the hearts of Canadians with her day-long adventure as a superhero while in the midst of a fierce fight with cancer, a young Edmonton girl is thriving.

  Features

  Sep 27, 2016
• ‘She captured everybody’s hearts’: Edmonton company to make SpiderMable documentary

  SpiderMable took Edmonton by storm last year, and now a production company wants to take her story to the big screen.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2016
• Global Edmonton staff members share their most memorable stories of 2015

  To mark the end of 2015, we asked the staff members at Global Edmonton to share the story that resonated most with them this past year.

  Economy

  Dec 22, 2015
• SpiderMable teaching kids who to call when in danger

  Edmonton superhero SpiderMable is teaming up with ETS and teaching children who are safe adults to approach when something is wrong.

  Features

  Oct 29, 2015
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• SpiderMable receives final round of chemo at Stollery Children’s Hospital

  The young girl who melted hearts around the world as she raced around Edmonton fighting an evil villain last week has received her final round of chemotherapy.

  Features

  Oct 10, 2015
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• SpiderMable gets Marvel-worthy honour from Edmonton artists

  Edmonton superhero SpiderMable has inspired several local artists. The public will soon have a chance to buy their works, with proceeds going back to the organization that orchestrated it all.

  Entertainment

  Oct 1, 2015