Posted on: January 1, 2015
I like the blank white pages of a pristine calendar. All those days, all those possibilities. No dentist appointments or school meetings or obligations to mar the boxes. No “bill due” scrawled in red or “P” in the corner of every second Thursday by which to measure how long of
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Posted on: December 16, 2014
The situation may be familiar to you. There is an after Christmas lull in the whirlwind of your life and you have guests that must be entertained. Whether they have come home for the holidays or are visiting E-town for the first time, you can’t give visitors the Edmonton experience
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Posted on: December 4, 2014
A friend of mine showed off a picture on his phone: “Check it out!” I wasn’t very impressed by the image in front of me: a bunny hill, notable only in that it was very busy. “So?” I yawned. “It’s inside a mall!” Sure enough, closer inspection of the small screen
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Posted on: November 21, 2014
If there’s one thing we love here at Family Fun Canada, it’s travel! It’s a passion we want to instill in our kids, and something we are working to help you do too! Happily we have found Little Passports a great resource to teach kids about the world around them and
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Posted on: November 18, 2014
Don’t get us wrong, we love Edmonton; some of our favorite people live here! It’s just that sometimes we really want to get the heck out of here, and we are grateful for the airlines that are making that wish easier to attain. Congratulations to American Airlines, who join WestJet
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Posted on: November 15, 2014
A travel agent friend of mine likes to tell us stories of traveling families. They sat in front of her desk and she explained passport requirements. “Everyone needs a passport. Even the children. It doesn’t matter how old you are, every Canadian traveler needs a passport.” “Oh yes, we know.
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Posted on: November 10, 2014
This year Remembrance Day has an added poignancy for many of us shaken by the attacks against Canadian soldiers on Canadian soil. It is with very grateful hearts that we acknowledge the sacrifice of the men and women who have served and are serving in the armed forces. This year
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Posted on: October 24, 2014
Judge me if you want, but I thought the movie Mean Girls was hilarious, a position strenuously opposed in my house. One of the parts I often cite (as in “haha, remember the part when…”) is the disbelief protagonist Cady expresses at the Halloween costumes of her fellow high
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Posted on: October 13, 2014
… or “Stalking your Imaginary Boyfriend in London.” If you love the BBC mini-series Sherlock, waiting until 2016 for season four might kill you. We think it’s perfectly reasonable to go to London in the meantime and binge a little on all things Benedict. I mean Sherlock. Sherlock. I
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Posted on: October 10, 2014
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Disney Corporate Citizenship and XPrize are looking for a hero. And not just one…SIX! In anticipation of the Big Hero 6 movie being released on November 7th, 2014, the search is on for real life counterparts to the onscreen heroes. Here is the chance
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