If you are planning to visit any of Alberta’s museums or historical sites, you have to check out the Experience Alberta’s History Annual Pass. This amazingly affordable card will get you and your family a full year of access to some of the best museum’s in the province, including the
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In honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend, the province is celebrating with free admission at several museums and historical sites on June 3-5, 2022! The full list of participating historic sites, museums and interpretive centres can be found here. Unfortunately the Saturday and Sunday spots are all filled up
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Calaway Park is celebrating 40+1 years of family fun in 2022! This popular Calgary summer destination has been providing joy, excitement and family memories in Alberta for over four decades. I used to love going as a kid, and now that I am grown I love taking my own kids
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Summer is the perfect time to hit the road and discover new and interesting places with the family! Whether it be for a weekend getaway, or just for a daytrip, Lacombe County offers up a wide range of experiences and activities just a short drive south of Edmonton. Choose from
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Experience and connect with Indigenous culture at Métis Crossing, Alberta’s first major Métis cultural interpretive destination! Only 1.5 hours from Edmonton, they offer a variety of activities and experiences that provide an engaging educational environment for all ages. Book your ticket today and enjoy learning through art, dance, story telling
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Move over staycation – a PLAYCATION is where it’s at this summer! The whole family wants, nay, needs a getaway, but flights, hotels and resorts are all so expensive. Skip the high-priced trip and plan an Alberta getaway the whole family will love. First stop? Western Canada’s largest outdoor family
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Let your child experience archaeology in action this summer with Bodo Archaeology Summer Camps! Your child can become an archaeologist for the day and enjoy a variety of hands-on activities at a 500 year old dig site. It is a fun and interactive way to discover a new part of
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Go Big or Go Home!  On our recent trek back from camping in Cold Lake, we decided to take our time and check out some of the large roadside attractions in the area.  It added a few extra miles and hours to our trip, but it made for a fun
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We’re so used to it. Street lights, traffic lights, business signs, billboards, car lights, security lights. When you start to make a list of all the nighttime lights that we see in towns and cities across Canada, it adds up quickly! All of this lighting is considered light pollution. Being
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Call it the winter blues, Covid lockdown craze, or cabin fever. Whatever it is, our family was in it deep and we needed a break – STAT! I love that we live so close to one of the coolest hotels — Fantasyland Hotel at West Edmonton Mall. An overnight staycation
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