Playgrounds
Monkey Bars and More at Cameron Heights Playground
Like most kids, my daughters have a playground favourite that they search for at the start of each visit. They’re somewhat fickle – the playground gem can change with regularity, but for the past few months it’s consistently been the monkey bars. We arrive at a new park and they
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Four Times the Fun at Britnell Park Playground
What makes a great playground? It’s a question I’ve been asked numerous times and every time it’s cause for pause. What does make a great playground? Selfishly, I love playgrounds with rubber base. I’ve heard experts say sand offers more play value for kids, but I hate the feeling of
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Fun on the Rails at Kitchener Park and Playground
What’s black and red and fun all over? Give up? It’s Kitchener Park and Playground in Edmonton Oliver neighbourhood! I first discovered this central Edmonton gem a couple years ago, when I took my daughters to their first K-Days parade. They were 18 months old and intrigued by the crowd
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Prehistoric Fun at Meadowview Dinosaur Playground
The Meadowview neighbourhood in Leduc is like any of the dozens of new developments popping up in the sprawling capital region – lovely, just-built houses mixed with basement pilings; bulldozers and minivans sharing the streets – but it has one tiny but important difference. Somewhere in this sea of construction
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Rundle Park Playground: A Slice of Canadian Wilderness
A nailer board at the entrance to Rundle Park Playground says it all – “A slice of the Canadian Wilderness”. Edmonton is known for its green spaces. The North Saskatchewan River Valley is the largest stretch of urban parkland in North America. With so much space, sometimes we forget about
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Set Your Critters Loose on Otter Park
“MOM! There’s a big BUG here!” That was not a complaint – it was a shriek of delight before my daughter could even scramble out of her carseat! From the parking lot she could already see the giant green bouncy grasshopper, smiling from its perch at the edge of the
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Find Fun Downtown at McKay Avenue School Playground
“When you’re alone, and life is making you lonely You can always go Downtown When you’ve got worries, all the noise and the hurry Seems to help, I know, Downtown Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are
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ArrKann Spray Park and Playground in Ardrossan
You’ve never seen a spray park like this before! The ArrKann Spray Park and Playground in Ardrossan Regional Park is going to blow your barn doors off – pun completely intended! The farm-themed spray park is vast and adorable, right down to its bright red barn. Water wasn’t flowing the
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Find a City of Fun at Eaux Claires Playground
“Mommy, you have to get off the road. The fire truck has an emergency!” I obediently step aside and the co-captains at the helm of the bright red fire truck speed through amid a cacophony of man-made sound effects. Sadly, though, the imaginary fire went ignored as the responding crew
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Un-Bear-able Fun at Borden Park Playground
The first time we visited Borden Park we almost didn’t find the playground! There’s so much to see in this stunning East-central Edmonton park that you can easily overlook the nature-themed playground – but you shouldn’t! More on that in a minute. On our first visit we parked near the
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