Whether you grew up in Calgary, or moved here more recently, chances are you have friends and family in other parts of Canada (or beyond!) who are eager to visit. Naturally, they want to spend time reconnecting with you, but I bet they’re also excited to explore this fantastic city.
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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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Having grown up in relatively flat Nova Scotia, I’ve never gotten the hang of skiing and snowboarding. I don’t relish the idea of throwing myself down the side of a mountain with boards strapped to my boots (though I will cross country ski, as you can see in the photo).
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Skiing and snowboarding are great fun for the entire family but before the black diamond trails called Barely Legal, Parachute and Unnecessary Roughness are considered as a family outing, maybe tamer runs like Gentle Giant, Squirrel or Happy Valley should be under the boards. By finding those resorts with tamer
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Looking for the spookiest activities in the country? We’ve gathered the goblins and ghouls and pumped them for information–where do they go for the most SPOOKtacular fun! Use caution when visiting though, some of these are genuinely creepy and not appropriate for the younger spooks! You have been warned! Bwahahaha!
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I’ll be honest. I’ve been a complete chicken about taking my kids camping. My poor boys are 3 & 5 years old and this summer was the first time they slept in a tent. They LOVED it, of course, what kid doesn’t love camping?!  So for our first camping adventure,
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My husband stared at me the way one might look at a dangerous and unstable person. All I had said was “I hope our vacation is relaxing.” I received the look from the other side of our bedroom which was strewn with piles of clothes, books and toys I was
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Après-ski is just as important as when we were (cough) younger. Picture this: it’s been an awesome day on the slopes. Even magical perhaps as we carved out a few runs on our own in fresh powder while our kids were in lessons in the morning. And then we spent
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By Tanya Koob My family recently had the incredible opportunity to go dog sledding outside the mountain town of Canmore. Going on a sled tour had long been on my dream list and I was full of questions about doing it as a family: What does it feel like to
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If you’ve been thinking about trying out ice fishing and have yet to take the plunge, why not test out the sport from February 16-18 as part of Angling Alberta’s Reel in the Fun fishing weekend? Over that weekend you can try out ice fishing in Alberta without having to
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