Luxury heli-hiking trip launched
Rivalling anything you’d find in the Alps, a Canadian travel outfit is upping the ante for hiking holidays. CMH, a longtime heli-adventure company based in Banff, is launching a new trip that pairs...
View ArticleScaling Fortress: ATV-assisted hike opens up mountain for all users
Way down below, the blue water sparkles in the sun. Indian paintbrushes, purple fleabane and other assorted alpine wildflowers waft in the wind. The scene is intoxicating but as pretty as it is, it's...
View ArticleSkateboarding pros take sport, along with message of hope, to Indigenous youth
Believing it saved them from taking the wrong path, a group of avid skateboarders is touring Alberta reserves to share their sport with Indigenous youth. Read More
View ArticleAlberta Theatre Projects joins local companies postponing seasons
After much thought and surveying of patrons and stakeholders, Alberta Theatre Projects has postponed its upcoming fall season to 2021-22 instead. Read More
View ArticleRelaunch: COVID's curtain call keeps performing arts off the stage
Even Shakespeare is no match for a global pandemic. Rather than on bended knee in the grass on Prince’s Island Park, Romeo will profess his undying love to Juliet online this summer. A longtime outdoor...
View ArticleA quieter Banff regaining local tourism
Long a draw for tourists, Alberta's national parks have been decidedly quieter this summer. With borders closed and no decision on when they will reopen, the only travellers taking in the sights are...
View ArticleCalgary's Louder We Get cast raises a voice for change
A made-in-Calgary musical that told the story of a gay student's fight to take his boyfriend to prom has now spun off into a celebratory music video. Read More
View ArticleCalgary's big three arts groups grounded for the season
It’s official — Calgary’s three preeminent performing arts organizations will not sing, dance or play their seasons this fall. This morning, both the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Calgary Opera...
View ArticlePursuit expands Icelandic experience with geothermal lagoon
This is the second tourist experience in Iceland for Pursuit. In 2019, it opened FlyOver Iceland, an addition to the multidimensional ride experience in Vancouver, and those coming to Las Vegas in 2021...
View ArticleBest of local theatre's short season will still be lauded
Although the season was cut short, Calgary theatre critics didn't want to let all the good productions go unnoticed. Read More
View ArticleDocumentary hopes to put tiny theatre town back on the map, and in the black
It’s a blip on the map with only 87 residents, but Rosebud, Alta., attracts an estimated 35,000 visitors a year. It’s not the bucolic prairie landscape that draws these people to the hamlet 100...
View ArticleClassical musicians introduce neighbours to Bach yard music
As the weather has warmed up, so are Calgary's local musicians. Curbside, garden and lawn concerts are a growing trend as artists find a way to bring their music to the community and pocket some badly...
View ArticleRelaunch: COVID's curtain call keeps performing arts off the stage
Even Shakespeare is no match for a global pandemic. Rather than on bended knee in the grass on Prince’s Island Park, Romeo will profess his undying love to Juliet online this summer. A longtime outdoor...
View ArticleA quieter Banff regaining local tourism
Long a draw for tourists, Alberta's national parks have been decidedly quieter this summer. With borders closed and no decision on when they will reopen, the only travellers taking in the sights are...
View ArticleCalgary's Louder We Get cast raises a voice for change
A made-in-Calgary musical that told the story of a gay student's fight to take his boyfriend to prom has now spun off into a celebratory music video. Read More
View ArticleCalgary's big three arts groups grounded for the season
It’s official — Calgary’s three preeminent performing arts organizations will not sing, dance or play their seasons this fall. This morning, both the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Calgary Opera...
View ArticlePursuit expands Icelandic experience with geothermal lagoon
This is the second tourist experience in Iceland for Pursuit. In 2019, it opened FlyOver Iceland, an addition to the multidimensional ride experience in Vancouver, and those coming to Las Vegas in 2021...
View ArticleBest of local theatre's short season will still be lauded
Although the season was cut short, Calgary theatre critics didn't want to let all the good productions go unnoticed. Read More
View ArticleDocumentary hopes to put tiny theatre town back on the map, and in the black
It’s a blip on the map with only 87 residents, but Rosebud, Alta., attracts an estimated 35,000 visitors a year. It’s not the bucolic prairie landscape that draws these people to the hamlet 100...
View ArticleClassical musicians introduce neighbours to Bach yard music
As the weather has warmed up, so are Calgary's local musicians. Curbside, garden and lawn concerts are a growing trend as artists find a way to bring their music to the community and pocket some badly...
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