Mystery Town Tours combines best of Amazing Race and escape room concepts
In a unique cross between several popular games, a Canmore man is helping residents and guests discover the hidden gems of several cities. Mystery Town Tours challenge players to solve clues they...
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Tributes to musical legends bookend Alberta Ballet's new season
Alberta Ballet will celebrate poets, legends and dream weavers in its upcoming season. Its packed schedule will include two world premieres and 10 Alberta premieres and opens and closes with works...
View ArticleCook from Foreign Concept latest to compete on Top Chef Canada
In what’s become a bit of a trend, a Calgary chef is joining the menu of the next season of Top Chef Canada. Jinhee Lee, 38, from Foreign Concept in Calgary will put her skillet to the test against 10...
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Soak up the mountain scenery in new outdoor spa
Tartan robes are unpacked, heated hammocks have arrived and the fires in the cowboy kettles are burning bright. The newly opened spa in Kananaskis is turning the Scandinavian spa ritual on its head....
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Banff Centre announces a season of celebration
What began as a single drama course in 1933 has grown into a world-class arts organization with myriad programs and schools catering to thousands of students and creators. The Banff Centre is...
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New $10 bill a balance between history and security
Canada’s new $10 bill is the same size, colour and material as the current one but also features some very notable firsts. It includes the first woman on a banknote who is not a parliamentarian or a...
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CPO launches season filled with big names, big sounds
Renowned big voices will be bookending the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra’s upcoming season. Renee Fleming, known worldwide as America’s Queen of Opera, will join the orchestra Sept. 26, 2018, for one...
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New look, new location for Sephora
The bass line was pumping and the shrieks and cheers could be heard down the corridor. The grand reopening of Sephora at Chinook Centre was very much a party and clearly well received by the throngs...
View ArticleCalgary chef battles for supremacy in Iron Chef Gauntlet
A Calgary competitor on Top Chef Canada and winner of Top Chef Canada: All-Stars put all her pans on the table for the toughest culinary contest yet. Nicole Gomes, chef-owner of Nicole Gourmet catering...
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Women to rule the ramp at skateboarding fest Chicago-based Vans will roll its skateboarding fest into Calgary April 13-15. With permanent House of Vans venues in Brooklyn, Chicago and London, the...
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Despite the white stuff, garden show gets you thinking green
It doesn’t feel much like summer out there, but the annual Calgary Horticultural Society’s weekend Garden Show will be planting ideas just the same. Get inspired, learn some new tips and get ready for...
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Beyond celebrities: Artists and artisans are a huge part of Calgary Expo
While comic expos are big business for fantasy merchandisers and retailers, they can be a make-or-break proposition for small-scale, independent artisans. And when you’re in a last-minute scramble to...
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Local arts calendar
Les Miserables on tour with Broadway Across Canada. Courtesy, Matthew Murphy Popular musical tickets to go on sale Hot off a celebrated two-and-a-half-year run on Broadway, Les Miserables is gearing up...
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Sailing into better times in the BVI
With its copious dark rum mixed with cream of coconut, pineapple and orange juice topped with fresh grated Grenadian nutmeg, the Painkiller is an apt name for a Caribbean cocktail. It’s also fitting...
View ArticleDrink like an islander
The Painkiller and the Bushwacker are two notable cocktails poured all across the British Virgin Islands. Here are recipes for both from local establishments. The Bushwacker (from Cow Wreck Beach,...
View ArticleYouth musicians to represent at National Music Festival
The recent Calgary Performing Arts Festival produced many winners in a variety of classes including singing, compositions and a range of instruments. There is also one overall winner of the festival...
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After a brutally long winter, how will our gardens grow?
We’ve finally lumbered past the May long weekend when conventional wisdom tells us it’s OK to plant and garden. But after an exceptionally long winter that delayed everything from spring melt to...
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Grateful gardeners book will get you focused on all the good you've sown
We’ve all had epic fails. The carrots that inexplicably remained tiny, the tomatoes that never bloomed or the zucchini plants that got away and took over the entire garden patch. But two gardening...
View ArticleSheryl Crow, Broken Social Scene last big acts announced for Stampede's...
Multi-Grammy winner Sheryl Crow leads the last list of bands and musicians announced for the Coca-Cola Stage during Stampede in July. The Stampede has released groups of artists over the past three...
View ArticleChildren's festival: What to see may 26
The Okee Dokee Brothers The Grammy Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers of Minneapolis, Minn., have been called two of family music’s best songwriters. The two have great rapport and are very funny....
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