While we may already be dreaming of spring, the blizzard-like weather this weekend reminded us that ski season is still very much underway in Alberta. This past weekend skiers...
City & Life
New Miniseries on Yukon Gold Rush to Film in Calgary
“Klondike” is a new miniseries filming in Calgary and Southern Alberta that tells the tale of a frontier town in the isolated Yukon wilderness during the gold rush of the...
New Cancer Centre to be Built in Calgary
Premier Alison Redford has announced funding for a new cancer clinic at the Foothills Medical Centre. The facility will include inpatient beds, advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies and an outpatient...
How the Outdoors Can Make You Happier
As you might expect, the author of a book that purports to contain tips for living a happy life comes across as a pretty idealistic guy. The idealism that author...
Killarney
Head west along 17th Avenue S.W., past what’s known as Uptown and Crowchild Trail, but before you cross 37th Street, and you’ll find Killarney. The neighbourhood, though first developed in...
Calgary’s Community Gardens Ready for Spring
In all quadrants of the city, you can now find a community garden ready to be planted for the 2013 season. These gardens, many accessible through community associations, allow Calgarians...
Scott McGillivray wants to help you pay your mortgage. As host of HGTV’s “Income Property,” the Toronto-based real estate investor has been guiding homeowners down the road to prosperity...
Two Calgary projects have been recognized in Azure magazine’s “Top 10 Projects of 2012.“ The Toronto-based architecture and design publication has selected the Peace Bridge and The Bow tower to...
Is Valentine’s Day Dated?
Recently, I watched one of those maddeningly addictive rom-coms in which a goofy, handsome guy surprises the girl of his dreams on Valentine’s Day. She’s a 20-something, too-busy-for-love surgeon who...
U of C Professor Releases Book on Why People Can Be Materialistic and Manipulative
You’ve been trying to make sense of them for a long, long time. They’re the manipulative and the materialistic, the people who will do whatever it takes to get what...