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A Guide to Canada's Wine Regions

The best wines in the world seem to come from temperate, warm places like France, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, South America and California. It sometimes comes as a surprise to people, then, that Canada—often associated with cold, harsh weather patterns—has a booming wine industry that has been producing world-class vintages for decades. Canadian wine has garnered the country international recognition as a producer of fine, award-winning vino. (continue...)

Alberta Birds of Prey Centre

Visitors from around the world have described the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre as a "must-see" attraction for Southern Alberta. (continue...)

Alberta’s Not So Badlands

One of the most exciting landscapes within the province can be found hidden within the middle of our vast prairies—the badlands. (continue...)

All Aboard! Exploring Canada by Train

Upon thinking of Canada, one cannot suppress images of open space, diverse landscapes and striking hospitality spread among urban centres and rural communities. With a total area of 9,984,670 sq km (3,855,103 sq mi), plus natural attractions such as... (continue...)

Athabasca - A Country with a Past

Despite the early discovery of the Athabasca River as a trade route, its importance as a stepping stone to Canada's North remained unrecognized until the 1870's. (continue...)

Backwoods Theatre

Camping is one of the fastest growing recreational activities. More and more families are packing tent or trailer and heading to one of Alberta’s many provincial parks and campgrounds. (continue...)

Badlands and Bones

Dinosaurs were the most unique of animals. What other group of animals, alive or dead, has the ability to transfix the attention of children like these giant, lumbering beasts? (continue...)

Calgary Stampede

Each year, the Calgary Stampede storms the city with a momentum that has wrangled up much interest since its first rodeo in September of 1912. Now held annually in July, the city relives its western heritage with an event that Calgary deems as "the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth". The whole city gets involved with shops adding wooden, ranch-like storefronts, restaurants transforming into saloons, and people sportin' western duds. But don't expect any tumbleweeds... (continue...)

Calgary's Music Festival Roundup

Music and a good time have always gone hand in hand, and in a city that has produced some great talents, like the composer and trumpeter Alan Matheson, country singer Paul Brant, and the 80s hit band Loverboy, as well as singer/songwriters Jann Arden and Feist, it only becomes more evident why. To understand this, just head out to any of Calgary's pubs, clubs or venues, like Broken City, the Beat Niq, Vern's Tavern or the Ironwood, on any night of the week, and a party will likely be found with a band playing and a crowd dancing. (continue...)

Canada's Shopping Hot Spots

In the past few decades, Canada has started to shed its image as a frigid land of vast wilderness in favour of a sophisticated, urban persona. Canada's major cities are now being seen for what they are—vibrant, modern hubs of activity. The country's urban centres boast many attractions, one of the most significant being their world-class shopping facilities. (continue...)

Canada's Top 10 Museums

Stretching from Nova Scotia in the east to Vancouver Island in the west, Canada boasts more than 2,500 museums that range from large metropolitan galleries to small community museums and chronicle everything from prehistoric dinosaur remains to the latest developments in science and technology. No clay shard, no centuries-old painting, no children’s toy is left unturned or unexamined for the 59 million visitors who pass through the country’s museums each year. (continue...)

Day Hikes in Alberta's Rockies

It's hard to think of Alberta without conjuring images of this diverse province's most amazing and powerful sight—the Rocky Mountains, which tower over prairies and foothills as one moves west through the province. The Rocky Mountains are a huge tourist draw, particularly to popular ski areas like Banff, Lake Louise, Kananaskis and Jasper. But how does one enjoy the majesty of these humbling giants when there's no snow on the ground? (continue...)

Day Trips from Calgary

In Canada, the big cities are few and far between. In Alberta, the regional megalopolis and the “heart of the new west” is Calgary. With over one million citizens, it's the largest city east if the Rockies and west of Ontario. But with so many Calgarians taking to the streets, it can get pretty hectic. For travellers and city-folk who are tired of the hustle and bustle of cowtown and want to take a short break, Calgary is in a perfect spot for day trip adventures out of town. (continue...)

Driving the Icefields Parkway

Hailed as one of Canada’s greatest drives, the Icefields Parkway is a scenic highway officially running from Lake Louise to the town of Jasper and straight through the majestic Canadian Rockies. Stretching 230 km (142 mi), the Parkway travels alongside age-old icefields, vast alpine forests, turquoise glacial lakes and permanently snow-capped mountains (continue...)




		Drumheller Heading towards Drumheller on Highway 9, northeast of Calgary, you first experience Horseshoe Canyon. This miniature version of the Grand Canyon is an excellent example of badlands landscape. You may want to explore this area or head onto Drumheller. From here you have two options. You can head west along the north Dinosaur Trail towards Horsethief Canyon and on to one of Alberta’s last working ferries; eventually looping back to Drumheller on Hwy. 575. You can also head east along Highway 10 and loop back on Hwys. 569 and 56. This takes you past the Hoodoos Campsite and the old Atlas coal mine where one of the provinces few remaining coal tipples can be viewed.


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Family Friendly Calgary

Hardworking, corporate, hustle and bustle; these are just some of the words that may come to mind when thinking of Calgary. The city has a get-down-to-business attitude but it also has a gentle, welcoming side. More inviting words can also describe Calgary, such as family, friendly and (continue...)

Fort Calgary

It’s a story of fur traders, railroaders and North West Mounted Policemen. In the story of Calgary can be felt the passion of discovering and conquering a difficult new world. Calgarians scratched their little town out of the raw prairie, and that little town is now a thriving metropolis. Hidden, almost lost, within its glittering glass centre, can be found the site at which it all began—Fort Calgary. (continue...)

Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Traveling south from Calgary often to be destination oriented. We usually have a definite place to go and a limited time to get there. Fortunately, one of the most dramatic sites in southern Alberta is only a short side trip away. (continue...)

Hot Springs in the Canadian Rockies

The Canadian Rockies have no shortage of hot springs, natural phenomenons that have been venerated for their healing properties for centuries. These warm and soothing bodies of water are a great place to unwind and relax after a long day on the ski slopes or hiking trails. Most of the hot springs of the Canadian Rockies are accompanied by resorts and are near a number of outdoor activities like challenging golf courses, hiking, backcountry camping, fishing and rafting. Many are open year round, and there are few better ways to soothe hard-working muscles than by climbing into a steaming hot pool. (continue...)

North America's Top 10 Zoos

Unlocking a fascinating world perhaps otherwise only seen in nature documentaries or on an African safari, today’s zoos are losing a tarnished reputation of cruelty and are instead heralded as environmental blessings. The world’s greatest zoos are committed to the conservation of wildlife and its natural environment and are making a positive impact on the survival of threatened species in the wild. (continue...)

Painting a Picture of the Calgary Art Scene

The natural environment of Alberta and the Calgary Area is as visually stunning as it is diverse. The immense skies play with pigments and space while the contrast of the mountains and prairies serve as a living canvas, endowing nature's brush strokes with free reign in which to create, while inspiring innumerable artists to follow suit. (continue...)

See Calgary By C-Train

Thousands of Calgarians and tourists alike use Calgary Transit to get around the city, many using the Calgary light rail transit system, more commonly known as the Calgary LRT or C-Train. With 36 stations at present and two major (continue...)

Southbound Skidooing

The Crowsnest Pass is an area that has become synonymous with coal. This is a valley that not only echoes with the voices of countless miners, but with the cries of joy from people experiencing it’s newest attraction—Snowmobiling. (continue...)

The Aurora Lights: A Natural Wonder

A celestial light show, the aurora can appear as dancing streamers of colour softly moving through the night sky. Or perhaps they light up the heavens, mimicking an intense fire burning in the dark. In yet another form, the aurora may emerge as an arc, spanning hundreds of kilometers across (continue...)

The Best of Calgary

Born of cowboys and the wild frontier back in 1875, Calgary is a city that today boasts the best of both the old west and a modern metropolis. Located in southern Alberta, Calgary is known as the Heart of the New West™ and its deep-rooted western hospitality nurtures a familiar small town spirit in what is actually a big, bustling, cosmopolitan city. (continue...)

The Patricias

The Proud History of a Fighting Regiment Special Edition by Dr. D.J. Bercuson
In the early days of World War l, Hamilton Gault of Montreal funded the raising of a new infantry regiment. Named after Princess Patricia of Connaught, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry fought valiantly over the course of the war and suffered great loss. From the blood soaked trenches of the Ypres Salient to the hard fought battles of Passchendaele and Canal; du Nord, the Patricias earned the respect of friend and foe alike and started a tradition that would carry them into the next century. (continue...)

Top 10 Unusual Canadian Attractions

Surprisingly, there is a plethora of unique, unusual and eye-catching landmarks that can be found in every province of Canada. In fact, these often entertaining sights are more likely found in smaller towns, where tourists are lured in to take a picture or buy a trinket of these one-of-a-kin









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