I hope everyone had a great Christmas break and recovered from your New Year celebrations. Wow. 2012 already!!??! Is time flying or what!? 2012 brings an especially big year for Calgary as multiple cultural institutions will celebrate their centennial. The Calgary Public Library, City of Calgary Recreation,...

How did Remembrance Day start? This commemorative day marks the armistice to end the First World War, on November 11, 1918 at 11 am. Remembrance Day became a tradition the very next year, throughout the Commonwealth in 1919. Nowadays, Canadians are asked to pause in memory of the countless men and...

As Halloween creeps up this weekend, and you don your best costume for that ghoulish party you’re planning to attend, do you ever stop to wonder where it all came from? Why do we dress up on Halloween anyways? We may be able to answer some of your burning questions about October 31st, and what...

EDMONTON LitFest: Edmonton’s Non-Fiction Festival Date: October 15 to October 23 Time: Various times Location: Various locations This festival celebrates travel, cuisine, wine, nature and politics through a series of performances and conversations with notable authors. www.litfestalberta.org Rocky...

Wow. Outdoor music fests typically bring out a party charged, fun loving group but Craven Country Jamboree sure takes this to another level. Located 20 minuets north of Regina Saskatchewan in a picturesque river valley,  it’s hard to find a more ideal place to host a country music festival…...

Time to dust off the buckle and boots again! This year Stampede started a little earlier than usual for the Boom Bus. On the Wednesday leading up we set up on Stephan ave downtown Calgary to have some fun with the crowds and promote WATCH IT! Banker Hall’s big sale. Stephan ave is a really cool...

Did you know Parks Canada is the oldest National Parks system in the world? Where did it all begin? In the fall of 1883, three Canadian Pacific Railway construction workers stumbled across a cave containing hot springs on the eastern slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. From that humble beginning...