This week there are magic glowing spheres to be seen in the Bow River at Prince's Island. From what I heard this a.m. on the radio, the spheres will be spreading along the Bow all week. They have daylight spheres, data spheres, and night spheres, including what sounds like an amazing event to ...

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(Technical issues had me locked out of the blog for a while. Testing to ensure it's OK now.)...

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The Stampede isn't until July but now is a good time to think about booking accommodation. I live in Calgary, so I don't have to think about it. However, if I were visiting, I would look for something served by the C-Train, even if I had a car here. The Stampede grounds and downtown both have...

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It's Christmas time. The shopping centre parking lots are full. Save yourself some bother, and if you are able-bodied, either 1. avoid the shopping centres totally. Downtown can be easy, especially when most people are at work. Local stores in neighbourhoods are getting scarcer but there ar...

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Even visitors to Calgary can recycle their garbage. The city has recycling bins in many of the major shopping centre parking lots and elsewhere. If your hotel hasn't put a blue bin in the room, ask for one. Calgary now has residential curbside recycling city-wide, and a big plant for processi...

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The Calgary Tower is a little bit overshadowed by skyscrapers these days, but the revolving restaurant up there still offers a panoramic view of the city and the Rocky Mountains to the west. You have to pay to go up the Tower, but you don't have to go for a meal. There's an observation deck ...

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Went to see the first night of the Rangeland Derby at the 2009 Calgary Stampede. Exciting! Horses, wagons, riders this is chuckwagon racing at its very best....

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This year's Calgary Stampede runs from TODAY, July 3, 2009 until next Sunday, July 12. Started this morning with the Stampede Parade. Actually, last night was Sneak a Peek down at the Stampede Grounds, but today's the official beginning. All week, there will be live country music playing ...

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This picture of the Bow River gives a clue about how much snow we've had this winter in Calgary. Photo Credit D'Arcy Norman, on Flickr.com. Creative Commons Attribution License. Thanks, D'Arcy, for another great shot of Calgary scenery. I can report today that the past three or four da...

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The Calgary Zombie Walk in October started as a kind of low-key thing the zombies seemed to know about due to their special zombie telepathy. Thanks to Facebook, twitter, mass texting and all those other good things, Zombie frolics are getting a tad more co-ordinated. This picture from Octob...

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We like fireworks in Calgary. In the summer there's a world championship, and in the winter, we kick off the New Year with a great display. And of course, each night of the Calgary Stampede grandstand show ends with more lights and bangs than a ... whatever. D'Arcy Norman found the perfect ...

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Bowness Park in the west end of Calgary is locally famous for summer and winter fun. The lagoon is great for outdoor skating. Picture used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License, with thanks to minniemouseaunt, who posted it to Flickr.com. Calgary old-timers know that one ...

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There's no denying that Prairie winters are cold, but we like to say, "It's a dry cold." Not your Maritime ice storm. No squalls off the Great Lakes, no Pacific fog. Just us and the crisp air. It's cold but uplifting to have that brilliant blue sky to look at. And today we'll have a high of...

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Passchendaele, the movie, takes place on the First World War battlefield, and in Southern Alberta. Some of the most beautiful scenes in the film were shot in the foothills, with the Rocky Mountains seen off to the west against the blue Alberta sky. Calgary of 1917 is played in part by Fo...

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For a prairie city, Calgary has a lot of natural spaces. This park is called River Park, with the Elbow RIver running through it. On any given day there are runners, walkers, strollers on many of the pathways in Calgary. We have an extensive network and it's always possible to find a quiet - or...

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