Calgary Real Estate Tips for Buyers & Investors (2025)
3 Things You Should Know About Calgary’s First Forest Bathing Trail
Calgary’s first forest bathing trail has opened at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, offering a new way to experience one of the city’s most peaceful natural spaces. A practice that began in Japan in the 1980s, forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, is the practice of slowing down and connecting with nature t
Esker Park opens show homes in historic landscape
Building upon its community development successes at Midtown in Airdrie, and in Calgary at Aspen Springs Estates, Aspen Acres Manor and the Enclave at the Hamptons, Shane Communities has launched its latest community development — Esker Park. Located in Calgary’s northwest, just north of 144th Aven
Major Renovations Transform the Historic Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge
A refreshed junior suite at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. Photo courtesy of Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge It’s been more than a decade since I’ve made the roughly five-hour trek from Calgary to Jasper and stayed at the famed Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. Relaxing in a newly renovated junior suite, looking
Get Ready for a November of VIP Events
Every month, Avenue’s A-List program offers exclusive access to some of the city’s most sought-after events and exclusive experiences closed to the general public. Members get to use their A-Dollars for their favourite events and experience them with a twist. November brings a variety of upscale ga
Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2025 Celebration
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What to Do in the Mountains in November
Eat at Banff restaurants during Taste for Adventure When: On now until November 6 The food festival that celebrates the chefs and dishes of the Banff National Park region has returned to showcase 24 restaurants this year. Try exclusive menus like The Balkan Mediterranean Restaurant’s three-course Gr
Where Calgary Comes Together for the Holidays
The holidays have a way of transforming familiar places into something special. When snow begins to blanket the ground and the festive season nears, Southcentre becomes more than a shopping destination — it turns into a gathering place where people linger a little longer, connect a little more and m
4 Fun Things to Do in Calgary This November
Strike and Spare at Splitsville Have a good old-fashioned day of fun at Splitsville’s new 26,500 square-foot facility in the Creekside Shopping Centre. Go 10-pin bowling (in your own shoes!), play at the arcade, enjoy tasty snacks and more. Other locations include Glamorgan, Highfield and Meridian.
5 Things We’re Excited to Eat and Drink This November
Novella Small Hazy IPA from Cabin Brewing Company View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cabin Brewing Company (@cabinbrewing) Cabin Brewing Company was just named Brewery of the Year (along with Ol’ Beautiful Brewing Company) at the 2025 Alberta Beer Awards. That means there’s no better t
Meet the Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2025
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Judges | Top 40 Under 40 2025
Shannon Doram Shannon Doram (Top 40, 2022) is the president and CEO of YMCA Calgary. Her team has opened two of the world’s largest YMCAs and is extending the reach of the YMCA to more Calgarians each year. She is the Audit Committee Chair of the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) and was rec
Lisette Xavier | Top 40 Under 40 2025
Photo by Jared Sych. Age: 36 Occupation: TV Host; Musician; Entertainer Growing up, Lisette Xavier was often told that her energy and curiosity were “too much.” Now a prominent voice in children’s media, she says she’s in a role where she is just the right amount. Xavier hosts Bestest Day Ever with
Jessica Villeneuve | Top 40 Under 40 2025
Photo by Jared Sych. Age: 39 Occupation: Founder and CEO, Same Stars Wellness For Jessica Villeneuve, massage therapy isn’t a luxury reserved for those with a good benefits package — it’s health care. In 2018, she founded Same Stars Wellness to deliver evidence-informed treatment to adult and pediat
Emily Varga | Top 40 Under 40 2025
Photo by Jared Sych. Age: 39 Occupation: Partner and Co-Founder, VML Family Law; Author if anything proves that Emily Varga can and will have it all, it’s that she wrote a book after having her first child, while working as a lawyer and navigating her father’s terminal illness. “I was racing to the
Charlie Trafford | Top 40 Under 40 2025
Photo by Jared Sych. Age: 33 Occupation: Former professional soccer player; Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Trafford Farms Despite a 12-year pro soccer career — including three consecutive appearances with the Canadian national team — Charlie Trafford’s journey wasn’t easy. A late bloomer who also bounced ba
Alexandra Daignault Sangster | Top 40 Under 40 2025
Photo by Steve Collins. Age: 32 Occupation: Founder and CEO, Sarjesa Inc. In 2017, Alexandra Daignault Sangster had no idea that Sarjesa, a class project she developed at Mount Royal University, would turn into a fully fledged tea-making enterprise. Today, Sarjesa Inc. operates a 4,000-square-foot m
Katie Samoil | Top 40 Under 40 2025
Photo by Jared Sych. Age: 39 Occupation: Registered Nurse To think of astronauts and critical patients as similar populations with comparable needs may seem a little out of this world, but Katie Samoil knows the two have a lot in common. Samoil is a registered nurse in the emergency department at th
Christopher Lee Primeau | Top 40 Under 40 2025
Photo by Jared Sych. Age: 39 Occupation: CEO, Impact Society In 2020, when Christopher Lee Primeau became the CEO of Impact Society, a youth-development organization founded in 1994, he led an organizational restructuring to position the local non-profit for scalable national growth. Primeau strengt
Made Here: StumpCraft Makes Quality Wooden Puzzles
Photo by evrgrn (Breanne Sich). For years, Jasen Robillard and his wife, Heather, sat at their dining room table, completing beautiful jigsaw puzzles together. “It gave us an excuse to hang out, which, given how busy our lives are, we kind of need that reason to just not be busy,” he says. But high-
Enter for Your Chance to Enjoy a Dining Experience in University District
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