Calgary Real Estate Tips for Buyers & Investors (2025)
15 Best Things to Do in Calgary This July
Spend a day relaxing on a local beachTake advantage of Calgary’s sunny summer weather by having a beach day with some friends or family. You can relax by the water with a book, enjoy a picnic together and more.Read more: A Summer Guide to Calgary’s Local Beaches Have a blast at the Calgary StampedeW
How the Calgary and District Beekeepers Association Helps Local Beekeepers
Liz Goldie with the amazing bees at her home hive, painted by local artist Dean Stanton. Photo by Jared Sych.Summer is busy for bees — and for the growing ranks of Calgary’s backyard beekeepers for whom these tiny livestock provide delicious honey and a meaningful hobby. Alberta is a terrific place
Made Here: Handcrafted Boards by Westside Woodworks
Photo courtesy of Westside Woodworks.Seven years ago, Matt Rudderham was indulging his love for woodworking by holing up in his Strathcona Park basement and creating beautiful cutting boards. He started getting more interest, so, in 2018, he decided to start his online business, Westside Woodworks,
An IKEA Plant Pot Inspired the Colour of This Calgary Kitchen
Daniela Sanchez confesses that it took a little convincing to get her husband on board with a pink kitchen.“I’m obsessed with pink,” she says. She would have happily splashed every surface with it, so the blush-toned kitchen island in her Point McKay townhome was a compromise.This particular hue was
Discover the Wonders of Cheese at Calgary’s Peasant Cheese
Photo by Jared Sych.When it comes to cheese, there’s something almost magical for Crystal McKenzie, a trained chef with a deep admiration for food.“Cheese has always been a miracle to me,” says McKenzie. “It’s basically four ingredients, more or less, creating thousands of different things. That’s f
5 Things Calgary Poet and Scholar Bertrand Bickersteth Loves
Photo by Jared Sych.A proud alum of the former Olds High School who married his high-school sweetheart, Bertrand Bickersteth is a poet, playwright, essayist and scholar of Alberta Black history. These days, he lives in Calgary and teaches communications at Olds College. Recently, he also served as w
Calgary’s First Office-to-Hotel Conversion Opens Downtown
Downtown Calgary’s office vacancy rates are high, but a newly opened office-turned-hotel building is helping to change that by bringing new business and people to the area.Element Calgary Downtown is Calgary’s newest hotel and the first office-to-hospitality conversion as part of the Downtown Calgar
6 Cool Looks From the 2025 Calgary Stampede Grounds
Photo by Chris Landry.During the Calgary Stampede, many attendees break out their best Western wear. This huge outdoor event calls for staples like cowboy hats, plaid shirts, big belt buckles, denim and more. Many folks bring their own personal flair to their looks by incorporating everything from h
This New Calgary Café Combines Coffee, Brunch and Live Classical Music
A new addition to Calgary’s dining scene serves brunch with a side of melodies.At The Sharp Music Café & Brunch, guests can brighten up their day with delicious fare while listening to live music. The elegant, family-run spot is owned by Jayden, Saelin and Aiden Oh. After arriving in Canada two and
How Calgary’s Rivers Have Shaped the City
Calgary, at its heart, is a river city. We work and play on the waters of the Bow and Elbow, and The City of Calgary relies on their glacial flows to provide us with a constant and clean water supply.But, despite being a born-and-bred Calgarian, I didn’t truly appreciate how special Calgary’s rivers
Calgary’s Newly Revitalized Eau Claire Plaza Has an Urban Beach, Green Spaces and More
Photo rendering courtesy of Dialog.Calgarians have a vibrant new space to gather in by the Bow River.The newly reimagined Eau Claire Plaza is a year-round mixed-use community space near the Bow River in downtown Calgary, and is the final part of the four-year Eau Claire Area Improvements project.Des
Inside the 2025 Stampede Lotteries Rotary Dream Home
Ever wonder why there’s a huge house on the Calgary Stampede grounds?Every year, Calgary home builder Homes by Avi crafts a new Stampede Lotteries Rotary Dream Home that’s displayed on the Stampede grounds. This year is no exception, featuring a stunning $1.49 million home that will eventually resid
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Where to Watch Outdoor Movies in Calgary
Outdoor movie watching is an experience that induces a wave of nostalgia. Maybe your family used to pile into a 1950s Cadillac and drive to the nearest drive-in theatre with plenty of blankets and snacks. Or maybe you used to set up lawn chairs in the back of a pick-up truck for an outdoor movie scr
How to Make Homemade Mini-Doughnuts
Back in 2017, local food-writer extraordinaire Julie Van Rosendaal gave us her recipe for home-made mini-doughnuts, and since you don’t mess with perfection, here it is again for anyone who wants to bring a taste of the midway to their home kitchen.Food writer Julie Van Rosendaal often finds herself
Experience the Cottage Dream at Meridian Beach
Nora and Norval Horner know first-hand the special moments that happen at a family cottage — Nora’s parents had a cottage at Gull Lake, a quick two-hour drive from Calgary, where they spent their weekends and summers growing up. So, when a quarter section on Gull Lake went up for sale, the couple bo
Van Camping in B.C.’s West Kootenays
Karma camper vans have everything you need to hit the road running on an adventure. Photo by Robin Wittwer.Summer in Calgary got off to a dry start in 2024. A major break to the Bearspaw South Feeder Main water pipe on June 5 resulted in a prolonged period of mandatory water restrictions for city re
A New Italian Restaurant Brings Cicchetti Dining to Calgary
A variety of dishes from L’Olivo. Photo by MediEight Group & Phuc La.Calgary has yet another reason to get excited about Italian cuisine.L’Olivo Cicchetti & Lounge is a new restaurant from Lina’s Group (the group behind the popular Lina’s Italian Market) located beside Lina’s Italian Piazza in Ingle
Calgary housing inventory returns to 2021 levels: CREB report
Calgary’s housing supply has been rising over the past year, bringing the temperature down for a previously red-hot market. The city’s housing inventory has returned to 2021 levels, reaching 6,941 units by the end of June, according to the Calgary Real Estate Board. The growing number of listings ha
9 New Calgary Patios to Check Out This Summer
Acme Pizza & Pasta Co. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ACME PIZZA Co. (@acmepizza)After gaining popularity at its Tailgunner Brewing and Renfrew locations, Acme Pizza is settling into Sunnyside with a new restaurant that specializes in pasta and pizza. This new location operates out of
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