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10+ Reasons to Love Summers in Calgary

Yesterday marked the official start to summer, and there’s a lot of reasons to love summers in Calgary, and if you needed some inspiration for how to fill your summer days and nights, we’ve gathered up some of the best guides: 5 Calgary hiking trails to tackle [Daily Hive] The best cold treats to eat this […]

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Making Moving to Calgary Easy

Moving can be stressful, especially if moving means planting your family in a new city. However, the team at Len T. Wong & Associates specializes in relocation and moving to Calgary, with a wealth of resources and knowledge in this area. But here’s a few helpful links to know if you’re planning a move to […]

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A snapshot of redevelopment in Calgary

Communities in Calgary constantly have to evolve and reimagine themselves in order to accommodate the constantly changing landscape of our city and its people. Calgary has seen an increase in urbanization, development and very importantly—redevelopment. Since 2009, Calgary has been reversing the trend of rapid outward growth. More than 31,000 people have been added to […]

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Love your community? Vote for it as Best Neighbourhood

Valentine’s Day is a few days away, maybe you should love you neighbourhood some love? If you love your community (or a community you don’t live in), Avenue Magazine is now accepting nominations for the 2016 Calgary’s Best Neighbourhood list. Every year, Avenue Magazine runs this survey to get an idea of what neighbourhood qualities are important […]

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How to show your home love

Valentine’s Day is coming up this weekend, and what a perfect opportunity to spread some love, and that includes showing love to your home. Here’s some easy ways to show your home a little love this month: Clean: give your home a good cleaning, top-to-bottom. It will feel really great when you’re finished to have a […]

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How to plan your Stampede experience

  The Calgary Stampede kicks off today, and if you’re looking for an easy way to plan your Stampede experience, here’s a list of tools and resources to help make it easier. My Stampede: this online tool allows you to personalize your Stampede experience based on who you’ll be going with and the kinds of things […]

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How to get your car ready for winter

  It may not look like it today, but winter will eventually be coming for us, and Calgarians know all about bad road conditions. You don’t want to deal with price hikes and long line-ups to get your car winterized once the first snowfall hits, so getting your car ready for winter now is a […]

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Calgary named one of the most livable cities in the world!

  Great news for our city, as Calgary was just named one of the most livable cities in the world. The ranking was released by The Economist today, and ranked 140 cities around the world on various factors. Calgary was given the title of fifth most livable city in the world, and Vancouver and Toronto […]

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Why You Should Love Summers in Calgary

  There’s a lot of reasons to love summers in Calgary, and if you needed some inspiration for how to fill your summer days and nights, we’ve gathered up some of the best guides: Safety tips for rafting down the river [Avenue Magazine] The best picnic spots in Calgary [Avenue Magazine] 5 ways to rock […]

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Great results from Citizen Satisfaction Survey

Results from the City of Calgary 2013 Citizen Satisfaction Survey have been released, and it looks like Calgarians are more than happy with their quality of life in our city. Highlights of the survey: • 88% of Calgarians are satisfied with their quality of life, up 10% in three years • 84% of Calgarians are […]

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