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A Love Letter to Canmore

Nice to meet you, Canmore. Wanna be together forever? I was recently invited to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Unbeknownst to the guests, it was also a surprise engagement announcement. Everyone was thrilled, guests and lovebirds included. The happy couple has only known one another a few months, but it’’s clear, they are most definitely, undeniably, inexplicably, head-over-heels in love. How…

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Bike Shorts Film Fest – November 10th

Canmore Community Cruisers invites you to join them for their 3rd Annual “Bike Shorts Film Festival” at Communitea Cafe on Thursday November 10th, 2011 at 7 p.m. (Check out the poster here.) “Bike Shorts” is a festival of short films celebrating the joy of cycling is all its many forms – whether  road,  mountain, cycle touring, racing, stunt riding , or commuting…

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Bunny Bliss or Bunny Blitzkreig?

When it comes to a stance on the Canmore rabbit issue, there are plenty of lovers and haters but most just toe the line, unsure of a right course of action. Yet the majority of people change camps regularly depending on the cuteness of the last baby bunny they saw, or how long it has been since they raked up…

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Bow Valley Roller Derby: Times and Trials of a New League

By Rachelle Honeyman I was attending an 80s-themed bachelorette party in the summer of 2010.  Joanne was the bride to be, and only an acquaintance to me at that time.  I wasn’t exactly sure why I was invited to her party, although I appreciated the extended invite. Turns out it was meant to be. The party was a blast, and…

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Spotlight on the Arts: Roger Vernon

To kick off Alberta Arts Days, which run from September 30 to October 2, Highline is proud to be featuring each of this year’s Mayor’s Spotlight on the Arts award recipients. Each of the artists being recognized will be featured in a weekly blog leading up to the Spotlight on the Arts event on September 30th (see event details at the…

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Pack Your Bags for Sun, Surf and Sand

People flock to the Rockies from all over the world, drawn by our mountains, rivers, wildlife and fresh air: the same perks that attracted us mountain-dwellers here in the first place. Yet, no matter how rewarding it may be to live here, when the tourists start skipping gleefully to the ski-hills and hiking trails, sometimes we locals need a vacation…

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Nine Arts, One Tent

Ceramic mugs, recycled accessories, beaded necklaces, watercolour paintings and blown glass. Don’t they all just sound so deliciously appealing? Fortunately, all of these artisan items and more are part of the army of booths that line up at the local Farmer’s Markets! Amidst fresh produce and homemade curries, you’ll find a wonderful assortment of locally-made crafty treats you can take…

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Bunnies for Sale

Canmore has a little problem: a little, fluffy, pet-store-variety, cottontail rabbit problem. They’re cute as can be, but the problem is that they reproduce like, well, bunnies. Over 30 years ago, these family pets were released into the backyards of South Canmore and, for years afterwards, were lovingly referred to (by some) as “the South Canmore Rabbits.” Then they started…

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Mountain Momma…Take Me Home

The soundtrack of my life has been playing Be Good Tanya’s “well I feel like an old hobo…you pass through places and places they pass through but you carry ‘em with you on the soles of your travellin’ shoes,” for as long as I can remember. Years of a nomadic, traveling-hobo lifestyle had Rob and me living out of vehicles,…

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The Hype[othermia] of IFSC Bouldering

Welcome, athletes, to the hospitable climate of Canmore! The world of bouldering turned its eyes on the mountain town for two days in May while the skies opened up and treated the playing grounds to a healthy helping of white, wet, slushy snow. You could almost feel the pain of the climbers as their white-knuckle grips slipped off the frozen…

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