Community & Culture

Some of the best trips are the ones where you expand your mind and learn something new. It could be about a culture, an art or craft that brings you joy and new insights. In Alberta, you can venture out onto a frozen lake and learn the craft of photographing the artful bubbles and fissure. Or, learn the secrets of how to best to capture the beauty of a wildflower during the Wildflower Festival in Waterton. In any corner of B.C. and Alberta there’s a chance to have that a-ha moment. 

Deep inland, just outside of Powell River, BC, rises the iconic peak of Beartooth Mountain. This...

It’s been said that Port Alberni is the heart of Vancouver Island and when it comes to the holiday...

View from Middleton Mountain, Vernon BC.

At the top of Middleton Mountain in Vernon sits a bench that reads: “Life is like a mountain...

Patio at The Dunes Golf & Winter Club, Grande Prairie.

Oil, forestry, agriculture and commerce drive the majority of the region’s economy, drawing traffic...

Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks guardians work on forest conservation on Meares Island, BC

We all know why trees are important to us and to the earth. But as National Tree Day approaches this...

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Alberta's regions are a result of four ice age events over millions of years leaving the area as we...

As her brush glides across the canvas, Andrea Wilkinson’s face seems to soften. A calm focus...

Taking a leap is always scary but in this case we’re not talking metaphor - we’re talking an actual...

For a true "inside out" perspective, Kiixin Tours takes visitors through the territory's primordial...

how to stay active when it’s smoky, Calgary, AB.

Under my wheels the uneven, winding dirt trail sloped downwards, putting me in an unfamiliar...

Walking at Kiixin Beach, Huu-Ay-Aht First Nation, Bamfield, BC.

I spent the summers of my youth quietly drifting down the Alberni Valley’s Somass River in an inner...

Glistening blue and turquoise and backed by the magnificent Victoria Glacier, Lake Louise is like a...