Blog Entries Tagged: Heritage Day
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Congratulations on making it through another long work week. Your reward? The August long weekend! The long weekend is the perfect opportunity to get out of the house and enjoy the beautiful summer weather. There is a lot happening this August long weekend for you to enjoy. Here are some highlights to check out:

Heritage Day: Alberta celebrates Heritage Day each year on the first Monday of August, which is also always the long weekend. This year Heritage Day is August 7th! Calendar Canada writes, "this day is to recognize and celebrate the variety and richness of cultural heritage of the province of Alberta." Here are some places around Calgary to celebrate Heritage Day: 

  • Heritage Park Heritage Day:  Here's Heritage Park's challenge for you: "Can…

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It’s summertime and despite the raging floods that hit Bowness back in June, Bownesians decided they were going to take an overdue break to enjoy their annual Heritage Day Street Festival.

Vendors set up stalls, the neighbourhood’s main street was filled with live music, food and festivities, Hexters was rockin’, and cyclists hit the streets for the annual Tour de Bowness criterium road race. Enthusiastic crowds were on a mission – they were out to celebrate!

Bowness may not be back 100%, but it’s coming. Everything takes time. It’s a process, but they’ve turned the page and are heading forward from here. Heritage Day Monday August 5, 2013 is a testament to that. A day that Bowness celebrated it’s enduring community spirit yet again, showing that no…

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