Parks Foundation Calgary grant warms communities to winter
A grant from Parks Foundation Calgary was created to extend people s passion for the outdoors into Calgary winter, after the pandemic pushed many to seek nature to cope.
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Embrace the Outdoors Grant was created to extend people s passion for the outdoors into Calgary winter
Posted: Mar 07, 2021 1:04 PM MT | Last Updated: March 7
Parks Foundation Calgary s Embrace the Outdoors grant helped groups imagine a winter outside. (submitted by Keith Hlewka/CBC)
Outdoor art lights up Calgary at Chinook Blast winter festival
Calgarians took advantage of warmer temperatures and hit the downtown streets to take in a number of impressive art and light installations set up until the end of February.
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The lights of Chinook Blast
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1:03Take a walk through the Instagram-worthy light installations of Chinook Blast before it s gone. The winter festival in Calgary wraps up Feb. 28.1:03
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A new mid-winter festival opens in Calgary on Thursday, intent on lifting spirits and heating up the city scene.
Called Chinook Blast, the festival will feature outdoor art, light installations, ice sculptures, firepits, walking tours and more an ideal reminder that winter can be more about celebration than hibernation.
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“A group of dedicated civic organizations and volunteers have been working tirelessly within the changing health guidelines to create a safe walk-through winter space in the downtown core,” says Jeff Hessel, senior vice-president of marketing at Tourism Calgary.