Creating opportunities to participate in the arts and appreciate creativity helps build community and enrich lives. This is the core of what Canmore’s artsPlace offers—a welcoming, user-friendly space where Bow Valley residents and visitors can gather to explore, discover, and celebrate. The community arts centre offers a wide range of free and subsidized programming—classes, workshops,…
Spirit North has been changing the lives of Indigenous youth in Alberta for a decade. By empowering youth to learn, grow, and strengthen themselves and their communities through sport, CEO Beckie Scott says the program has inspired life-changing transformations and meaningful impact. Over the past decade, Scott says there have been a lot of “a-ha”…
From outdoor exploration to fitness and meditation indoors, the opportunities to nourish a well-balanced and active lifestyle are everywhere in Canmore. But now visitors and residents can celebrate their body, mind, and spirit all in one place at the Thrive Health and Wellness Festival from Nov. 8-10. In its second year, Thrive empowers participants to…
Shawn and Marnie Dawson and their three kids have been living in Three Sisters Mountain Village for just over a year. After more than a decade of being based out of Peaks of Grassi, the couple began thinking longer-term. The prospect of planning for retirement and a growing family led the couple to make a…
Pathways, parks, a playground, pedestrian bridge, and other recreational lands within Three Sisters Mountain Village (TSMV) will be transferred to the Town of Canmore. Town Council approved the land exchange on April 2, 2019 in a unanimous decision. These newly-allotted Municipal Reserve (MR) lands will ensure long-term public access and regional trail connectivity, including the…
A path has been set toward securing a long-term vision for an integrated, connected trail system in Canmore. Three Sisters Mountain Village (TSMV) and the Canmore and Area Mountain Bike Association (CAMBA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the development, construction and maintenance of mountain bike trails on TSMV property. In addition…
