Category: Calgary

According to recent simulations, those closest to Yellowstone, including southern Alberta to southern Manitoba would experience ash fall that would cover the landscape up to one metre deep. This would shut down transportation, collapse buildings, short-out the electrical grid and cause massive agricultural failure. Would Canada survive if Yellowstone erupted? Yellowstone: Canada WOULD NOT escape […]

11 p.m.. The fireworks start at 11 p.m. and the show is approximately 15 minutes long. Please plan for higher than normal traffic at Bower Ponds, Capstone and throughout the downtown core. What time do the fireworks start in Calgary? The gates open at 6 p.m. The cultural performances and market runs until 9 p.m. […]

The urban livestock licensing program enables Calgarians to keep backyard hens under the Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw. The program will accept 100 applicants in its first year. To ensure equity, if demand exceeds 100 applicants, a lottery system will randomize applications once intake is closed. Is it legal to own a chicken in Alberta? The […]

You must be the owner of the property or have secured written permission from the property owner, as a requirement for approval of your licence for backyard hens. You will need to acquire a free Premise Identification (PID) number from the Government of Alberta. Is it legal to own a chicken in Alberta? The Province […]

Rabbits may be caught with snaring devices, provided the snare wire is no larger than 20 gauge and the loop is no more than 5 inches in diameter. There are no set City of Calgary bylaws against snaring rabbits within city limits. Can you trap rabbits in Alberta? Hares and rabbits may be hunted but […]

Chinook Blast Schipp’s Creek Calgary Dinner Show. Servus Tube Park at WinSport. Flora & Fawna Have Beaver Feaver. Undressed. Calgary Opera: The Merry Widow. YYC Hot Chocolate Fest. Lunar New Year 2022. Natural Twenty. Is Calgary worth visiting in winter? You definitely should choose a trip to Calgary in winter if you don’t mind the […]

The Calgary Zoo is open from 9-5 every day except 2 days a year (Christmas and Zoogala) and is a surprisingly nice place to go in the winter. It’s way less crowded and there’s still a lot to see. Does the Calgary Zoo close for winter? All exhibits are open year round. A beautiful day […]

In summer, rabbits and hares normally consume a diet of grasses and forbs and in the winter eat the buds, twigs and bark of shrubs and trees. Hares can consume up to 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of green vegetation in one day. Can you feed rabbits in Calgary? There are bylaws against feeding wildlife, and […]

While there are no such bylaws against hanging clothes and linens out to dry in the City of Calgary, some developments in the city ban the practice. (However, the only way such a rule could actually be enforced would be for a neighbour to take the clothesline violator to court.) Can I dry my clothes […]

Watering trees and shrubs Most species will thrive on a good watering (to the root depth) one or two times a month during the growing season (April to September). You may need to increase this frequency to once a week during periods of hot weather. Is it better to water a tree in the morning […]