SHANNON CLEARY

Here are some of Calgary’s classic holiday activities that your family can look forward to year after year.

Buying a hand-harvested tree for the holidays is easier than you think. So you’ve decided you want a real tree this Christmas season. Whether you were swayed by their environmental benefits, their show-stopping splendor, or the sweet, spicy smell of Balsam, a real Christmas tree can be the heart of your holiday home. Here’s where to look in Calgary to bring the outdoors in.

Calgary is one of the best cities in Canada — in fact, it’s one of the best cities in the world — and it’s full of thousands of merry Maritimers who happily call it home. But there are times (holidays, St. Paddy’s Day, weekends, weekdays) when it’s damn near impossible to bid a true farewell to Nova Scotia and its briny ocean coast.

Longing for those lazy, languid days of your carefree ‘80s childhood? (Congratulations, you’re retro.) Since we’re squarely in the era of the reboot, now is the perfect time for a fence-hopping, hopscotching, hide-and-seek summer. So dust off your mason jar — or empty its contents of kale — because tonight, we’re hunting fireflies. Consider this your digital Yellow Pages for a smooth summer throwback that’s too cool for school. Between Slip ‘N Slide, Super Soakers and Dippity-Do gel, Gen Xers k

The elegant, precise nature of Brodie Sun Walk’s hand lettering defies your assumptions of a typical 19-year-old. But Brodie Sun Walk isn’t typical. He’s a self-taught hand lettering and calligraphy artist from Siksika Nation whose #typesire (typography+inspiration) has been flooding the Instragam feeds of those in the know. He recently helped re-brand Siksika Media, the media arm for Canada’s second-largest reserve, and he and his four Sun Walk brothers created a T-shirt line featuring the Blac