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Highways Magazine
Website. Holy
Cow! Someone's painted the town! Talk
about saluting your pastoral roots - the
latest craze in downtown Calgary is a
massive painting contest with the goal of
raising money for a worthy cause.
Everywhere you go on Stephen Avenue mall,
from Mewata Armories to City Hall, you'll
encounter a herd of crazy cattle painted
in a variety of splashy colors, with wild
and wooly themes. Talk about catchy names-
we'll give you some samples soon. Our
editors ran out of film --and time- on our
last trip, but we can't wait to get back
for more. Royal
Canadian Pacific Relives a Romantic
Era. One of the highlights of my
return visit to Calgary and Alberta
Foothills Country, was the opportunity to
visit a grand new 'Railtour' product being
introduced by Canadian Pacific Railway,
adjacent to the elegantly refurbished
Palliser Hotel. Here we were given a
private tour through the museum facilities
and the various railcars that have been
beautifully restored to carry tourists and
corporate parties on the 'trip of a
lifetime,' through the blue Canadian
Rockies. While there will be a variety of
rail tours leaving from Calgary,the most
popular tour heads west through the
Kicking Horse Pass, then swings south at
Golden, following the Columbia River to
the Cranbrook- Kimberly area in BC's East
Kootenays. At the town of Elko, the train
heads south via the Crowsnest Pass to
Lethbridge. Calgary
Area Attractions: Banff Park's Castles and
Caves Imagine
spending twelve festive days of Christmas
in a fairyland castle! Truly
unforgettable, when it's the Banff Springs
Hotel. During many memorable stays, l me
goose pimples. Upper
Hot Springs: After skiing Mount Norquay,
hiking Sundance Canyon, or fishing Lake
Minnewanka, Sulphur Mountain's Upper Hot
Springs is a Banff ritual -- hot plunge,
icy shower, steam bath, blanket-wrap and
massage. Loose as a noodle and ready to
devour an ox -- is how one usually feels
after that routine. A gondola nearby will
whisk you to the summit for a sweeping
view of the valley. Sundance Canyon Trail
leads to The Cave and Basin National
Historic Site, where like honeymooners for
generations past, we gazed through a
telescope at surrounding peaks. Clad in
Rundle-stone, like most Banff buildings,
this site contains displays, a theater,
and tours into the misty grotto, with its
emerald pools, and warm sulfur water
dripping down the cavern walls. Priceless
Indian relics at nearby Luxton Museum are
well worth seeing. Teahouse
of Lake Louise: If you really want to
seize the moment, rent a canoe, or pedal
your way to Bow Falls, Tunnel Mountain, or
101 equally delightful places. Heading
north west from Banff, one can cruise the
Trans Canada via Sunshine Village to Lake
Louise in a breeze. For a change of pace,
however, take the old road (Hwy 1A) along
the north bank of the Bow River via
Johnston Canyon, with its ink pots and
nature walks. Chateau Lake Louise is a
jewel in an exquisite crown. Talk of
beauty and serenity! -- when one's
creative spark needs rekindling, the
Chateau is my choice. You can paddle a
canoe in a scene right out of Hiawatha, or
take the alpine trail to a Tea House for
granola cakes and wild berry tea. The
azure lake far below gets even smaller, as
you climb the corkscrew path. Breathe
deeply folks -- it gets to be a challenge
near the top. Guess who was left standing
still by a German couple in their mid
80s?
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Foothills
City closes corporate headquarters gap
Calgary is still running second, but
closing ground on Toronto in the running
for the title of top corporate head-office
location in Canada. The city had 92 head
offices at last count, compared with 118
for Toronto. The tally does not include CP
Rail, which has moved to Calgary from
Montreal.
According
to Calgary's Mayor, "They are an
indication that the national business
community is aware of and appreciates
Calgary's numerous advantages." Cities
were ranked on the basis of a list of
Canada's top 750 companies, according to
annual revenues. Calgary showed the most
dramatic rise in head offices. Of the 92
head-office companies in Calgary, 65 are
in the energy business.