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Calgary non-profit pays it forward, hundreds of free handbags to women

Look Gala 2025:
Contemporary Calgary &
CTV NEWS

Ellen Parker & Tom Keenan: Alberta Primetime This Week Panel

An iconic Calgary restaurant has undergone a major rebrand

Ford: Singing the praises of the underappraciated Calgary Civic Symphony

Ellen Parker & Pastor/Comic Dan Taylor

Valley to peak: Albertans scramble to prepare for another possible
Canada Post strike

CBFF:
Upcoming Calgary cultural festivals to keep on your radar

CBFF: Calgary Black Film Festival returns for 2025 with Fight Like a Girl as opening film

Bob Sumner & LiveWire Calgary Editor Darren Krause discuss the week's biggest stories

Bear witness: American expat June Clark explores identity, history and cultural memory in new exhibit

Wizard of Oz ballet with a twist premieres in Edmonton with a ‘big surprise’

Crossroads Market vendors say more shoppers want to avoid U.S. products

Calgary food and drink festivals
you can’t miss this spring

YYC Food and Drink Experience returns to boost local restaurant community

River Cafe Serves Dinner and Highlights Women Chefs

Stephen Deere | Modern Steak: Alberta’s beer and beef industries prepare for tariff impacts

MacEwan University Assistant Professor Danielle Paradis & Parker PR Founder Ellen Parker

Parker PR CEO Ellen Parker & University of Calgary Professor Tom Keenan

BSRE: Calgary residential property values soar by 15 per cent, but hampered by hailstorm

Bob Sumner and Darren Crause: LiveWire Calgary Editor Darren Krause & Parker PR Director Bob Sumner

Parker: Thanks to all who help tell the stories of Calgary business

Photo by Blaine Campbell

Contemporary Calgary

Contemporary Calgary delights with provocative, Instagrammable art shows

Photo by Jim Wells

Contemporary Calgary, whyte museum and Alberta Ballet

Artistic highlights: Top art stories, events covered by Postmedia in Calgary in 2024

Photo by Courtesy, OPUS Corp./Postmedia Network

Barclay Street Real Estate

Parker: Barclay Street caps active year, reflecting thriving Calgary real estate sector

Photo by Aryn Toombs

Contemporary Calgary

Contemporary Calgary celebrates a decade of making modern art accessible

Photo by Youth Singers of Calgary

Youth singers of calgary

Modern tunes and classic favourites hit the stage in Youth Singers of Calgary annual Christmas show

Ruzana and Dima Arutiunian

Parker: After fleeing war, Ukrainian entrepreneurs build new life — and business — in Calgary

Photo by Brent Calver/Postmedia

Contemporary Calgary & Calgary Herald

Italian artist Paola Pivi's first Canadian solo exhibit whimsical, political

Photo by Heather Saitz.

Mode Models & Avenue Magazine

Calgary Style: Our Favourite Looks From the Mode Made Event at Contemporary Calgary

Joyce's Closet Luxury Consignment- Hearld

Parker: Calgary fashion maven opens first Joyce's Closet clothing consignment store

VIVO For healthier generations & CTV

Vivo celebrates its 20th anniversary marking two decades as a community hub in Calgary

Darren Krause & Bob Sumner

LiveWire Calgary Editor Darren Krause & Parker PR Director Bob Sumner discuss the week's biggest stories on our Primetime This Week Panel

Barclay Street Real Estate

Downtown stakeholders want a say over provincial Green Line realignment in Calgary’s core

Karen Richards & Ellen Parker

Social Worker Karen Richards & Parker PR Founder Ellen Parker discuss the week's biggest stories on our Primetime This Week Panel

Parker pr

MacEwan University Assistant Professor Danielle Paradis & Parker PR Director Bob Sumner discuss the week's biggest stories

CTV News Edmonton/ALBERTA PRIMETIME

Ellen Parker/Darren Krause

CEO of Parker PR Ellen Parker and Livewire's Darren Krause discuss the Green Line, water restrictions & more on our Politics Panel.

Crossroads

Taber Corns arrive at Calgary's Crossroads Market

Calgary folk music festival

Calgary Folk Music Festival: food vendors, family zone and arts market.

@kakesandkanvas

Kakes & kanvas

From cupcakes to stunning wedding cakes the co-owners of Kakes and Kanvas talk about their offerings

Rodney's Oyster House Calgary

rodney’s alberta oyster festival

Bio aro

Interview with dr. anmol kapoor - bioaro founder & ceo

Parker pr

freshen up your summer wardrobe with unique styles from calgary boutiques

BIO ARO AND WISE & WRIGHT

MAINTANING A HEALTHY GUT FOR THE STAMPEDE SEASON

Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour shows the love in kensington junction

Contemporary Calgary

Look gala raises more than $1 Million in support of Contemporary Calgary

dmg Events

SMith, executives bring energy transition to Centre stage at Global Energy SHow

Amber Bracken / for The Globe and Mail

Astra Group

Yes, S.F. could Turn Empty offices into housing. Here’s What it would TakE.

Chef Michael Noble thinks legacy with Notable becoming a steakhouse

Contemporary Calgary

Stampede breakfast invites visitors into world of contemporary art

Rosé and Croquet

Rosé and Croquet Garden Party

Calgary Refugee Health Clinic

Calgary Refugee Health Clinic secures funding for next two years

Contemporary Calgary & CTV NEWS

$225,000 RIOPELLE TO BE AUCTIONED AT CANADA'S MOST ICONIC ART GALA

Ellen Parker & Darren Krause

Parker PR Founder Ellen Parker & LiveWire Calgary Editor Darren Krause discuss the week's biggest stories on Alberta Primetime's Primetime This Week Panel

My Everything Store

‘Canada Post is in an existential crisis’: Canadians brace for another postal service shutdown

Calgary Black Film Festival

The Calgary Black Film Festival celebrates its 5th anniversary

Photo by LiveWire Calgary

Ross Pambrun

Calgarian goes in search of lost Red River gold in new APTN series

BOB SUMNER & TOM KEENAN

Parker PR Director Bob Sumner & University of Calgary Professor Tom Keenan discuss the week's biggest stories on Alberta Primetime's Primetime This Week Panel

ELLEN PARKER & TYLER DAWSON

PARKER PR FOUNDER ELLEN PARKER & NATIONAL POST REPORTER TYLER DAWSON DISCUSS THE WEEKS BIGGEST STORIES ON ALBERTA PRIMETIME AND THIS WEEK’S PANEL

Contemporary calgary

Alberta artists explore survival, near-death, resurrection and the miracle of migration with Hummingbird Guided Meditation

Ellen Parker & Tyler Dawson

Parker PR founder Ellen Parker & Alberta National Post correspondent Tyler Dawson discuss the week's biggest stories on Alberta Primetime's Politics Panel

YYCEXP FOOD & DRINK EXPERIENCE

Calgary’s huge dine-out festival returns next month with 90+ restaurants

YYCEXP FOOD & DRINK EXPERIENCE

The YYC Food and Drink experience is back; Find out which restaurants have signed on and some of the dishes you can enjoy

ELLEN PARKER & TYLER DAWSON

ELLEN PARKER & TYLER DAWSON DISCUSS THE WEEK’S BIGGEST STORIES ON ALBERTA PRIMETIME’S POLITICAL PANEL

Darren Krause & Bob Sumner

Darren Krause & Bob Sumner Discuss the week’s biggest stories

Cody Lefthand and Gary Burns

Stories We Have Earned tells stories of Stoney Nakoda people’s place in film and entertainment industries

Darren Krause & Bob Sumner

LiveWire Calgary Editor Darren Krause & Parker PR Director Bob Sumner discuss the week's biggest stories on Alberta Primetime's Primetime This Week Panel

Kensington BIA

Chinook Blast, the Tattoo Show and the Flames: What our photographers saw this weekend

Homefree

Parker: HomeFree launched to help keep aging Calgarians in their own space

BOB SUMNER AND Marty chan

Writer Marty Chan & news veteran Bob Sumner chat about this week's stories on our Primetime this Week Panel

Kensington and parker pr

Shoppers pose for selfies with Santa and roast marshmallows at Christmas in Kensington

Photo by GFN Productions

BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY

“Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” returns to Calgary

Photo by Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia

Contemporary Calgary

Contemporary Calgary hosts ceremony honouring $1-million donation

Photo by Aryn Toombs

Women in need society (WINS) & PARKER PR

Handbags with Heart aims to give women a handup in employment market this Christmas

ELLEN PARKER & DARREN KRAUSE

Parker PR CEO Ellen Parker & LiveWire Calgary Founder Darren Krause discuss the WEEK’S BIGGEST STORIES

Ellen Parker & Danielle Paradis

Parker PR CEO Ellen Parker & MacEwan University Assistant Professor Danielle Paradis discuss the week's biggest stories

Photo by Mike Drew

Mode Models & Calgary Herald

Meet the Calgarians hoping to be the next top model

Photo by Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia

Mode Models & Calgary Herald

Calgary talent to walk the runway for world's top modelling agencies on Saturday

Alex Boyd & Bob Sumner

Toronto Star Reporter Alex Boyd & Parker PR Director Bob Sumner discuss the week's biggest stories on our Primetime This Week Panel

VIVO For healthier generations & cbc

Calgary's Vivo centre celebrates 20th anniversary

Alex Boyd & Bob Sumner

Toronto Star Reporter Alex Boyd & Parker PR Media Relations Director Bob Sumner discuss the rise of electric vehicles and more

Alberta Ballet

The New Artistic Director with the Alberta Ballet will tell us about the season opening production of La Sylphide

Elizabeth Booth, Carne Y Fuego

chorney-Booth article on carne y fuego

Alberta Ballet

The New Artistic Director with the Alberta Ballet will tell us about the season opening production of La Sylphide

CTV News Edmonton/ALBERTA PRIMETIME

Ellen Parker/Dan Taylor

Parker PR CEO Ellen Parker & Comic Dan Taylor discuss the week's biggest stories on our Primetime This Week Panel

@youthsingersofcalgary

Youth singers of calgary

ATCO Performing Arts Centre in need of costly roof repairs

mODERN STEAK

Modern Steak Rooftop Dinner-Be prepared to be transported to the French Riviera.

CTV News Edmonton/ALBERTA PRIMETIME

Ellen parker/tyler dawson

Ellen Parker & Tyler Dawson discuss the week's biggest stories on our Primetime This Week Panel

modern steak

calgary stampede hoping for hige year

springbank cheese co.

springbank cheese co. to open fifth location

Astra

Calgary completes first office-to-residential conversion project with the Cornerstone

#NotinMycity/Deane House/Cody & Sioux

juncDeane House, Cody & soux host fundraiser to raise funds and awereness for not in my city

YYC Food & Drink Experience

explore calgary’s culinary scene at the 2023 yyc food & drink experience

Youth Singers of Calgary

Youth Singers of Calgary Putting a Million Dreams on Stage at the jubilee.

ELlen PARKER

Calgary Style: Publicist Ellen Parker Shows How to Dress for Four Seasons in One DAy

PARKER PR CLIENTS

FATHER’S DAy gift ideas from calgary businesses

PARKER PR CLIENTS

Countdown to Stampede with PARKER PR

PARKER PR CLients

HIGHLIGHTING CALGARY’s Charity & Art Events

KENSINGTON BRZ

CALGARIANS ENCOURAGED TO SHOP LOCAL AS CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SEASON KICKS OFF

HAWTHORN DINING ROOM & BAR

HOSPITALITY AROUND THE WORLD: HAWTHORN DINING ROOM & BAR, FAIRMONT PALLISER, CANADA

Porch

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED CALGARY RESTAURANT PORCH HAS OFFICIALLY OPENED

Inglewood BIA

INGLEWOOD TO LAUNCH CAR-FREE SUNDAYS ON 9TH AVENUE S.E. IN AUGUST

CH Financial

PARKER: CH FINANCIAL CARES ABOUT COMMUNITY

Youth Singers of Calgary

YOUTH SINGERS COLLABORATE WITH CALGARY DOCTORS TO CREATE VIRTUAL CHOIR AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC