We had a 29th birthday gathering for our friend during COVID and we thought it would be a cute and…read morefun idea to bring some goats for a visit! The staff was wonderful to work with, the transaction was super smooth, and communication was great. When the goats came, Farmer Ethan was quick to set up and gave us all plenty of time to pet the goats and play in the pen with them. At the end, he let the birthday girl bottle-feed the baby goat and gave her a birthday gift (a cute, branded hat) which was not expected at all. 10/10 would recommend.

Great place!! It's not just for kids either if you like petting animals. Like tiny cuddly goats.read more

Cobbs Adventure Park in Calgary AB was definitely a great and fun place to visit !!!…read moreIt is a mix of zoo, activities, games and rides for the kids and family, a little restaurant and sweets stand :) The zoo is a bit of an animal farm with two capybaras, kangaroos and wallabies, sheep, goats, pigs, porcupines, emus, chickens / roosters and a turkey, and a sloth. Part of the experience is that, with the purchase of tickets, you can go into the capybara enclosure and meet the capys, feed and pet them. We are big fans of capybaras, we saw them in person at the Edmonton zoo, and follow many accounts on Instagram, but this was our first time meeting and petting them. They are super relaxed and super friendly. We had the opportunity to feed them fruits and greens, which was so funny!! We then visited the kangaroos and wallabies. Both were friendly, soft and used to humans. We visited with them, and fed them foods. We visited and interacted with the sheep and alpacas, which were also nice to see and pet. The staff of the park were very friendly and professional, and answered any questions visitors would have about animals. The ambiance was very nice - visiting with the animals, having a snack or busy with the games, it was a great day to enjoy the outdoors and animals!!

It was a great experience for my family and I, thanks to Joe. He went above and beyond my…read moreexpectations to make us feel like we were VIP's. I would recommend everyone and their families to check it out. Thanks Joe. Carl Lewis

I signed up for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) course through the University of Calgary's…read moreContinuing Education department. There are roughly three AI courses that are free, thanks to Microsoft. You will hear a lot about Microsoft Copilot, its AI tool, throughout these courses. I like free courses. I didn't mind learning about Copilot. ChatGPT is the frontrunner these days. It's not my first rodeo (so fitting, as it's Calgary) for me to be a student at an Alberta university. I was with Athabasca University first. I took a couple of undergraduate math courses for interest. I then took a graduate course in program management in IT as my elective for my graduate degree. It's nice to say that I am formally a University of Calgary student. Since this course is free, there isn't a formal grade that you get at the end of it. It's kind of nice to not do assignments, tests, or exams. The course that I took was on AI essentials. It's for anyone who is interested in AI and the tools out there to help you make things easier at work or personally in your life. This course was asynchronous. It meant that we had a three-hour live session through Teams. My session was last Friday. We then had course materials (videos, PowerPoint presentation, and some supplementary materials) to go through at our own pace. I finished everything late Sunday night. I have always loved learning and the course material was fascinating to me. My first time going through graduate school (I was a Master's dropout for a brief period) consisted of declaring AI as my field of specialization for computer science. It's funny how I somehow knew that AI would be a thing, but didn't realize the extent until now. I don't have the same desire to code like I did back then. I do like to see how AI can make my job as a writer better or help me at home. Perhaps AI can fetch a decent recipe for me when I can't think of anything to make or can't be bothered searching for one online. I registered for this course in late January. I chose a date and time to participate in the live online session. The process was straightforward. Within a couple of business days, I got my unique University of Alberta student ID and was asked to create a password after getting a temporary one. Connecting to the Teams session was easy. I used my work Teams account to connect, so I didn't need to install anything. Even if you don't have Teams installed, the link throws you to your browser, so you can technically participate in the chat. One star gets removed for the discrepancy in this online session's start time. The receipt that I got said that this session was at 1 pm Mountain. The syllabus that I got both a week and a day before the live session stated 1:30 pm. I went with the latter. I entered the chat with 177 people. All I saw in the chat were folks debating whether the course started at 1 pm or 1:30 pm. Perhaps it was an oversight of the course instructor and perhaps another person handling the syllabus. It may be the course instructor handling both details and getting them wrong. It's the type of confusion that everyone didn't need on the first and only group session, but got it. Luckily, we didn't miss much. The session was recorded. The course instructor was knowledgeable. However, he had a tendency to say um a lot, which felt like a distraction. Three hours of him talking felt like an eternity. We got five minutes midway through to break, which didn't feel like a break at all. The course materials were great. I liked the videos and sample prompts to feed Copilot and more. I learned a lot. The remaining two AI courses that are free are synchronous in delivery. It means that there are three 3.5-hour sessions to attend live through Teams. I'm not sure whether I feel like attending them. Luckily, I have some time to think about it. I want to check out other courses that this university has to offer. I don't mind taking courses for interest, provided that the tuition is affordable. (96)

My child attended summer bike camp here last summer. This was her 3rd camp at U of C. The other…read morecamps were good. Did not want to go down a steep hill but was told there was no choice. That morning, fell off bike and hit a tree, blood and cuts all over face and body parts. Finger/hand started to turn blue. Cuts all over her palms and they refused to give her more band-aids when the cheap band-aids fell off minutes later. No one called us. We picked up at the end and found our badly injured child. We went to the Children's Hospital for treatment. Stills talks about how horrible it was. Horrible! Horrible! Horrible! I show parents the photos and they gasp.

I have attended a number of gym events at this club. They have always been wonderful hosts and…read morelook out for all the athletes. The new facility is amazing, open and safe. The owner/head coach is kindhearted and their other coaches are amazing.

From the owner: A boutique gymnastic studio, located in Springbank (West Calgary). Acrobatic Gymnastics, tumbling,…read moretrampoline, Aerial circus arts."

Just had a wonderful time at Camp Kindle!…read more We are a non-profit org who had our 3-day annual retreat there. The dorm was clean, tidy, and had enough room for us. The beds were decently comfortable for camp. No complaints here from a guy with back issues. The facilities were perfect for our meetings and breakouts. The large dining room lodge is excellent, roomy and then some for the 40 of us, and the cooks dished out some good food over the three days. The activities were a lot of fun! Archery, escape room, and high ropes. Although I didn't do the high ropes, I had a lot of fun doing the other two and they were all awesome team-building activities too. Good fun and some good razzing of each other too! There is zero cell service there and the wifi is weak. I'm not saying that's a con at all. It was nice to disconnect actually and just be with the people there. The staff were absolutely amazing. They made it for us! We felt so welcome, encouraged, and they took great care of us. Thank you, Camp Kindle!

Camp is not just for kids.... did you know Camp Kindle is available as a retreat centre? For…read moreweddings or trainings? The summers are jam packed offering a safe place for kids with or affected by cancer but they are open year round and are available for other bookings when the kids aren't there. I was very surprised with how under booked they are too because it's a great space. And all the rental fees go back to helping the camp run in the summer for the kids which is also very awesome (I learned they can do chemo on site if they are in treatment... how wonderful is that for a kid going through cancer?). I got to hang out here for a weekend and it was awesome... even in the middle of winter. I wasn't sure what camp in the winter would be like (I was thinking back to my summers in tipis hoping the heat of the fire would last the night) but it's barely camping as far as accommodations. We stayed in rooms that looked like college dorms in the Jack Perraton Volunteer Lodge which has 2 twin beds per room. Real beds, toasty buildings, flush toilets and running showers... like I said, not quite hotel rooms but not really camping. We ate in the Jayman lodge catered by the staff of Kindle. I'm not sure what options are available for food but we had fairly simple, tasty and healthful meals the whole time and they took care to offer gluten free, vegan and halal options as per the group's needs. There are meeting spaces of all sizes and large event spaces all is fairly modern and renovated buildings. I didn't get to explore all the buildings but it really seems like there are loads of options here for just about anything. I went exploring in the woods and found a very cool old fur trapper like epic log house along with old fashioned stoves and the lot. One of the staff said it's where the teenager level of camp hangs out but it's a fav during weddings for the groomsmen which I totally see because it's remote, beautiful and has such amazing charm for lots of bonding. I didn't get cell service at any point while I was here ... which is either good or bad depending on what you need. I notice they have wifi but I decided to stay unplugged... and I lived! :) They have different activities they can facilitate with groups ... like snowshoeing, hiking or rope courses (not in the winter). The surrounding grounds are beautiful with lots of little critters to meet... we saw a bunch of really chilled out deer and really just a magical place for whatever your looking for and it's extra nice to be able to help support something that has such a beautiful primary mission.