Found in Fairview January 2023

If you follow the Fairview Community Facebook page (www.facebook.com/fairviewyyc), you may have seen a post about an Ikebana workshop offered in December by Rika Saruwatari.I saw the photo in the post and I knew that I had to make one of those beautiful flower arrangements myself. In true procrastinator fashion, I signed up for the […]

Heritage Communities Local Area Plan Update

January 2023 It’s been over three years (thanks, Covid!) since consultation began on the Heritage Communities Local Area Plan (LAP), and the final draft of the plan is finally almost finished. In September 2019, city planners convened with community association representatives and local residents from each of the involved neighbourhoods (Kelvin Grove, Eagle Ridge, Chinook […]

President’s Message

January 2023 Hello Fairview! I know it’s been awhile since I included an update in our newsletter – welcome to all new Fairviewers who have chosen to make this community their home in the past several months. Your Fairview Community Association (FCA) is led by – your neighbours! We are completely volunteer-run by passionate folks […]

Meet My Pet: Nia

December 2022 Ryder has the most adorable, fluffy, energetic Pomsky dog. A Pomsky, in case you aren’t sure, is a Pomeranian Husky. Her name is Nia, and she is nearly four years old. Nia was born in Edmonton and is from a breeder. Ryder’s family went and picked her up when she was eight weeks […]

Fairview Paints the Pavement

December 2022 At the end of October, some of your neighbours got together for a painting party! Fairview Board member and organizer, Alicia Davis, received #ActivateYYC funding towards initiatives that transform space into place, promote movement, safety, and neighbourliness. It is a program of the Federation of Calgary Communities. She used this grant towards a […]

Blackfoot Road Work

November 2022 Submitted by Michelle Stensrud I went out at lunch today for a nice romantic walk with the cutest 40 year old I know. Actually, it was a fact-finding mission that I tricked my husband into coming on.  For months there have been lane closures and detours while they are digging up of the […]

Found in Fairview November 2022

In 1973, Paul and Joyce moved to Fairview. Paul was the assistant principal at Fairview school.   They bought their first house on Fraser Drive and lived there until 1978, when one of Paul’s students came over and told him about a bigger house for sale on Flavelle Road. The bigger house was perfect for their […]

Meet My Pet: Fairy Garden

November 2022 This month’s pet is not a pet.  Emma and Chloe’s dad has pretty bad allergies to all animals and they travel all the time.  So, to keep him safe and because they’re not always around to take care of an animal, they don’t have any pets.  Chloe did get Emma a fish once, […]

Found in Fairview October 2022

When I was young, every October, my grandmother would have me and my siblings over one afternoon before Halloween to carve our pumpkins.  We would set out newspapers on the table, scoop out guts, and carve the faces.  It would take all afternoon and it was wonderful.  The jack-o-lanterns would stay on display until November. […]