Found in Fairview Working Dog – Part 3 Take your mind back to the spring, warm weather, budding flowers, and Dexter! The guide dog in training for CNIB. Likely, you saw Melody, Dave or one of the kids walking him around, training him and getting him ready for his next adventure – a move to […]
Bowling with Santa 2023
January 16, 2024 by
January 2024 On Sunday December 10, 2023 the FCA hosted Bowling with Santa at Toppler Bowl. The event was well attended with over 60 bowlers and many kids who had a chance to visit with Santa. We were fortunate to have received funding from Ward Community Event Fund, which allowed us to send all the […]
Sparking Lot (Fairview Park)
January 1, 2024 by
January 2024 November 2023 Sparking Lot Update – The Ping Pong Table has arrived for folks to use! We will be supplying a few ping pong paddles and balls. Please keep them with the ping pong table for everyone to enjoy! The Temporary Structure Development permit has been approved and is in the advertising […]
Fairview Wildlife
November 2, 2023 by
November 2023 In the City of Calgary, we are blessed with an abundance of parks, natural areas, river valleys and green spaces. These areas are not only attractive to the citizens of our city, but also to our urban wildlife. Animals such as badgers, deer, skunks, bobcats and coyotes are a fact of life in […]
Casino Night – October 26 & 27, 2023
October 7, 2023 by
Casino Night Fundraiser – Elbow River Casino October 26 & 27, 2023 Fairview Community Association (FCA) is hosting a casino fundraiser on October 26 and 27, 2023 at the Elbow River Casino. The FCA and community volunteers fill various roles at the casino over the 2 day fundraiser, where a portion of the revenue is […]
Found in Fairview October 2023
October 1, 2023 by
The other day I popped into Toppler Bowl. Of course, I’d been there before, but this time I was walking in to meet four of the Canadian National Champions! Mikayla, Marcello, Ryan, and Oliver took their bowling skills to Regina this May and they all came back Champions. Marcello had to work, so unfortunately, I […]
2023 Fall Family Festival Movie in the Park
September 10, 2023 by
The Fairview Community Association hosted our annual Movie in the Park on Friday September 8th. Fairviewers and other movie-goers enjoyed the bouncy houses from Orbits Bouncy House; popcorn and candy from local vendors, Olde Fair Popcorn and Candy Multiverse; and a concession staffed by volunteers that were grilling burgers and hotdogs before the show. Fresh […]
Meet My Pet: Bowser
August 24, 2023 by
August 2023 Today, while wearing my blue hat, I walked into Bowser’s lair. No, I did not go there to save a princess from fireballs – instead, I was visiting Fairview’s 16-year-old vegetable-eating tortoise! Bowser is an African Spurred Tortoise, which is also called a Sulcata Tortoise. Bowser has lived in Fairview with Jade and […]
2023 Wine & Cheese Recap
August 24, 2023 by
After a couple of years unfortunately on hiatus, the Fairview Community Association once again hosted our annual wine and cheese fundraiser on June 17. The event was held in the beautiful Divine Flooring showroom and brought together over 80 Fairview residents and invited guests. A highlight of the evening was the selection of delicious wines […]