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Geoscience Day – Early Earth and Outer Space

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Bicycle Safety Rodeo – 2013

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Join the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre June 1st, 11am-3pm at the Canmore Nordic Center to learn about bike safety, test out the trails and win prizes. Free and intended for kids of all ages. Helmets are mandatory

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Summer Events 2013

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Come and join us on walks & hikes exploring the geology and history of the Rocky Mountains and the Town of Canmore. Our first hike is June 2, when you can join Gerry Stephenson on a tour of the mine sites around Canmore. Please call the museum to pre-register (403.678.2462).

 

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Annual General Meeting

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AGM

Thursday May 23, 2013, 7pm,
Council Chambers,
Canmore Civic Centre
902-7th Ave., Canmore

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Time tripping at the NWMP Barracks

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Did you think you were time tripping this weekend at the NWMP Barracks?

Well, you could have been if you saw the living museum display of the North-West Mounted Police Commemorative Association.

We had a record breaking turnout for the children’s crafts and many adults also had fun having their pictures taken with [...]

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That’s Our Director Debbie on the CBC News

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On the 25th anniversary of the 1988 Winter Olympics – Canmore is featured on the CBC news.

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Dr James Bruce: Global Climate change & Canada’s Water

Jim Bruce presentation Feb 2013

 

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Capturing a Serengeti Moment in St. Andrew’s Bay, South Georgia — Dispatch No. 5

In the foreground, adult King Penguins at St. Andrew's Bay, South Georgia. In the background, brown ribbons of colour are crèches – groups struck for protection against predators and the elements – of chicks.

JANUARY 6, 2013
54° 26′ SOUTH AND 36° 11′ WEST
ST. ANDREW’S BAY, SOUTH GEORGIA

Our fifth and final day of exploring South Georgia involved a memorable landing at St. Andrew’s Bay, home to the island’s largest colony of King Penguins. Comprised of more than 150,000 breeding pairs, the colony contains close to [...]

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Dr. Don Lawton from the University of Calgary to give his CSEG Distinquished Lecturer Tour talk in the Council Chambers on Monday January 28, 2013 at 7:00pm

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Dr. Don Lawton will be giving a talk in the Council Chambers in the Canmore Civic Centre on Monday evening January 28, 2013 at 7:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm). Don is a Professor of Geophysics at the University of Calgary and is giving this talk on the 2013 CSEG Distinguished Lecture tour. The topic [...]

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The Shackleton saga continues: Frank Wild, Shackleton’s Right-Hand Man, is laid to rest in Grytviken, South Georgia — Dispatch No. 4

The four members of the party that set out to attempt to become the first to reach the South Pole: (L-R) Frank Wild, Ernest Shackleton, Eric Marshall and Jameson Adams.

JANUARY 5, 2013
54° 16.9′ SOUTH AND 36° 30.5′ WEST
GRYTVIKEN, SOUTH GEORGIA

Ninety-one years ago, to the day, Sir Ernest Shackleton died aboard a boat anchored in Grytviken Harbour, South Georgia. Suffering a massive heart attack at the age of 47, Shackleton’s death marked the end of the Heroic Age of Antarctic [...]

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