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In the mountains, there’s space for everyone. 🏔️🌈✨

Celebrate pride in Banff — see what’s happening until Oct. 12 at @banffpride

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Hey, Canmore! Check out what’s happening in town from October 5 to 11 🏔️

If you have other events to recommend, feel free to share in the comments!

And tomorrow, I’ll be sharing the full Canmore Pride Festival program 🏳️‍🌈✨

Sending love 💛

#Canmore #AheadCanmore #Alberta #Kananaskis #visitcanmore explorecanmore

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In Banff, we choose love, community, visibility, and joy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Happy @banffpride, everyone! 🥳

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Hey, Canmore! Check out what’s happening in town from September 21 to 27 🏔️

If you have other events to recommend, feel free to share in the comments!

And tomorrow, I’ll be sharing the full Canmore Pride Festival program 🏳️‍🌈✨

Sending love 💛

#Canmore #AheadCanmore #Alberta #Kananaskis #visitcanmore explorecanmore

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Hey, Canmore! Check out what’s happening in town from September 7 to 20.

If you have other events to recommend, feel free to share in the comments

Sending love 💛

#Canmore #AheadCanmore #Alberta #Kananaskis #visitcanmore explorecanmore

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New Month, New Beginnings, New Theme! ✨

Welcome to a new season of Women’s Circle! This month’s theme is Rooted. What better way to start than with our first gathering: a Plant & Potting Workshop! 🪴

Join us for an evening of connection and community as we learn foundational potting techniques. It’s the perfect, relaxed space to meet others, find your grounding, and nurture something new (yourself included!).

As always, this is a completely FREE event. Materials, snacks, and childcare are on us.

Details:
🗓 Wednesday, September 9th
⌚ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Banff Public Library

🔗 Registration link in bio! 🌱

#womenscircle #communityconnection #freeworkshop #rooted

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Some conversations are hard to have, but we believe that avoiding them adds to the stigma and isolation so many people feel.

On September 10th, we’re gathering for World Suicide Prevention Day for Donuts and Conversations.

You’ll hear from people with different lived experiences, talk about suicide prevention and what support can actually look like, and spend some time creating something for the moments when life feels especially heavy.

Everyone will make a jar filled with messages of support and leave with a comfort kit made possible by people and organizations across our community.

And yes, there will be plenty of donuts 🍩

This isn’t therapy, and you don’t need to come knowing what to say. You can participate in the ways that feel comfortable for you, including simply being there and listening.

ThursdayOn September 10th, we’re gathering for World Suicide Prevention Day.
We’ll hear from people with different lived experiences, talk about suicide prevention and what support can actually look like, and spend some time creating something for the moments when life feels especially heavy.
Everyone will make a jar filled with messages of support and leave with a comfort kit made possible by people and organizations across our community. And yes, there will be donuts. 💛
This isn’t therapy, and you don’t need to come knowing what to say. You can participate in the ways that feel comfortable for you, including simply being there and listening.
Thursday, September 10 | 7–9pm
Banff Public Library
Free | Ages 16+ | Registration required

Child minding and interpretation are available upon request.

Come as you are. Bring a friend if that makes walking through the door a little easier.

Registration is through the link in our bio. 💛

love,
frankie d 🐾🍩

#suicidepreventionday #suicidepreventionmonth #mentalhealthstigma #communitycares #banfflife

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for world suicide prevention day, we’re looking for people who may feel ready to share a small part of their lived experience of suicidal thoughts, or of supporting someone they care about through them.

these conversations matter because suicidal thoughts are more common than many of us realize, but shame and fear can make them incredibly difficult to talk about. hearing someone share honestly can help another person feel seen, understood and less alone.

🗓️ thursday, september 10 · 7–9pm 📍 banff public library 💛 express interest by august 16

the details and interest form are linked in our bio.

loveee, frankie d 🐾🍩

#suicideprevention #suicidepreventionday #conversationsthatmatter #frankieds #donutsandconversations

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During my Banff trip, I set one intention: bring a small art kit. With two kids and one hotel room, that’s easier said than done. So I woke up an hour before everyone else for some quiet time outside with paper and graphite.

I expected “forest baths,” mountains, and lakes to inspire me.

I didn’t expect the Whyte Museum to be one of my favorite stops. In the U.S., I’m used to walking into a historic site and having to ask: whose voice is missing here? Mount Vernon. Yosemite. The list goes on.

But at the Whyte, the perspectives of the Indigenous, Chinese laborers, interned Ukrainians, and women are part of the story being told, with intention.

There was also a gallery within the museum where I saw my first in-person Guerrilla Girls display.

Reminded me that art is always political. We choose what’s in the frame. The railroad companies knew that too. They hired artists to paint the West as land ready to be settled.

Another great time to sneak in a 5-minute sketch? When your youngest loses his sunglasses (again). Even in 5 minutes, it’s hard to miss civilization: roads, houses, structures.

The Gen Alphas made me do it.

If I couldn’t love Banff more, I stopped by the Banff Public Library, where I found all three of my books in their catalog. Librarians do their own kind of truth-telling every day. They decide what’s kept, what’s findable, what’s still on the shelf for someone to discover. Thank you Alberta Librarians!

I planned this trip with a small arsenal of art supplies, hoping to squeeze in art wherever I could.

Sometimes an hour with graphite. Sometimes 30 seconds with a graphite rock at Banff Park museum. Woohoo.

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Warm memories in a cold climate ❄️ (winter 2026) #northernattitude #grateful

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A huge shout out to the @banffpubliclibrary for welcoming our students each month for stories, songs and so much fun!
#banffplayschool

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* * * ⚠️ Correction: June 10 | 7pm - Pride Night Drag Trivia at The Blake, hosted by Backroads in support of Canmore Pride. Expect drag performances, trivia, music, community vibes, and a raffle featuring prizes from local Bow Valley businesses. 🌈✨

Hey, Canmore! Check out what’s happening in town from June 8 to 14.

• If you have other events to recommend, feel free to share in the comments
• To submit your event, please send us a DM or email us at aheadincanmore@gmail.com

Sending love 💛

#Canmore #AheadCanmore #Alberta #Kananaskis #visitcanmore explorecanmore

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