{"id":6683,"date":"2015-12-27T21:18:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T05:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ehcanadatravel.com\/blog\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2015-12-27T23:47:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T07:47:28","slug":"alberta-travel-6683","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ehcanadatravel.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/27\/alberta-travel-6683\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta Travel Newsletter-December 20th &#8211; 26th, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Alberta\u00a0Travel &amp; Tourism Newsletter<\/h1>\n<h2>Alberta\u00a0\u00a0Travel For December 20th &#8211; 26th, 2015<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Alberta\u00a0Travel\u00a0#1: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/alberta-plans-to-push-for-more-tourism-in-national-parks-in-2016-1.2715043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/alberta-plans-to-push-for-more-tourism-in-national-parks-in-2016-1.2715043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alberta plans to push for more tourism in national parks in 2016<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;A low Canadian dollar has opened a window of travel opportunity that Alberta plans to take full advantage of, says Tourism Minister David Eggen.&#8221; CTV News<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Alberta Travel #2: \u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/entertainment\/local-arts\/year-in-review-janet-vlieg-discovers-the-deep-connection-edmonton-has-with-the-royal-alberta-museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Year in Review:The deep connection Edmonton has with the Royal Alberta\u00a0Museum. <\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;I spent two weeks in late November researching and writing the story of the museum\u2019s impending closure at the Glenora site and discovered it has a special place in\u00a0Edmonton\u2019s heart.&#8221; Edmonton Journal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Alberta Travel #3: \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/alberta\/booming-butler-business-leads-training-program-to-quaint-priddis-alta\/article27939813\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Booming butler business leads training program to Alberta\u2019s Azuridge Estate Hotel.<\/strong> <\/a>&#8220;International students flying into tiny Priddis from as far away as Azerbaijan and Qatar will, among other things, learn the discretion required to fold panties from the suitcase of a macho client.&#8221; The Globe and Mail<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Alberta Travel #4: \u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.ca\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjW1drV1P3JAhVB6GMKHW4_AxgQFggcMAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.straight.com%2Farts%2F602121%2Falberta-ballets-opulent-nutcracker-sets-dont-travel-light&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfZj8OYxjMRTctqy52BpVsdmsysA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alberta Ballet\u2019s opulent Nutcracker sets don\u2019t travel light.<\/a> <\/strong>&#8220;When Alberta Ballet\u2019s opulent production of <em>The Nutcracker<\/em> arrives here, it won\u2019t be by snowy sleigh ride or on the wings of sugarplum fairies. No, the practical matter is the massive, $1.5-million production travels by trucks.&#8221; The Straight<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Alberta Travel #5: <\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/entertainment\/local-arts\/albertas-rising-stars-of-television-and-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alberta&#8217;s rising stars of television and\u00a0film<\/a>.<\/strong> &#8220;Alberta has no shortage of talent when it comes to film and television and 2015 was a year when a number of artists\u00a0stood out, both in front of and behind the camera. &#8221; Calgary Herald<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Alberta Travel #6:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/atikokanprogress.ca\/2015\/12\/21\/century-old-engine-finds-a-new-home-in-alberta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CENTURY OLD ENGINE FINDS A NEW HOME IN ALBERTA<\/a><\/strong>. &#8220;A few years ago, he got wind of a very large, oil-fired engine in the bush northeast of Atikokan, at the old Sawbill \u2013 Upper Seine gold mine site.&#8221; Atikokan Progress<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Alberta Travel #7: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/travel\/great-local-travel-gifts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Give a local travel experience for a gift worth remembering this\u00a0holiday.<\/a><\/strong> &#8220;Kids want gifts, I get it. Everyone else on your list quite possibly has too much stuff already (I\u2019m looking at you, dear sister-in-law). As I\u2019m sure you\u2019re well aware, the buzz always wears off your latest purchase, but the memories made through shared experiences last a whole lot longer. 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