Hello Again, A couple quick hits for today…

The Brewery Hill visitor information Centre in Lethbridge is open for tourism season.  If you are looking for great ways to spend a few days in Lethbridge and surrounding area stop by Brewery Hill and Chinook Country Tourist Association’s tourism councilors will load you up with brochures and guides and magazines to plan your next trip.

The Lethbridge Hurricanes play their final two home games of the 2009-2010season this week at the Enmax Centre.  On Tuesday the Canes host the Red Deer Rebels, 7 PM and on Friday the Medicine Hat Tigers roll into town, 7 PM.

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First came Walmart and now Tim Hortons is on it’s way to Pincher Creek.  According to the Pincher Creek Echo Tim Hortons is scheduled to open in August.

The Fort Macleod Alliance Church will play host to a benefit concert for Haiti on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. feature local acts from area churches will take the stage.  Donations can be made at the door.

Western Singer, Songwriter, Cartoonist, and Leanin’ Tree Artist Ben Crane will be performing in Cardston at the Civic Centre on March 19th. One of western entertainment's best-kept secrets, this unique performer is a sought-after singer and songwriter as well as an award winning and high-selling western cartoonist with western greeting card giant, Leanin' Tree.

 Speaking of Cardston, Anne of Green Gables- The Musical is on stage right now at Carriage House Theatre.  The show runs through the weekend.  For show times visit www.thecarriagehousetheatre.com/

Coalhurst Community Hall is the place to be on Friday night.  Comedian Gery Schubert as Don Cherry hosts Hockey Night in Lethbridge, a family dinner and auction.  This is a fund raiser for two groups working to help the poor in Africa: Friends of South Omo and Christian Mission Aid.  The event features a catered meal, live and silent auction and entertainment by Gery Schubert.  Tickets are 25/person or $175 for table of 8 and are available from Body Shop, Lethbridge Home Hardware or Dove Christian Supplies.  Show time is 6 PM

How about the weather Southwest Alberta is experiencing?  While I am writing this it is currently nine degrees Celsius.  The next four days are calling for highs of 10°, 8°,11° and 12°.  Is spring calling?  I hope so.

Speaking of spring, Waterton Lakes National Park is an amazing place to visit during spring or anytime for that matter.  If you are thinking about heading out to Waterton in the near future click over to www.mywaterton.ca for some help planning your day(s) in paradise. 

If you’re the kind of person who enjoys marking up your calendar with events, it’s probably not too early to tell you the Crowsnest Pass’ Thunder in the Valley will take place July 17^th.  According to the countdown clock at http://thunderinthevalley.ca/ that’s only 141 days, 9 hours and 35 minutes from now.

I f you are craving hockey this weekend and team Canada’s push for gold at the Olympics isn’t enough to keep you occupied the Lethbridge Hurricanes are in action on Friday night when they host the Kamloops Blazers.  Game time is 7PM at the Enmax Centre.

One of the biggest names in Dancehall/Reggae is in town on Saturday evening.  Sean Paul is in concert at Bullys on Saturday evening.  Tickets are priced at $50 in advance from Infamous, Boarderline, Bully’s and through Ticketmaster.ca. The show gets under way at 8 p.m.

Have a great weekend!

If Blogs are supposed to be an outlet what is on my mind, it’s probably the same thing as many Canadians,  tonight’s HUGE Olympic hockey game between Canada and Russia.  Sunday’s game against the U.S.A. was watched in part by 21.5 million viewers or 64.3 percent of the Canadian population.   I have a feeling tonight’s numbers will at least match Sunday’s numbers.  It’s a good thing Southwest Alberta has a variety of excellent pubs and lounges to take in the action with a few of your closest friends.

Random Fact: There are two Albertans on team Canada, Jarome Iginla (St. Albert) and Dany Heatley (Calgary)

Have you checked out Localsknow.ca yet? It’s a great place to upload your favorite pictures of Canada.  The site is loaded full of great images from across Canada and there is no shortage of shots in Alberta.  Although, we could use a few more from Southwest , Alberta.   Let me know if you upload a picture by emailing me at chris@chinookcountry.com.  Please include the url of the uploaded picture and I’ll post it here next week.