You may have noticed some activity at our outdoor fitness park recently. Is it a flash mob that shows up every Wednesday and Friday at 6 pm? Close, but not quite. It is people enjoying our FREE Outdoor Accessible Fitness Classes. Classes began August 4 and run until Sept 24 with a drop-in format. In …
Free Outdoor Accessible Fitness Classes a Success so Far Read More »
It’s Not too Late to Join us for FREE Outdoor Fitness Classes at the Whyte Ridge Accessible Fitness Park 170 Fleetwood Road Classes Wed & Fri, 6-7 pm, Aug 4 – Sep 24. All ABILITIES Welcome. Follow this link for REGISTRATION info
Near the beginning of May I noticed a familiar silhouette flying high over Scurfield Park Lake. I was in a hurry so I didn’t pay much attention at the time and soon forgot about it. A couple weeks later I was sitting in my back yard a noticed a large brown and white Raptor sitting …
If you are like me, being cooped up so much lately has made you ache to get out and experience nature a bit more. The other day I finally decided to do something about it, so I took my two dogs on a hike around the Assiniboine Forest. We stayed off most of the main …
The Grand Opening of the Whyte Ridge Accessible Fitness Park was on Saturday July 27. This beautiful, one-of-a-kind facility is the result of over 2 years of planning, emailing and organising. Cameras rolled as Global News covered the ribbon cutting ceremony . There were people from the community, board members, calisthenics athletes and dignitaries including …
Something is new with our printed newsletter. You may have noticed that the title has changed from “The Spirit” to “The Ridge”. The idea behind the original newsletter title was conceived some 15 years ago and it has been a fixture in our community ever since. The name “The Spirit” was meant to reflect the …
Next spring you will see a new outdoor fitness park installed at our community centre. We believe it will be the first of its kind in Canada, combining professional grade calisthenics equipment designed with accessibility features! The equipment will be installed over a rubber safety surface, providing wheelchair access and a clean, safe surface for …
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Nick Barnes Hey Whyte Ridge! I was asked to report on some of the activities occurring in the community this summer, so here goes. Like many places around the world, we had a really hot summer this year, and I don’t know about you, but my lawn really suffered for it. I had more success …
It was an incredibly hot but beautiful Sunday with great fun had by all! I would like to give a special Thank You to all of the volunteers who helped plan and organize this event, Erin, Curtis, Doug, Adam, Jasnoor, Lexee, Arpita, Evelyn, Danica, Aymee, along with the generosity of our sponsors. It is with …
On June 24, three hearty WRCC volunteers planted 10 new saplings donated by the City to help facilitate naturalization of the north end of our site. Many thanks to our summer student Adam who braved the rain to help out. With the new City summer staff just coming on board people are forgetting not to mow this area, so …
New trees planted at the North end of WRCC property Read More »
