{"id":17176,"date":"2023-02-28T10:47:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/?post_type=nouvelles&#038;p=17176"},"modified":"2023-02-28T10:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:47:55","slug":"enjoy-the-great-outdoors-in-french-in-canmore-alberta","status":"publish","type":"nouvelles","link":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/news\/enjoy-the-great-outdoors-in-french-in-canmore-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy the great outdoors in French in Canmore, Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/activities\/calendar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RVF calendar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of French and bilingual events is filling up!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Events include parent\/baby yoga classes, sugar shacks, film screenings, community meals, art shows, sports events, and more, all over the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two events in Canmore, Alberta caught my eye. The Canmore-Banff Region of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Association canadienne-fran\u00e7aise de l&#8217;Alberta<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (ACFA) is hosting two free <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/canmore.acfa.ab.ca\/event\/marche-un-mot-a-la-fois-3\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One Word at a Time Francophone Walks<\/span><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Un mot \u00e0 la fois<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and three <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/canmore.acfa.ab.ca\/event\/patinage-francophone-3\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">free outdoor public skating in French<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">patinage Francophone<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I called William Prince-Dufort, ACFA Canmore-Banff Region\u2019s Event Coordinator, for more details. These events are for anyone, whether a beginner or fluent French speaker, who wants to enjoy the company of friends and neighbours in the great outdoors. And if you\u2019re new to speaking French, what a great way to practise and increase your skills!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0ACFA Canmore-Banff Region, which promotes the development of French life and culture within the Canmore-Banff francophone community, started offering outdoor activities during the pandemic as a way for people in the community to stay connected and the events have continued to be popular, drawing an average of 7 to 15 people each time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One Word at a Time Francophone Walks depart from t<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">front of the Canmore Civic Center at 1:30 p.m. on March 7th and 21st. And skaters meet for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">patinage Francophone <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at 1:00 p.m. at the Canmore Skating Pond on March 1st, 8th, and 15th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catherine Fisher, blogger<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Image: Un mot \u00e0 la fois, courtesy of ACFA Canmore-Banff Region<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17180,"parent":0,"template":"","categorie-de-nouvelle":[65],"class_list":["post-17176","nouvelles","type-nouvelles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-de-nouvelle-canadian-francophonie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nouvelles\/17176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nouvelles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nouvelles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie-de-nouvelle","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie-de-nouvelle?post=17176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}