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Ag producers inviting Albertans to experience farm life this weekend for Open Farm Days
Charlotte Wasylik, a member of the family-run Chatsworth Farm near Vermilion, Alta., pets a pig on Aug. 14, 2025. (Miriam Valdes-Carletti / CTV News Edmonton) Alberta's agriculture producers are preparing to welcome guests this weekend for the 13th annual Open Farm Days. 'It's really about getting all the items in place: moving all the pens around, setting up all the signage, moving bales around, … giving (the yard) that final polish,' said Charlotte Wasylik, a member of the second-generation Chatsworth Farm northeast of Vermilion, during an interview on Thursday. 'A lot of gardening, a lot of weeding, a lot of watering,' added her mom, Johanna Wasylik. 'I also make the condiments for our hot dog barbecue, so making lots and lots of hot dog relish and quick pickled red onions and sauerkraut and red water pickles.' 140 farms across the province welcoming guests on Saturday or Sunday. 5 Open to guests on Saturday, Chatsworth Farm is hosting farm tours, machinery and sheep shearing demonstrations, cooking lessons, live music by Edmonton-based duo the Western Thistles, and more. 'Everything that we add to our Open Farm Days, there's a connection. The rock painting we're doing for kids… the rocks are from our fields,' Charlotte told CTV News Edmonton. 'One of the food truck vendors, they're serving our hot dogs made with our beef. And the equine demos, the horse trainer, Megan, she's actually the trainer of my horses. The sheep shearer is actually our sheep shearer.' She said it's an exciting time to be a farmer and participating in Open Farm Days because of the rise in popularity of farming and homesteading on social media. 'Not a lot of people are connected with farms or where their food comes from. So this really gives people the chance to experience it.' The theme for this year's event is 'Water, the lifeblood of every farm.' Admission is free. More information is available online. Open Farm Days falls at the end of Local Food Week. With files from CTV News Edmonton's Miriam Valdes-Carletti
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Gloomy days can't stop these Edmonton events this weekend
The final days of summer are upon us and chilly weather this week has made that clear, but that's not stopping Edmontonians from soaking up the fun on the weekends. The 44th-annual Edmonton International Fringe Festival began Thursday and runs until Aug. 24. It's North America's largest and longest-running fringe theatre festival that promises weird, wild, community-creating entertainment. KidsFringe also kicked off on Friday for the youngest audiences and their families. Children can help decorate a KidsFringe Gratitude Tree, do arts and crafts, learn improv, dance, circus or yoga, and take in shows from family-friendly performers. KidsFringe runs until Aug. 24 at Light Horse Park on 85 Avenue. Edmonton Mural Festival Friday also marks the beginning of the Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival, Mural Festival and Afro Music Fest. Saturday and Sunday will see Dragon Boat Races at Louise McKinney Riverfront Park for the Edmonton Dragon Festival, with the cultural celebration continuing in Chinatown's Kinistinâw Park. Edmonton's Mural Festival explores murals throughout various locations in the city and runs until Sept. 15. Afro Music Fest takes over Ice District's Fan Park for two days and features headliner Davido in a celebration of Afro-Caribbean music, art and culture. Open Farm Days in Alberta Farming, running and fangirling Alberta Open Farm Days is open Saturday and Sunday to explore farmers and ranchers to stop in for a visit to share stories, learn about crop-growing and see demonstrations of rural life. More information about locations and tickets can be found on their website. Servus Edmonton Marathon The 2025 Servus Edmonton Marathon medal was unveiled at the community run on July 29, 2025. (Darcy Seaton/CTV News Edmonton) Thousands of runners will also take to the streets of Edmonton on Sunday for the 34th Servus Marathon. The race's start and finish line will be on Jasper Avenue outside of the Edmonton Convention Centre. Closures downtown will be in effect. And for the Swifties, Taylor Swift's latest album announcement ushers in the west's largest outdoor celebration for fans at the Remax field on Saturday. General admission tickets are still available for $50 and can be found online. A full list of events, tours and sport games can be found on the Explore Edmonton website.
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New murals mark the start of Up Here in Sudbury
Up Here Festival is starting its 11th year in Sudbury, with a number of new murals that are beautifying the city one stroke at a time. With Sudbury's Up Here Festival kicking off this weekend, organizers have planned some new murals that are beautifying the city one stroke at a time. Ashley Guenette, the festival's mural coordinator, said the pieces are an essential element. With Sudbury's Up Here festival kicking off this weekend, organizers have planned some new murals that are beautifying the city one stroke at a time. (Madison Marier/CTV News Northern Ontario) 'Eleven years of bringing art and music to the community -- especially murals, which are a way of uplifting, bringing colour, activating artists in our spaces,' Guenette said. 'So I'm really excited for the murals.' The mural artists include one from northern Ontario, along with artists from Toronto, Montreal, Saskatoon and Brazil. Dinho Beanto, who painted the Beech Street mural, said murals establish a connection with people. 'You are making something that is for them (and) for the city,' Beanto said. Up Here 2 With Sudbury's Up Here festival kicking off this weekend, organizers have planned some new murals that are beautifying the city one stroke at a time. (Photo from video) Gift for the city 'It's like a gift for the city ... I'm feeling so, so glad to be here and make this wall here because … people here are so kind.' Kezna Delz, the artist who painted the mural on Notre Dame Avenue, also said the people she has met are kind. 'They're just super nice and they come check out the mural and they're super interested,' Delz said. 'A bunch of people, like, are honking while we're painting, to be like, hey, it's really nice. So generally, like really good vibes.' The new murals this year are located in Azilda, downtown Sudbury and the Flour Mill, with installation at the arena in Azilda painted by Brody Burns. The mural at 43 Elm St. was painted by Raven, who is from northern Ontario. The Larch Street mural was painted by Curtia Wright -- in Medina Lane on the back of Pho Noodle House. Beanto spoke about his interaction with someone who is experiencing homelessness, who said his art brightened his day. 'I cried a lot when he told me,' Beanto said. 'He felt so good to see my art.' 'I believe art should be accessible and I don't think that anyone needs to have, like, a knowledge of art to appreciate art,' Delz added. The five new murals will be added to the Greater Sudbury collection of murals from the Up Here festival. Organizers said that this is just the beginning, as the festival's installation arts and musical performances run from Aug. 15-17.
