Community Events
GALA condos to break ground
The long awaited 386 condo unit project Gala, will begin to build their first phase in early summer. The project is located on the east end of International Avenue at 68 – 70th Street on 17th Avenue SE.
Lam Phoung
On February 20, 2011, the Vietnamese community celebrated the work of songwriter, Lam Phoung, with a fundraiser/concert. The event saw over 1,000 people enjoy famous actors and singers perform his work. Presented by Thoi Bao newspaper. Alderman Carra, Dr.Carra, Don McSwiney and our Executive Director where there as special guests. The event raised funds for the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Congratulations to Tung Nguyen, Hein Vu and Quinn Do for organizing this superior event. International Avenue was proud to be a sponsor of the event.
Olympic Torch
crowds gather on the Avenue, Feb, 2010
Finding out last minute that the Olympic Torch was going to be travelling down International Avenue did not rattle us at the BRZ office. Instead we took to the phones, rallied schools and businesses to take to the streets to show our support of the torch relay and boy did they ever! Special thanks to Lynn Martin of Moe Amery’s office, Brenda Brown, Canada Day Committee for locating thousands of Canadian flags which your BRZ office distributed to all nine area schools. Thanks also to the Forest Lawn High School band who pulled together a great performance at the 4400 block to entertain spectators.
