Although it certainly didn’t feel like it this past week, we’re not far away from spring in Calgary. If you have been dreaming of a landscaping revamp, now is a great time to start asking questions and looking at your options. While you do, we recommend giving thought to sustainable landscaping choices that allow you…
We at Mirage are Calgary’s snow removal experts, and we’ve been especially busy this year. Our suspicions that it has been an extra-heavy winter were recently confirmed through the CBC, which reported that it has been one of the top ten snowiest meteorological winters on record. Out of 139 years of record keeping, the last…
As we enter an end-of-February cold snap, all of our fantastic outdoor rinks in Calgary will have their lives extended for at least a couple more weeks of skating. We in Alberta love to take advantage of the winter weather and get outside for recreation opportunities … and skating is perhaps the easiest and most…
You may not think of a landscaping company when it comes to deck design, but you should. Not only do we have skilled landscape designers on hand, we also have carpenters, masons, and craftspeople with the skills and expertise to ensure your deck design project is drawn up according to local building codes and will…
Accumulations on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, made it the snowiest January day on record and one of the top-ten snowiest days in Calgary. Vicious squalls ended up dumping a whopping 33.6 centimetres of the white stuff at the Calgary airport, trouncing the previous record of 25.4 centimetres from Jan. 3, 1913. That single day of…
Although November rolled in with a major snowstorm and frigid temperatures, and the week before the Christmas holidays plunged us Calgarians into -40-degree Celsius weather, it has been an absolutely gorgeous January. Winter weather often has us at Mirage asking, “What is going on here?” We wonder whether our massive variations in temperatures, stretches of…
Statistics for winter slip-and fall-injuries can be difficult to come by, but insurance companies and those who deal with worker injuries are among those who keep track of the numbers. The reason is that they are the ones who end up dealing with claims from companies and homeowners that have had people injure themselves on…
In Calgary, all commercial and residential property owners are responsible for clearing snow and ice from the sidewalks bordering properties within 24 hours of a snowfall ending. Failing to do so results in unsafe access points where injuries such as slips and falls can easily happen, which ends up costing all citizens. The Canadian Underwriter…
A new year is upon us, and we’re feeling optimistic. We’re imagining 2023 to be a year of calm, peace, and prosperity, which is backed up by it being the year of the rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. The upcoming 12 months are predicted to be full of hope, and we at Mirage are already…
For those of us at Mirage Landscaping, snow removal is more than just an occupation. We consider our job to be keeping you and your property safe, and we take it very seriously. In fact, wherever we are working, we keep an eye out for anything with which we can assist. We have the equipment,…