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Judy on January 25th, 2012

  This Quebec Maritime story follows our British Columbia (BC) post on the Dogsled Mail Run. Each describes an unusual way that mail was delivered in Canada. In 2010, Canada Post issued two stamps commemorating these unique mail deliveries. I stumbled on both while researching dogsledding in Canada. Even though I was raised in Quebec, [...]

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Judy on December 23rd, 2011

The Cariboo region of British Columbia may be the only place in the world where you can have a letter stamped “carried by dog sled”.

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Glenn on December 5th, 2011

Look what is all dressed up for the holidays!!! It was a crisp, cold December evening. We walked from a Sandy Hill B&B over to an Elgin Street bistro for a meal. After dinner, we took a camera and tripod over to Parliament Hill and snapped a bunch of pix including this one. Happy Holidays [...]

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Glenn on November 14th, 2011

Recently we did some work for the good folks at Tourism New Brunswick and they tipped us off about a local treasure. Letang, New Brunswick, just north of Grand Manan Island on the Bay of Fundy is the home of Wolfhead Smokers, purveyors of fine smoked salmon products. So we called them up, ordered some [...]

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Not too long after I wrote my Roadstories post about Soulpepper Theatre’s excellent production of Eric Peterson and John Grey’s “Billy Bishop Goes to War” describing the exploits of Canada’s famous First World War air ace, I learned that Canada also could boast of an air ace who was less well-known, but even more decorated [...]

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Glenn on November 2nd, 2011

Trending on Twitter #canadianactionmovies I’m not a big Twitter user, but my partner Judy is always on there doing something or other. If you are so inclined, you can follow her using the tab on the right side of this page. Below, you’ll find a list of the most recent (tongue-in-cheek) Canadian ‘action movies’. #CanadianActionMovies [...]

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Judy on October 16th, 2011

In Canada, it’s darker at this time of year. There are fewer waking hours and dusk and darkness are often inhabited by unexplained events and ghostly phenomena. We are not a superstitious people, not susceptable to assumptions of supernatural causation. But facts are facts, and we are a curious bunch. So every year at about [...]

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Judy on October 4th, 2011

It’s the first game of the new hockey season this Thursday (Oct. 6, 2011) and my beloved Habs (Montreal Canadiens) are in town to face their rival, the Toronto Maple Leafs. A perfect time to talk about a new hockey hang out.   Shakey’s is west of Runnymede Avenue on the south side of Bloor, [...]

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Glenn on September 27th, 2011

Every fall, millions of birds, butterflies and dragonflies from across North America head south for winter. Along the north shore of Lake Erie in Ontario, Canada, these include birds of prey. Nineteen species of hawks, falcons, eagles and vultures have been recorded migrating past here. One of the best places to view them in fall [...]

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Glenn on September 27th, 2011

The United Nations (UN) has declared 2011-2012 the International Year of the Bat, so with Halloween just around the corner, I wanted to do this post. Bats are the world’s most misunderstood creatures. For centuries, they’ve been associated with black magic, witchcraft and vampire folklore. But bats are in real trouble right now and desperately [...]

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