A buddy of mine likes to fish. He likes to fish A LOT. He’s the kind of guy that will go out on the lake before the sun comes up, fish all day, and return home after dark. In the summer months, that’s a long time on the water, and during the short winter days, [...]
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The sexiest Olympic venue at the 2010 Winter Games!
The Richmond Olympic Oval is a multi-purpose sports facility along the banks of the Fraser River in British Columbia. It is located a few kilometres south of Vancouver on Canada’s west coast, minutes from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) which is across the river on [...]
In February, 2009, I visited Steveston, a historic fishing village in the southwest corner of Lulu Island, British Columbia. It’s not far from the Vancouver International Airport and the city of Vancouver. The village looks out on the south arm of the Fraser River delta. Steveston was founded in the 1880s and became a thriving [...]
Late January update: Le Massif has a 330cm base, powder and groomed ski conditions is the latest report. If you are headed to Quebec for Bonhomme Carnivale, this is a great side trip!
What do Le Massif (french for “The Massive”) and the Cirque du Soleil have in common? Le Massif, a ski hill east of [...]
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Ask most Canadians what they know of YVR, Vancouver’s international airport, and they’ll likely talk about an ugly incident involving four Mounties, four tasers, and a confused and angry Polish traveler. The Polish traveler died. YVR was thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, and the Mounties are still trying to repair their [...]
In our recent Newfoundland post I talked about how our travels across Canada always have a bit of synchronicity. We meet people who know other people we know or they are connected to the Canadian tourism industry like us. Canada is a huge country, the second largest in the world, but its population is small, [...]
Weekend hockey road trips are legendary in Canada. This post is by a 14 year old goalie. He and his hockey team, their coaches, and a bunch of hockey moms and dads recently traveled by bus five hours to Sudbury, Ontario for a weekend tournament. This is his story:
Everyone arrives, unaware of what’s to come [...]
Two weeks ago, I was in the City of St. John’s, on the east coast of Newfoundland, Canada. This place is soooo photogenic. I snapped over 600 pictures and while I’m not a painter, I wanted to be the whole time I was there. Brightly coloured wooden row houses, the most impressive natural harbour I’ve [...]
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Judy comments on some differences between urban Toronto and the Canadian Badlands.
Remembrance Day has never been the same for me ever since I met a BBC host on a press tour. She and I got on the topic of books and who our favourite British vs Canadian authors were. We decided at the end of the tour to exchange books. I gave her a copy of [...]
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