British Columbia

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 June 15th, 2011

Not all of the city of Vancouver is by the water, but when I am walking around there, the ocean and the mountains are never very far away. And the people of Vancouver always seem to be jogging or riding their bikes. Granville Island is as much for the tourists as it is for the [...]

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Glenn on October 8th, 2010

We hooked up with Cathryn Wellner on Twitter. She’s a foodie, environmentalist and blogger living in the Okanagan Valley, in the province of British Columbia, one of the most picturesque places in Canada. You can follow her on Twitter @Storyroute. Here’s what she sent us about her part of the country. Background When Kelowna sun [...]

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Glenn on February 12th, 2010

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 Sea Island. [...]

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Glenn on February 1st, 2010

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 [...]

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Judy on January 17th, 2010

YVR offered a tour to members of the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) when the association held its annual conference in Richmond a couple of years ago. Richmond is a suburb of Vancouver and YVR was one of several Richmond sites we were invited to visit. I learned a lot about Canada’s second busiest [...]

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