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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 September 15th, 2011

On a recent trip to Long Point Provincial Park we spotted what we thought was a huge, beautiful butterfly. Upon showing her this picture, the park naturalist informed us that it was not, in fact, a butterfly, but a moth. None other than the Cecropia moth, the largest in North America!   The scientific name [...]

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Judy on August 30th, 2011

 It  started with  @whygocanada tweet. Julie Ovenell Carter is a well known Canadian travel writer and she tweets for WhyGoCanada.com, a Canada travel source.  Julie’s tweet read: “My favourite food souvenir from Canada? Hawkins Cheezies of course! What’s yours?…” I discovered one on a road trip to Quebec last year. We were with Carole and [...]

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Judy on July 24th, 2011

Judy comments on some differences between urban Toronto and the Canadian Badlands.

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Judy on May 19th, 2011

In Canada, Victoria Day has long been associated with the unofficial start of the summer season. Veggie gardens get planted, family cottages are opened for the season and the cobwebs are dusted off the old bar-B-Q. Canada’s May holiday actually celebrates Queen Victoria’s birthday. The Queen was born on May 24, 1819, at Kensington Palace [...]

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Glenn on April 10th, 2011

If you’ve ever driven any distance through the Canadian bush (as Shania Twain calls it), especially endless miles of tree-lined, two-lane highway, then you will know about the moose. There are foreboding signs along the way featuring outlines of these hulking creatures nonchalantly strolling across your path. The message is not one of protecting the [...]

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Glenn on March 22nd, 2011

In the course of my work, I sometimes get to stay at really nice hotels like the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. We’re talkin’ personal service, great food and a centre-of-the-world piano bar I want to live in forever. Anyway, the best thing about these places is that I get to meet interesting people. I’ve [...]

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Judy on April 11th, 2010

Rather than drive, we flew to Montréal and spent six glorious nights in Quebec’s largest city. Our flight was complimentary, thanks to WestJet Airlines. Westjet’s VP happened to pick my husband’s business card out of a bowl at a conference and it won us two tickets anywhere WestJet flies (except Hawaii). After much discussion, we [...]

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Judy on January 27th, 2010

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 [...]

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