Boomergirl on July 16th, 2010

Back in 2000, Niagara Falls Tourism asked us to help them get publicity for a big Valentine’s Day wedding.  Four hundred lovers were tying the knot in a winter garden ceremony across from the American Falls. The event got me thinking how did Niagara Falls become the honeymoon capital of the world anyway? That’s when [...]

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Judy on May 14th, 2010

The 2010 season at Ontario Parks officially opens today (Friday, May 14, 2010).  Ontario is Canada’s second largest province. The Ontario Parks system began in 1893 with Algonquin Park. When I was a kid, I went to a summer camp in Algonquin. My best camp memory was a week long canoe trip. On the last [...]

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Judy on December 27th, 2009

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 [...]

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Judy on November 27th, 2009

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

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Judy on October 27th, 2009

The Automatiste Revolution: Montreal 1941-1960, opened at the Varley Art Gallery in Unionville, Ontario last week. It’s a fantastic tribute to Canada’s best known and original avant-garde artists. This is the group that paved the way for contemporary art in Canada. The group included Jean Paul Riopelle and Paul-Emile Borduas. From the Varley, the exhibit [...]

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Judy on October 7th, 2009

Two of the creepiest places to spend Hallowe’en in Canada are Fort George in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and the Atlas Coal Mine near Drumheller in the Canadian Badlands of Alberta. Niagara-on-the-Lake is said to be the most haunted town in Canada and the creepiest place in town is Fort George. Its Hallowe’en ghost tours are so [...]

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Judy on October 7th, 2009

We did a road trip to the northeastern part of Muskoka near Algonquin Park, Ontario in September. Our base was the Foxwood Resort on Lake of Bays, a big lake with five hundred kilometres of shoreline. Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend and at Foxwood, it’s possible to cook your own turkey. The resort has cottages [...]

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Judy on April 17th, 2009

Comments and links to golf courses at Resorts of Ontario.

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