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Red Rock Coulee

From Red Rock Coulee in southeastern Alberta, on a clear day, you can see the Sweetgrass Hills in Montana.

Ottawa Parliament Buildings

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.

Videos

These videos were made after collecting video footage and still photography in the Canadian Badlands of southern Alberta. They are best enjoyed with the sound up. Go ahead, turn up the volume.  

Wolfhead Smokers

Recently we did some work for the good folks at Tourism New Brunswick and they tipped us off about a local treasure.

Canadian Action Movies

Who knew such a thriving home-grown movie industry was lurking behind the desks of Canada’s tweeters.

Fall birdwatching on Lake Erie

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.

Bassano Centennial

The Town of Bassano, Alberta, celebrated its 100th birthday this year with “The Best Dam Party in the West”. To mark the occasion, between June 30 and July 3, 2011, Bassano was invaded with revelers hungry for pancake breakfasts, street dancing, music and BBQs. The population (normally just over 1300 souls) doubled for the weekend […]

Tourism – the Fastest Growing Industry on the Planet

Snapshot: Alberta Tourism (2007) •    More than 22 million person visits were made to Alberta. •    Tourism generated over $5 billion in visitor spending. •    Although 80% of Alberta’s tourists were from Alberta, 47% of tourism expenditures came from out-of-province visitors. •    Over $680 million in tax revenue was generated for the Alberta government by […]

Out and About in Toronto

When I first met Kelly and she expressed an interest in doing a couple of posts for roadstories.ca, I didn’t realize she was such a Lady About Town.