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Toronto is Euro-soccer mad

Looking for a place to watch Euro 2012? We first posted this in 2010 when Toronto was World Cup-mad. Canada is a hockey nation. But as we all know, the world is soccer crazy.

Niagara Falls daredevil

The date is set. Nik Wallenda will walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012.

Victoria Day

FIRST POSTED IN 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 and the cobwebs are dusted off the old bar-B-Q. Canada’s May holiday actually celebrates Queen Victoria’s birthday.

Titanic anniversary in Canada

2012 was the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. On Canada’s east coast both Cape Race, Newfoundland and Halifax, Nova Scotia played an important role in the story of the sinking of Titanic.

Quebec’s Magdalen Islands

It was winter 1910 when a telegraph cable stretching across the Gulf of the St. Lawrence broke and left the residents of Quebec’s Magdalen Islands completely cut off from civilization.

Canada Post by dog sled

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”.

Halloween across Canada

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.

Shakey’s – a Toronto hockey hang out

It’s the first game of the new hockey season and my beloved Habs (Montreal Canadiens) are in town to face their rival the Toronto Maple Leafs; a perfect time to talk about a Toronto hockey hang out.

Halloween kisses

It started with a 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?…”