Stories & Pictures about Canadian People, Places and Things
I won’t listen to any claims this weekend that there’s “nothing to do.” I’ve found festivals featuring everything from big band to punk music, as well three artist studio tours, two rib fests and a major tennis championship. You can feast on poutine in Brockville, see a Tattoo in Kingston, watch Back to the Future […]
Interesting down-home style … Regeneration on Main Street; embracing the past, creating a bright and prosperous future…
Bear Safety: 20 Tips for Canadians Hiking and Camping in Black Bear, Grizzly Bear and Polar Bear Country Source: Bear Safety: 20 Bear Country Tips for Canadian Hikers and Campers | Red Hunt Travel
St John’s, in Newfoundland and Labrador, is known for its colourful buildings, but Instagrammer Ian Gidge captures the city’s bright street art, in particular its painted traffic control boxes Source: Art and urban infrastructure: the traffic control boxes of St John’s – in pictures | Cities | The Guardian
$1000. Hey photogs, that’s a lotta money! Roadstories has it on good authority that the July 15th deadline has been extended and that Ontario Tourism is looking for more photography participants in this thing (got lots of writers… dang, everybody spell good). The award is actually presented by the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) […]
Source: Welcome to the new Toronto: world | Cities | The Guardian.
‘A country is not something you build as the pharaohs built the pyramids. A country is something that is built every day, out of certain basic shared values’ Source: Watch or read President Obama’s speech to House of Commons – Macleans.ca
Source: Alleged DIY tooth maker taken to court by dental college | News Talk 980 CKNW | Vancouver’s News. Vancouver’s Talk
The first of 20 stores are expected to launch in summer 2017 under the Hudson’s Bay and Saks OFF 5th banners. Source: Hudson’s Bay Company opening stores in Netherlands | Toronto Star
Learn To Camp programs are showing up BOTH provincially AND federally … Schooling new Canadians in the ancient art of camping Source: How to Pitch a Tent · thewalrus.ca