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Dorothy – don’t call it a Ghost Town

Dorothy – don’t call it a Ghost Town

The Hamlet of Dorothy, Alberta is often referred to as a ghost town, but don’t tell that to Linda Miller. Six generations of her family have lived there and she begs to differ.

Cemetery stories

Cemetery stories

I’m hooked on cemeteries. They hold so much potential for great stories.

Red Rock Coulee

Red Rock Coulee

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

Halloween across Canada

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.

Big Sky in southeastern Alberta

Big Sky in southeastern Alberta

Travellers headed west out of Calgary towards the mountains are focused on the growing Rockies, but the first thing that strikes me every time I drive east from the stampede city is the big sky.

Canada’s BIG mascots

Canada’s BIG mascots

A “mascot” is an animal, person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck.

RANDOM ROADstories

Colville Bay oysters

Shucking Oysters

The “Bush” word in Canada …

Stephen Peer over Niagara

Niagara Falls Daredevils

Regeneration on Main Street

Okanagan Rail Trail

The Vernon Winter Carnival 

toboggan between trees

Luge or Tobogganing?

Road Trip Through Old Growth Forests in British Columbia …

Agua Caliente Band-Ancient mortar ground out of granite boulder

Agua Caliente Band – Progressive and Proud

Whale Interpretive Centre, Telegraph Cove

A Second Life For Whales

Hotel X Toronto

Hotel X Toronto

Halifax sailor statue

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Titanic

drawing of grain elevators in western Canada

Prairie Grain Elevators

Canada's most haunted town

Dog sled

Canada Post by dog sled

Canada's First Peoples
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