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Ployes recipe – What is a ploye?

Ployes recipe – What is a ploye?

The ploye is a traditional pancake or crêpe from the Madawaska region of northwestern New Brunswick around Edmundston. It’s simple to make and very delicious.

St. Andrews by-the-Sea

St. Andrews by-the-Sea

In New Brunswick, along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy, in Passamaquoddy Bay, there’s a little seaside cottage in St. Andrews by-the-Sea from where to witness the comings and goings of the tide.

Wolfhead Smokers

Wolfhead Smokers

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

Halloween kisses

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?…”

Halloween in Canada

Halloween in Canada

Halloween is big business in Canada. Just ask Statistics Canada.

Fishing the Miramichi

Fishing the Miramichi

Fishing the Miramichi River was a chance to catch the king of all sport fish – the atlantic salmon, also known as “the leaper”.

Canada’s BIG mascots

Canada’s BIG mascots

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

My timely journey to New Brunswick

My timely journey to New Brunswick

Canada is a huge country, the second largest in the world, but its population is small, so when we travel, we really notice the six degrees of separation.

RANDOM ROADstories

making maple syrup

Making Maple Syrup

toboggan between trees

Luge or Tobogganing?

Camp Tanamakoon Algonquin Park

Algonquin Park’s historic lodges

Cabot Trail Motel cabins Baddeck Nova Scotia

Cabot Seafood Chowder recipe

cowboy and his dog

The Special Areas of Alberta

Rosie MacLennan to lead Canada into Olympic stadium

In Search of Albatross by Carol Patterson

In search of albatross

Over the edge at Niagara Falls – photo courtesy of Bobby Mikul

How Niagara Falls became the Honeymoon Capital of the World

2019 International Indigenous Tourism Conference in Kelowna B.C.

Indigenous Tourism Conference Signals Success

silhouette of a bat at sunset

The Year of the Bat

Lindsay Delaronde, Katsitsakaste, Indigenous Artist

Katsitsakaste, Indigenous Artist in Residence

A good storm chase yields great photos and little damage to people or property - Greg Johnson Tornado Hunter by Carol Patterson

Tornado Hunter QnA

People buying fresh fish from fishing boats in Wismar Harbour. They couldn't get to the harbour without a legal pass during Soviet occupation to keep them from fleeing East Germany in a small boat to nearby Sweden or Denmark.

Remembering Wismar

Bull Moose in Algonquin Park

Winter wildlife in Algonquin Provincial Park

Canada's First Peoples
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