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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.

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Quebec apples and Oka cheese

A Cooper's Hawk hides in bushes as it watches for small prey - Watching Winter Waterfowl in BC by Carol Patterson

Watching Winter Waterfowl in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland

Animals-in-War Memorial, Ottawa

Monuments of Remembrance

Ottawa Parliament Buildings

Lunenburg Blue Nose II Sail - The Bluenose II launched in 1963 is a replica of the famous Bluenose schooner built in 1921 - photo courtesy of Tourism Nova Scotia

Lunenburg Love Letter

Canadian War Museum

Remembrance Day, Canadian War Museum, poppies & John McCrae

Cottage Bible

The Cottage Bible

Magdalen Islands beach

Quebec’s Magdalen Islands

Indigenous Culinary Experience at the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival in Ottawa

Elderflower-infused Tomatoes with Mushrooms, Avocado and Garlic Aioli Recipe

Churchill Northern Studies Centre

The Churchill Northern Studies Centre

Toronto hardware store displaying world flags

Toronto is Euro-soccer mad

Arctic-char-on-lake-ice - Nunavut Ice Bound by Hans Tammemagi for roadstories.ca

Nunavut Arctic char under Northern Lights

A-young-moose-crosses-the-river---Outlook-Saskatchewan-by-Carol-Patterson-for-Roadstories.ca

Changing My Outlook on Outlook, Saskatchewan

The Great Canadian Hip Trip

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