Etihad Plane Fires: Passengers Released After Probe Yields No Convictions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Emirati security authorities have allowed all passengers on an Etihad Airways flight that had suspicious lavatory fires to leave after several were temporarily detained...
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How I Got Lost in the Yukon Wilderness
It's 3:30 p.m. and won't be long before darkness falls. The ice fog is rolling across the trail and frost hangs from the trees and bushes like a white blanket. I've got enough water for a couple of...
View ArticleAmbergris Caye Voted World's Prettiest Island By TripAdvisor Users (PHOTOS)
(Relaxnews) - An island off the coast of Belize has been named the best in the world for the second year in a row by TripAdvisor users, for nearby attractions like their barrier reef -- the second...
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Homeward Bound: My Run 1014 kms Around the South West Coast Path
My suitcase is waiting, ready for me to pack, as I prepare for my trip to England. On Saturday I'm heading over to the U.K. and on Tuesday, March 4 I start my attempt to run 1014 kms around the South...
View ArticleCoquihalla Highway Closed After Massive Avalanche
British Columbia's Coquihalla Highway has again been closed due to what a search-and-rescue official calls a massive avalanche. The route linking the south coast and southern Interior was closed...
View ArticleEscape Game Rooms Offer Terrifying Scenarios
A new gaming facility in B.C. offers players the chance to escape from locked rooms by solving puzzles and riddles within 45 minutes. It's certainly a different way to spend a Saturday night. Exit,...
View ArticleHorse Meat Featured On Vancouver Menu
Chef Tobias Grignon had never tasted horse when he decided it was something he wanted to put on the menu at Vancouver restaurant Mamie Taylor's. He'd read about it and heard it discussed at the French...
View ArticleAbandoned Olympic Venues: What Happens After The Olympic Closing Ceremonies?
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia are coming to an end with the closing ceremonies wrapping things up on Sunday, Feb. 23. Once all the medals are handed out, the flags lowered and the crowds...
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Carnival 2014: Weird, Unique And Strange Traditions Around The World
(Relaxnews) - From the lopping off of men’s neckties in Germany to the burial of a sardine in Spain, carnival traditions around the world are vast and varied. As the world gears up to throw the biggest...
View ArticleSochi Closing Ceremony: 15 Things We'll Miss About The Olympics
Two weeks of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics have come and gone. After cheering on Team Canada, which earned 25 medals this year, and seeing that double gold-medal win for the men and women's hockey...
View ArticleQatar Airways' All-Business Class: The Next Best Thing To A Private Jet?
(Relaxnews) - Qatar Airways has announced plans to launch a new all-business class flight from Doha to London that will be reserved exclusively for their top-tier flyers. When the daily service is...
View Article25 Reasons Canada Wins At Life, Aside From Its Final Medal Count At Sochi
Oh (Team) Canada. You came, you saw, and you pretty much conquered at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. You loved and you lost, but you did the Great White North proud, placing third among the...
View ArticleKootenays Avalanche Kills 1, Injures Another
NELSON, B.C. - A man was killed and a woman taken to hospital following a dramatic rescue Sunday from a massive avalanche in southeastern British Columbia, in what was a deadly weekend in the...
View ArticleYurt Living In Okanagan Requires Permit
A family of five who live in a yurt in B.C.'s Okanagan Falls may be forced to move because they don't have the proper building permit. Chris and Jill Ward, plus their three children, have lived in the...
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20 Photos From Weerapong Chaipuck That'll Fuel Your Wanderlust
If you've considered travelling to Asia but need something extra to push you over the edge, talk to Weerapong Chaipuck. The Thai photographer hails from Bangkok, but likes to spend his time exploring...
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Kauai Marriott's 'Weather Station' Is Pretty Much Hawaiian Humour Perfected
Depending on where you stay in Hawaii, you're more likely to check the forecast about shark attacks at the beach than you are about the weather. But when the time does come to decided on whether the...
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Peterborough Light Pillars Are The Cold's Prettiest Gift Yet (PHOTO)
Those weren't alien lights you saw last night. They are called light pillars, which happen during cold temps like we experienced last night into early this morning. The visual phenomenon is created by...
View ArticleKootenays Avalanche Kills 1, Injures Another
NELSON, B.C. - A man was killed and a woman taken to hospital following a dramatic rescue Sunday from a massive avalanche in southeastern British Columbia, in what was a deadly weekend in the...
View ArticleBest Restaurants In Asia: Thailand's Nahm Named Best Place To Eat
A Thai restaurant in Bangkok helmed by an Australian-born chef has been named the best restaurant in Asia for a “feisty” menu that elevates the punchy authentic flavours of Thai cuisine into a...
View ArticleVideo Of Whale Slapping Girl Is Why We'll Stick To Watching From Afar
A group of girls were whale watching off the coast of Mexico in Baja California last weekend when a nearby whale got a little too close for comfort, slapping one of them in the back of the head with...
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