Saskatoon's Jennifer Logan Dies After Drinking Tea With Shaman In Peru
Avid traveller Jennifer Logan had finished a job teaching English to women in Saudia Arabia, and was visiting family back in Canada, when she set off last month for her next adventure in Peru.She had...
View Article7 Affordable Ways to Explore New Orleans
The annual Mardi Gras festival is a perfect time to party big in the Big Easy. But America's brassiest city offers a plethora of attractions all year long. On my most recent visit, I was overwhelmed by...
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Kitimat Snow Breaks Unofficial Record (PHOTOS)
People in the northern B.C. cities of Kitimat and Terrace are being asked to stay home as snow continues to bury the region. Kitimat has been hit by 120 centimetres of snow since Thursday with more...
View ArticleAlberta Ski Homes For Every Budget (PHOTOS)
Anyone who likes to hit up the Alberta slopes for some ski or snowboard action in the winter dreams of how awesome it would be to live closer to the mountains. The thought of getting up for a day of...
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Why Travelling is Not Vacationing
Dreaming of travelling the world? Be prepared to fit your life into a backpack and focus on the road, not the destination. This post was originally published in The Reply. The halo of light from my...
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The Paradise I Don't Want to Tell You About
As I sit down to write this, I immediately begin to debate with myself: Do I really want to disclose the beauty of this place, or do I protect it and keep it under my hat? Like a seasoned poker player...
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Yet Another Reason to Stay in the Shade on Vacation
For the second time in 10 months, I vacationed to a hot, sunny, gorgeous place only to return to the dead of winter, pasty pale. My, how times have changed. For an Italian, olive-skinned gal, this is...
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Surf's Up At West Edmonton Mall
EDMONTON - Attention, shoppers — surf's up.Already one of Alberta's biggest tourism draws, the consumer mecca of West Edmonton Mall is also becoming an unlikely magnet for surfers."It's just surreal,"...
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Seal Fights Octopus At Ogden Point In Victoria, B.C. (PHOTOS)
Looks like this harbour seal bit off a tad more than it could chew at first. Dozens of people in Victoria were treated to a rare spectacle when a seal tangled with a giant Pacific octopus off Ogden...
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Escape to These 5 Sweet Hotels With Your Sweetie
© Etruscan Chocohotel With Valentine's Day just around the corner to remind us to indulge in our sweet (or semi-sweet) tooth this February, we've hunted for the world's best boutique hotels that are...
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'Lightsaber' Umbrellas Will Keep You Dry AND Safe, Young Jedi
May The Force be with you — when it rains, at least. H3 Group, a company in the Vancouver area, has produced an umbrella with an LED-lighted handle, making it visible in the dark. The Be Seen Brella...
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Kitimat Snow Buries Region In White (VIDEOS)
Snow my goodness, that's a lot of the white stuff. The northern B.C. city of Kitimat was smacked with a serious snowfall last week, and one YouTube user caught the result in two drone videos. Jeremy...
View ArticleWhistler Plans $5.4-Million Property Upgrade On Blackcomb Mountain
WHISTLER, B.C. - Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. is planning a $5.4-million expansion of the Rendezvous Lodge restaurant on Blackcomb Mountain in British Columbia.The company says the project will...
View ArticleAir Canada Dreamliner Makes Unscheduled Landing In Anchorage, Alaska
A Boeing 787 Air Canada Dreamliner en route from Vancouver to Narita, Japan made an unscheduled landing in Anchorage Alaska last night five-and-a-half hours into its flight after an oil indicator from...
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Air Canada Posts Record Profits As It Pockets Fuel Savings
It seems that Canadians just aren't doing enough to financially punish the airline whose customer service they love to mock. Air Canada took in a profit of $531 million last year, beating 2013 returns...
View ArticleThe Most Expensive Valentine's Day Gift Will Cost You Almost $140,000
A luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi may have come up with this year’s most outrageous Valentine’s Day package yet, with a six-digit price tag. For the one per cent out there who would consider $108,900 USD...
View ArticleToronto Tourism Reaches New Record In 2014, Despite (Or Thanks To) Rob Ford
All those who argue former mayor Rob Ford put Toronto on the map may have a point. The number of tourists visiting Toronto hit a new record in 2014, as the city welcomed 14.3 million overnight...
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Where Time Stands Still: 10 Stopped Clocks in Abandoned Places
Abandoned buildings: Time stops the second the door is closed for the last and final time. Most abandoned places are empty with little to no signs of the lives that were once lived. After the door has...
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Vancouver's Heart-Shaped Bike Racks Get Cyclists In The V-Day Spirit
In true west coast fashion, the City of Vancouver is getting in the Valentine's Day spirit with some new red heart-shaped bike racks. Popping up around the city's core, the racks are a way for locals...
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Vancouver's Fairmont Pacific Rim Named World's Best Business Hotel
Downtown Vancouver's swank Fairmont Pacific Rim has been named the world's best business hotel by readers of Condé Nast Traveler. The hotel, which is the city's third and newest Fairmont, sits along...
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