July 1st 2017 marks the 150th year of Canadian Confederation. The founding four provinces were Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, QuĂ©bec and Ontario with six more provinces and three territories adding to the […]
Canada 150 – We stand on guard 🇨🇦
July Special – O Canada
What time is it Mr. Wolf? First time travellers should be aware that Canada has 6 time zones: Pacific Mountain Central Eastern Atlantic Newfoundland There is one hour between each time zone […]
Oh Canada?
June 21st is National Aboriginal Day in Canada. Though not an official holiday, some people believe it should be. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/06/21/national-aboriginal-day-should-be-a-statutory-holiday.html The first peoples to inhabit the land now known as Canada are […]
Just Travel! Beautiful British Columbia
The licence plate says it all “Beautiful British Columbia” – and it is. I used to live in this Canadian province and spent a few winters getting drenched in Vancouver’s liquid sunshine. […]
Canada Special – The Maritimes in Part
…From Bonavista to the Vancouver Islands… ~Canadian version of song This Land is Your Land~ Bonavista is located in the far east of the last province to join Canadian Confederation, Newfoundland. Nearby […]
Wellness Wednesday – Forest Bathing Amongst Maple Trees
Being amongst nature, in particular trees, is said to impart health benefitsÂą. Often when we travel, nature is the big attraction we’ve come to see: the majesty of the Swiss Alps, the […]
Canada Five-0
February 15th, 1965 Happy fiftieth anniversary to the Canadian flag. Headline: It’s the maple leaf forever as the union gets jack squat. Yes folks it is National Flag Day in Canada. Fifty […]
Down the Road
It’s Carnival again… This weekend saw the penultimate event in the annual 3-week Caribbean festival in Toronto, Canada: the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Parade, formerly known as Caribana. Dancing is a great way […]
Black History Month – Africville, Nova Scotia
Home is where the heart is and their hearts were in Africville. Africville was a Halifax community from the 1840s until the 1960s. All that remains now is a park and some […]
Black History Month – The Highs and Lows
With Canada’s recent win over the U.S. in Olympic hockey at Sochi (2014), the country is on a high. However, there have been lows in the history of this national winter sport. […]
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