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Getting to Whistler from Vancouver, BC
However you choose to travel between Vancouver and Whistler–by land, rail, or air–you’re in for a visual treat: the scenery is spectacular no matter how you make your approach.
Whistler by car: $
Canada has scenery: along the road to
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Vancouver Neighbourhoods: The West End
One of Canada’s oldest and most densely populated urban neighbourhoods, Vancouver‘s charming West End deserves a place on every first-time visitor‘s itinerary.
Roughly bracketed by English Bay, Stanley Park, Coal Harbour and the central
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Easy Vancouver Day Trips
A first-time visitor to Vancouver on a tight schedule will find plenty of things to do within city limits, but when time or circumstance allows there’s also lots of fun to be had further afield.
Take a day-trip aboard the Whistler Mountaineer be
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Vancouver Hotels Near Stanley Park
Beloved by locals and tourists alike, Stanley Park is the healthy green heart of Vancouver. And while it’s a relatively short walk from anywhere in the downtown core to this urban oasis, these hotels will put you practically on the doorstep:
The Westin Bay
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Biking in Vancouver
Vancouver is a bike-friendly city–and getting friendlier every year.
With the stated goal of becoming the world’s greenest city by 2020, Vancouver has made cycling a transportation priority.
It’s now easier than ever for cyclists to fe
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Vancouver in July
In July, summer finally gets some traction in Vancouver.
It’s the driest month in a notoriously damp city, and the long summer evenings (the sun sets around 9:30 pm) are perfect for seawall strolls and outdoor picnics.
It’s peak season though
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On the Road With the Royals: Day Zero
Vancouver International Airport, June 29, 8 am
A long white tongue of paper pokes from the maw of the Air Canada self-serve kiosk and surprises me with its oracle-like message:
YOW
As in Ottawa International Airport, of course.
But also, as in:
I fuss t
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On the Road with the Royals: Will & Kate in Canada
I’m following Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (aka Will and Kate) as they criss-cross Canada from June 30 to July 8, 2011.
(That’s my feet up there, on the red carpet that Kate and Will walked on when they laid the wreath at
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On the Road with Royals: Day 1
June 30, 1:45 pm: The National War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario
Ada Bosworth, of Houston, Texas, arrived at 6:35 am this morning with her kids, Alex, 10, and Cassandra, 8, to claim her front-row position behind the barricades at the memorial where Prince William wa
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On the Road with Royals: Day 2
July 1st, 11:20 pm: Wellington Street, Ottawa
I’m walking home after the Canada Day fireworks–which, incidentally, not very many people get to see from the turret of the castle-like Fairmont Chateau Laurier like I did, lah dee dah–and I am thin
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On the Road with Royals: Day 3
July 2nd, 12:30 pm: The Royal Grove at Rideau Hall, Ottawa
We are waiting, as we do, for Will and Kate to arrive.
Just a few dozen media this time, since it’s “only” a tree-planting ceremony, milling around behind the ropes that define the foc
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On the Road with Royals: Day 4
July 3nd, 7:30 pm: Peakes Quay, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
I did not expect to be dumb-struck. But when Prince William offered his hand and a greeting, my tongue turned to cement in my mouth.
Those who know me will tell you that this is a remarkably inf
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On the Road with Royals: Day 5
July 4th, 1:15 pm: Dalvay-by-the-Sea, Prince Edward Island
The first time Will landed his Sea King helicopter belly first on the lake at Dalvay-by-the-Sea this afternoon, I can safely say the assembled hordes were suitably impressed.
He was being trained in a s
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On the Road with Royals: Day 6
July 5th, 11:50 pm: Hotel Le Germain, Calgary, Alberta
Mercy.
The Royal Tour is running through this vast country like a bull in a china shop–albeit a very friendly and popular bull.
Things are starting to crash, like blood sugar levels and hard drives. Oh
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On the Road with Royals: Day 7
July 6th, 10:15 pm: Historic Stephen Avenue, Calgary, Alberta
It was a good day, made that much better by a late start and just a teeny amount of tequila at dinner.
I’d just left Blink–a stylish restaurant on Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary–
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On the Road with Royals: Day 8
July 7th, 8:45 pm: BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta
When it comes to all-expenses-paid holidays, the Royal Tour ain’t one.
I am getting cranky with the haters who keep hammering the line that William and Catherine Windsor are enjoying a honeymoon at the expens
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On the Road with Royals: Day 9
July 8th, 7:55 pm, Air Canada 227, Calgary, Alberta to Vancouver, British Columbia
Will and Kate have left the building.
At 1:40 pm Mountain Daylight Time, those crazy Royal kids left Calgary International Airport on a Canadian Forces Airbus for LAX.
For me an
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Vancouver in August
Always a laid-back city, Vancouver ramps up the chill factor in August.
Tourists may be thick on the ground in the downtown core, but traffic is significantly lighter as most locals stay away from work to enjoy the last lazy days of summer vacation. Days a
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Where to Stay in Nova Scotia: The Blomidon Inn
In the late 1800s, shipbuilder Rufus Burgess purchased a plot of land in Wolfville, Nova Scotia to build a large estate that would serve as a testament to his wealth and success.
More than a century later, the Laceby family transformed the property into th
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Home Exchange in Canada: Top Tips
When you’re weighing your options for accommodations in Canada, don’t overlook the possibility of a house swap.
A growing number of international visitors to Canada have discovered the joys of home exchange—the pennywise way to indulge a vorac
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