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5 Great Summer Adventures in British Columbia

Scattered Clouds Over Victoria, British Columbia © Evan Leeson The Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games in Vancouver in 2010 are over, but that doesn’t mean that British Columbia is not worth visiting now. In fact, the Olympics brought a surge of infrastructure and development to the region, and this summer provides the ideal time for [...]

Toronto Artist Turns Abandoned Bike Into Sculpture, City Threatens Fine for “storing bike on public property”

© (unknown) A Toronto artist repainted an abandoned bike that had been locked in front of a storefront gallery for years, sanding it and spraypainting it eyepopping pink and adding a flower-basket. This eyesore-to-sculpture transition was well-loved in the neighbourhood, but the City of Toronto decided that the act of decorating the bike has converted [...]

Auto-Tuning, Fur Coats and a Casio Keyboard: The New Face of Tourism Vancouver?

Behold this: I can’t help wondering whether this is a real, honest-to-goodness effort at a tourism video … that thoroughly failed. Or is it an incredibly clever viral video? If the latter, kudos to you, Tourism Vancouver, because you got me. Truly. Who would’ve thought that auto-tuning this gussied up, fur coat-wearing “gal about town” [...]

5 Great Adventures in Ontario This Summer

40 Second Sunset, Ottawa, Ontario © ViaMoi “There’s more to discover in Ontario,” reads the slogan of the province’s tourism board. But what exactly can you do in Canada’s most populous province? With the summer fast approaching, it’s an ideal time to visit the country as a whole! But here are five trip ideas to [...]

Less than Half of Americans Can Name the Capital of Canada

From The Vancouver Sun: A new survey shows that fewer than half of all Americans can name Canada’s capital and that close to two-thirds of our neighbours to the south admit they learned nothing about this country’s history in school. Everybody knows it’s Montreal. Derr. (Good god, this is embarrassing)

Photo of the Moment: Tofino Sunset

On the West Coast of Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia, Tofino says good night to the Clayoquot Sound region, a world UNESCO biosphere reserve. The area boasts one of British Columbia’s most prized nature reserves, Pacific Rim National Park and offers the best way to experience BC’s pristine wilderness first hand. Gorgeous! [...]

Photo of the Moment: Sunrise Over Humber Bridge, Toronto

© Paul Bica

World Record Dodgeball Game in 360-Degree Panorama, Edmonton

Experience an immersive 360-degree video panorama of the world’s largest dodgeball game at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. More than 2,000 U of A students, staff and alumni threw more than 1,000 balls to set a Guinness World Record for most players in a single dodgeball game. Pure awesomeness via Edmonton Journal.

36 Hours in Halifax: Finding Winter Romance in Nova Scotia

Snow. Bitter cold. Bleak landscapes. All things that spring to mind when imagining of winter in Canada. For many, the Atlantic Provinces may not top the list of winter getaways. But, unsurprisingly, Canadians are a hearty bunch. While tourist crowds thin out for the season, locals keep plugging along, embracing the cold with a bevy [...]

36 Hours in Saint John: How to Love Being Snowbound in New Brunswick

Snow. Bitter cold. Bleak landscapes. All things that spring to mind when imagining of winter in Canada. For many, the Atlantic Provinces may not be tops on their list of winter getaway destinations. But, unsurprisingly, Canadians are a hearty bunch. While tourist crowds thin out for the season, locals keep plugging along, embracing the cold [...]

Iridescent Clouds from the Top of the World Highway [Photo]

Why would a cloud appear to be different colors? A relatively rare phenomenon known as iridescent clouds can show unusual colors vividly or a whole spectrum of colors simultaneously. Simply beautiful photo courtesy of NASA.

The ‘One Year, One Canadian’ Project

Darren Barefoot has decided to spend all of this year living off goods sourced only from Canada. For the year of 2011, I’m living Canadian. For 12 months, I will only buy Canadian products, eat Canadian food and consume Canadian media. I’m documenting my progress through this website, and plan to publish a book about [...]

Canadian Couple Customize Car to Take Beer-Drinking Pet Bison Bar-Hopping

A Canadian couple have removed the passenger seat and sawed the roof off their family car … all so they can take their pet bison bar-hopping. In today’s dose of Strange News: Oh, Alberta, you really know how to party.

Photo of the Moment: Sunset Over Swan Lake, Yukon

© Bruce McKay

How to Chase Polar Bears Across the Canadian Subarctic – Final Day on the Tundra

Vagabondish.com editor, Mike Richard, spends five days on the Canadian tundra with adventure outfitters Natural Habitat Adventures in search of the Arctic’s greatest predator – the polar bear.

How to Chase Polar Bears Across the Canadian Subarctic – Part 2

After a quick breakfast at the Northern Nights Lodge, we set out before dawn to be the first rover out on the tundra. It’s a cooperative environment among fellow rover drivers to be sure, but there’s always a bit of unspoken competition. Baz is chomping at the bit when we arrive. I barely make the [...]

How (Not) to Chase Polar Bears Across the Canadian Subarctic – Part 1

Vagabondish.com editor, Mike Richard, spends five days on the Canadian tundra with adventure outfitters Natural Habitat Adventures in search of the Arctic’s greatest predator – the polar bear.

Photo of the Moment: Cloudfree Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta

© Frank Kovalchek

Watch the Northern Lights Live, Thanks to the Canadian Space Agency

And now … your daily dose of Canadian awesomeness. As if we needed another reason to love our neighbors to the North, the Canadian Space Agency is broadcasting the Northern Lights live from Yellowknife via their online AuroraMAX Project. “Science is beautiful,” indeed.

Vancouver Boasts Perhaps the Coolest Pizza Oven Ever

Over at This Is Pizza, Adam Lindsley shares this photo of an awesome pizza oven at Vancouver’s Marcello Pizzeria & Ristorante: The wood-burning oven at Marcello’s is probably the coolest I’ve ever seen. Don’t ask me to identify the cultural significance of it, whether it’s tribal or completely the product of someone’s imagination. I just [...]

Photo of the Moment: Last Rays at Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia

© paul (dex)

Photo of the Moment: CN Tower Over Electric Toronto

© alexindigo

Photo of the Moment: A Strange Cloudy Interlude, Quebec

© Michel Filion

Photo of the Moment: Patience, Ottawa

© preciouskhyatt

Photo of the Moment: Metro Tunnel, Montreal

© Flowizm

Photo of the Moment: Swans in the Breeze, Toronto

© PhotoFusion

Photo of the Moment: Sunrise Over Yellowknife, Canada

At 50 below zero © Northern Xander This one’s for Louise …

Signspotting: We’ll Do Your Mom, Ottawa

© Nora Dunn Nice. Real mature.

Signspotting: La Doorbell est Fuckée, Montreal

© Nika A bit of typical Montreal humor, posted in honor of this past weekend’s trip to the city.

Photo of the Moment: BENS Restaurant, Montreal

© colros Word from the photographer: BENS, a classic Streamlined Moderne restaurant in Montreal, visited by many celebrities, is being sold and is in grave danger of being demolished. Sam Benatar, president of SIDEV, the developer, has declared, “It isn’t worth anything.” It is very ironic that there is now an exhibition at the Montreal [...]

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