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The Kootenays: Eight Reasons to Head to Fernie This Weekend

Posted on 29. Apr, 2010 by Sonu Purhar.

by Dave Quinn
As I write this it is early March – and the hot sun streams in my window, made hotter by reflections off the meltwater puddles on the street in front of my house. The first flowers of the year are coming out on the warm hillsides in the valley below.
This is not your [...]

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The A-trains: 10 Dreamy Rail Vacations to Stoke Your Boiler

Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Sonu Purhar.

• Amtra • The U.S. is known for its national parks, and this 14-day pioneer-themed rail journey explores five of the most scenic: Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Arches and Canyonlands.

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A Fraser Valley Culinary Weekender

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Sonu Purhar.

In recent years, Harrison and Agassiz in particular have ramped up the local culinary scene with a slew of community events. August’s Circle Farm Tour, for example, now entering its seventh year, is slated to host 2,000-plus slow-food lovers eager to nibble and nosh . . . and word of Farm House Natural Cheeses has even spread all the way to the White House.

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Gone Newfie

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Sonu Purhar.

The Rock boasts more culture than most visitors can absorb — unless they are embedded

by James Glave

“If you’re extra lucky, you’ll get yourselves invited to a kitchen party,” Terri Shea told Elle and me in the days leading up to our Newfoundland vacation. “Friends and neighbours get together and play instruments and sing and tell [...]

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