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Vancouver Island: Return of the Martin Mars Bombers

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by Rob Howatson.

Thirty years from now, I may not be able to tell you who won the Norway-Slovakia game at the 2010 Games, or what colour Jill Barber’s furry winter hat was when she sang at the Richmond O-Zone, but I will never forget the throaty growl of the Mars bomber’s four 2500-horsepower, Wright Cyclone engines as the plane drew a curtain of water that momentarily blotted out the sky.

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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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Undiscovered Islands

Posted on 21. Aug, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

A friend of mine used to fly south each winter to Montserrat. The lush tropical island is one of the least known of the many Caribbean getaways. There are a few hotels and some nightlife, but the place is pretty much off the radar for most tourists. My friend knew virtually nothing about Montserrat before [...]

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Looking at Dali

Posted on 21. Aug, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

Salavado Dali was a master of surrealism, so it’s only fitting that the world’s most comprehensive collection of this eccentric artist’s work should be found in a surreal setting–beside a power station in an industrial section of “God’s waiting room”–geriatric St. Petersburg, Florida. Just as surprising as the location is the museum’s popularity. On a midweek [...]

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