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Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer: The Rockies Under Glass

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Rob Howatson.

During a trip aboard the transcontinental in 1886, the wife of Canada’s first prime minister insisted on riding atop the train’s front bumper. The engineer played along, but he must have been sweating bullets. The first lady had chosen the steepest section of track to be out on the cowcatcher – the drop between Hector and Field known as the Big Hill.

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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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Alberta Rockies Roadtrip (part 4): Ravens and Ghosts

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

“If we can’t export the scenery, we will import the tourists.” – William Van Horne

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Alberta Rockies Roadtrip (part 3): Bound for Banff

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

The metal jangle of Ry Cooder’s slide guitar serenades us as we motor through a corridor of giant stone crags. It’s a beautiful morning, clear and crisp, and there are dozens of photo opportunities. But once again it’s a tight schedule.

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