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Another Roadside Attraction

Posted on 07. May, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Canada. Big country. Big lakes and mountains. Big roadside attractions. I’ll leave it to the sociologists to explain why Canadians feel compelled to construct enormous sculptures of furniture, food, animals and household appliances. But there is no denying our obsession with them. You can find these supersized monuments in every province, along almost every major [...]

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The Travel Detective

Posted on 05. Apr, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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I have been reading the revised and expanded version of The Travel Detective by Peter Greenberg, the travel editor for NBC’s Today Show and chief correspondent for the Discovery Network’s Travel Channel. It’s just one in a series of books penned by the Los Angeles-based journalist, who specializes in uncovering airline, hotel, cruise and car-rental [...]

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Lost in Translation

Posted on 27. Mar, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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We have all seen them at some point during our global travels. I’m referring to the street sign, advertisement, instruction or safety warning rendered in badly mangled English. There are thousands of these fractured phrases on public display. People collect them, stick them in photo albums and post them on the Internet. Here are some of [...]

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Taking Flight

Posted on 19. Mar, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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On March 5, 2008, the halls at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre reverberated with the sound of First Nations’ singing and drumming as the venue hosted the fifth Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia (ATBC) awards gala. The musical entertainment, which spanned a variety of styles ranging from evocative traditional dance to a blazing [...]