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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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Top 10 B.C. Foodie Treks

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by BCAA.

No matter where one travels in B.C., there’s food in the forest. But determining the difference between delicious and deadly — be it mushroom, moss or seaweed — can be scarier than skydiving, which is where B.C.’s foodies of the wild come in. Ardent supporters of dining locally, but for free, these pros have grub-gathering neophytes turning stinging nettle into sweet tea and seaweed into trail snacks within hours . . .

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How Is Victoria Celebrating the Olympics?

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Rhonda May.

While Vancouver and Whistler are jumping with frenzied Olympic activity, what are the citizens of Victoria doing? Apparently, taking it easy with a nice cup of tea. As a matter of fact, British Columbia’s capital city has decided to market itself as a nearby refuge from the mayhem of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games with a campaign called “Calm on over to Vancouver Island.”

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