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Vancouver: Most Walkable City in Canada

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Vancouver has earned many distinctions and topped many lists, from having some of the best city beaches, being the most congested or most expensive to the most livable, and now it’s Canada’s Most Walkable. Vancouver walkability heat map. The popular website/service Walk Score ranked Canada’s cities and the list included: 1. Vancouver (Walk Score = […]

CBC Vancouver Hosts Return to Hockey

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Hockey is back and that means Hockey Night in Canada gets to celebrate its 60th anniversary more publicly this season. To get fans (especially those who might need a bit more encouragement) pumped up for the quick season that is about to start, CBC Vancouver is hosting a special event in honor of NHL hockey’s […]

Revisiting Humboldt House Bed & Breakfast in Victoria

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Disclosure: Review — Our stay was compliments of WordCamp Victoria. They put me up since I was a speaker at the conference. A review was not expected or implied. Please review the Policy & Disclosure section for further information.

Two years ago John and I had our first Bed & Breakfast experience at Humboldt House in Victoria. The historic 1893 inn exceeded any expectations we had and we have yet to experience another bed and breakfast quite like it. We returned this past weekend as WordCamp Victoria put me up at Humboldt House for […]

Canada’s Top Ten Films of 2012 at The Cinematheque

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The Cinematheque presents Canada’s Top Ten 2012, an upcoming film screening series that will feature the year’s ten best Canadian feature-length films and ten best Canadian short films as chosen by two separate independent panels of filmmakers, festival programmers, journalists, academics and industry professionals drawn from across the country. If you’re looking to enjoy (and […]

Vancouver Photo from Space Thanks to Astronaut Chris Hadfield

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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has been communicating with the world below by sending Twitter updates and posting photographs from aboard in the International Space Station. Hadfield blasted off from Kazakhstan on December 19th to start a 5-month mission and has been posting information about his work. Along the way he has also been answering questions […]