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A Guide to Canada's Wine Regions
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The best wines in the world seem to come from temperate, warm places like France, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, South America and California. It sometimes comes as a surprise to people, then, that Canada—often associated with cold, harsh weather patterns—has a booming wine industry that has been producing world-class vintages for decades. Canadian wine has garnered the country international recognition as a producer of fine, award-winning vino.
Alberta Birds of Prey Centre 
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Alberta's Own Wine Route
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Popular for thousands of years, wine has an important human history that spans the globe. Wine’s popularity has only grown over the years, with the boundaries of wine growing regions ever expanding. While Alberta’s climate is not conducive to grape growing, its rich soils has supported a varied fruit industry, from apples to various berries...
Alberta’s Not So Badlands
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All Aboard! Exploring Canada by Train
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Upon thinking of Canada, one cannot suppress images of open space, diverse landscapes and striking hospitality spread among urban centres and rural communities. With a total area of 9,984,670 sq km (3,855,103 sq mi), plus natural attractions such as...
Athabasca - A Country with a Past
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Despite the early discovery of the Athabasca River as a trade route, its importance as a stepping stone to Canada's North remained unrecognized until the 1870's.
Aurora Lights: A Natural Wonder
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A celestial light show, the aurora can appear as dancing streamers of colour softly moving through the night sky. Or perhaps they light up the heavens, mimicking an intense fire burning in the dark. In yet another form, the aurora may emerge as an arc, spanning hundreds of kilometers across
Backwoods Theatre
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Camping is one of the fastest growing recreational activities. More and more families are packing tent or trailer and heading to one of Alberta’s many provincial parks and campgrounds.
Badlands and Bones
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Best of Calgary
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Born of cowboys and the wild frontier back in 1875, Calgary is a city that today boasts the best of both the old west and a modern metropolis. Located in southern Alberta, Calgary is known as the Heart of the New West™ and its deep-rooted western hospitality nurtures a familiar small town spirit in what is actually a big, bustling, cosmopolitan city.
Best of Winter in Canada
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The coolest season in the world is a Canadian winter—and not just because it gets so darned cold here. Simply put, Canada is a big place with unlimited wintertime possibilities. The country spans from Newfoundland and the Atlantic Ocean to Vancouver Island and the Pacific, with borders that reach from
Calgary Stampede
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Each year, the Calgary Stampede storms the city with a momentum that has wrangled up much interest since its first rodeo in September of 1912. Now held annually in July, the city relives its western heritage with an event that Calgary deems as "the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth". The whole city gets involved with shops adding wooden, ranch-like storefronts, restaurants transforming into saloons, and people sportin' western duds. But don't expect any tumbleweeds...
Calgary's Music Festival Roundup
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Music and a good time have always gone hand in hand, and in a city that has produced some great talents, like the composer and trumpeter Alan Matheson, country singer Paul Brant, and the 80s hit band Loverboy, as well as singer/songwriters Jann Arden and Feist, it only becomes more evident why. To understand this, just head out to any of Calgary's pubs, clubs or venues, like Broken City, the Beat Niq, Vern's Tavern or the Ironwood, on any night of the week, and a party will likely be found with a band playing and a crowd dancing.
Canada's Shopping Hot Spots
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In the past few decades, Canada has started to shed its image as a frigid land of vast wilderness in favour of a sophisticated, urban persona. Canada's major cities are now being seen for what they are—vibrant, modern hubs of activity. The country's urban centres boast many attractions, one of the most significant being their world-class shopping facilities.
Canada's Top 10 Architectural Wonders
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Employing the skills of thousands of artisans over the course of months, if not years, architecture is far and away society’s most complex form of artistic expression. From complex pedestrian walkway systems to elegant Victorian hotel resorts, the following WorldWeb.com travel guide will point out ten of Canada’s greatest architectural wonders.
Canada's Top 10 Museums
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Stretching from Nova
Scotia in the east to Vancouver
Island in the west, Canada
boasts more than 2,500
museums that range from large metropolitan galleries to small community
museums and chronicle everything from prehistoric dinosaur remains to
the latest developments in science and technology. No clay shard, no
centuries-old painting, no children’s toy is left unturned or
unexamined for the 59 million visitors who pass through the country’s
museums each year.
Canada's Top 10 Sporting Events
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Although widely regarded as a hotbed for Winter sports, regardless of the time of year Canada hosts a large array of top-notch sporting events. Spanning sports as diverse as ice-hockey and equestrian show jumping, to golf and Formula One racing, no sport is ill-represented in this country of 33 million inhabitants.
Canada's Top Theme Parks
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Most of what lures the theme park enthusiast to the best amusement parks in Canada are the thrill rides. Ever wonder why the frazzled-looking visitor who just got off that massive, wooden, fear-inducing roller coaster practically runs back to the long line that they were just complaining about an hour earlier?
Day Hikes in Alberta's Rockies
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It's hard to think of Alberta without conjuring images of this diverse province's most amazing and powerful sight—the Rocky Mountains, which tower over prairies and foothills as one moves west through the province. The Rocky Mountains are a huge tourist draw, particularly to popular ski areas like Banff, Lake Louise, Kananaskis and Jasper. But how does one enjoy the majesty of these humbling giants when there's no snow on the ground?
Day Trips from Calgary
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In Canada, the big cities
are few and far between. In Alberta, the regional megalopolis and the “heart of the new west” is Calgary.
With over one million citizens, it's the largest city east if the Rockies and
west of Ontario. But with
so many Calgarians taking to the streets, it can get pretty hectic. For travellers
and city-folk who are tired of the hustle and bustle of cowtown and want to
take a short break, Calgary is in a perfect spot for day trip adventures out
of town.
Driving the Icefields Parkway
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Hailed as one of Canada’s greatest drives, the Icefields Parkway is a scenic highway officially running from Lake Louise to the town of Jasper and straight through the majestic Canadian Rockies. Stretching 230 km (142 mi), the Parkway travels alongside age-old icefields, vast alpine forests, turquoise glacial lakes and permanently snow-capped mountains
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Family Friendly Calgary
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Hardworking, corporate, hustle and bustle; these are just some of the words that may come to mind when thinking of Calgary. The city has a get-down-to-business attitude but it also has a gentle, welcoming side. More inviting words can also describe Calgary, such as family, friendly and
Fort Calgary
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It’s a story of fur traders, railroaders and North West Mounted Policemen. In the story of Calgary can be felt the passion of discovering and conquering a difficult new world. Calgarians scratched their little town out of the raw prairie, and that little town is now a thriving metropolis. Hidden, almost lost, within its glittering glass centre, can be found the site at which it all began—Fort Calgary.
Golfing in the Canadian Rockies
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Golf has been a tradition in the Canadian Rockies for a
very long time. In this part of the world the sport of golf is very much revered.
In the months from spring through to the end of fall, golf is a major draw for
visitors from all over, just as much as skiing is in winter. The splendid backdrop
of gargantuan mountains, the pure unsullied air, the lush green grass framed
by sky-scraping evergreens and the deep blue, seemingly endless skies - all
lend to making a visit to the Canadian Rockies any golfer’s trip to paradise.
Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
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Traveling south from Calgary often to be destination oriented. We usually have a definite place to go and a limited time to get there. Fortunately, one of the most dramatic sites in southern Alberta is only a short side trip away.
Hot Springs in the Canadian Rockies
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The Canadian Rockies have no shortage of hot springs, natural phenomenons that have been venerated for their healing properties for centuries. These warm and soothing bodies of water are a great place to unwind and relax after a long day on the ski slopes or hiking trails. Most of the hot springs of the Canadian Rockies are accompanied by resorts and are near a number of outdoor activities like challenging golf courses, hiking, backcountry camping, fishing and rafting. Many are open year round, and there are few better ways to soothe hard-working muscles than by climbing into a steaming hot pool.
Lethbridge: Merging the Historic & Contemporary
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Lethbridge, Alberta was developed around three core industries back in late 1882: coal mining, railways, and irrigated agriculture. A lot has changed in this rapidly growing community since those days
North America's Top 10 Family Ski Resorts
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People need something to smile about during the winter and swooshing down snowy slopes on a pair of skis or a snowboard seems to do the trick. Skiing (and boarding) is enjoyed by many, from kids who haven't even been walking long to cautious moms to extreme sport junkies. It's something that the entire family can enjoy and even better when ski resorts
North America's Top 10 Zoos
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Unlocking a fascinating world perhaps otherwise only seen in nature documentaries or on an African safari, today’s zoos are losing a tarnished reputation of cruelty and are instead heralded as environmental blessings. The world’s greatest zoos are committed to the conservation of wildlife and its natural environment and are making a positive impact on the survival of threatened species in the wild.
Painting a Picture of the Calgary Art Scene
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The natural environment of Alberta and the Calgary Area is as visually stunning as it is diverse. The immense skies play with pigments and space while the contrast of the mountains and prairies serve as a living canvas, endowing nature's brush strokes with free reign in which to create, while inspiring innumerable artists to follow suit.
See Calgary By C-Train
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Thousands of Calgarians and tourists alike use Calgary Transit to get around the city, many using the Calgary light rail transit system, more commonly known as the Calgary LRT or C-Train. With 36 stations at present and two major
Southbound Skidooing
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The Crowsnest Pass is an area that has become synonymous with coal. This is a valley that not only echoes with the voices of countless miners, but with the cries of joy from people experiencing it’s newest attraction—Snowmobiling.
The Patricias
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Top 10 National Parks in Canada
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O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
—yes, the national anthem sure says a lot about this Canada's character, yet this poetic tribute could still use one more adjective, like big or maybe huge.
Top 10 Unusual Canadian Attractions
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Surprisingly, there is a plethora of unique, unusual and eye-catching landmarks that can be found in every province of Canada. In fact, these often entertaining sights are more likely found in smaller towns, where tourists are lured in to take a picture or buy a trinket of these one-of-a-kind discoveries.
Top 10 Waterparks in North America
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A great way to combat the sweltering heat on a hot summer day is to make a splash at a waterpark. There are a wide variety of parks all over North America where visitors can experience slippery loops, drops and
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