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.
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...
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.
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 10 Summer Rodeos
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The cowboy is a North American icon. From the prairies of Alberta to the ranches of Texas, the boot-kickin’, Stetson-wearin’ man has long been a symbol of the Wild West. Today, such figures can still be spotted across Canada, especially at summer rodeos. Amidst a flurry of chaps and spurs, country music and clowns, rodeo grounds come alive with bucking bulls and barrel-racing horses in a posse of action-packed performances.
Canada's Top 10 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 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Top 10 Festivals Across Canada
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From coast to coast, festivals across Canada mirror the multicultural and diverse makeup of a relatively young nation. Whether it be a musical spectacle on a sweltering summer day or a mid-winter outdoor hullabaloo, these multifarious celebrations attract festival goers from every corner of the country and beyond. There are festivals for the young, the old, the music lover, the outdoor enthusiast and everyone in between.
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 Spas in Canada
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There's no better way to relax than to get pampered at a spa. Whether trying to leave the stresses of everyday life behind for awhile or celebrating a special occasion with some friends, one of the many numerous spa treatments offered at some of Canada's best spas are bound to hit the spot
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.
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