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A Community Comes to a Church’s Rescue in Lunenburg, N.S.
It almost broke fire chief Terry Conrad’s heart when he had to smash the 250 year-old stained glass windows of historic St. John’s Anglican Church in the centre of Lunenburg’s historic Old Town on the night of October 31, 2001. This place was more than a National Historic Site and an iconic landmark in this UNESCO-designated town: St. John’s was the heart and soul of this small Nova Scotia community, and had seen generations of baptisms, weddings, and funerals in the community, including in Conrad’s own family. This was Lunenburg’s ‘Notre Dame’…
Breakfast With a Side of Nostalgia in Lundy’s Lane, Niagara Falls
"Throwback Thursday" may be the social media darling when it comes to posting nostalgic photos from our youth, but there is such a thing as "Flashback Friday", too. Especially when you find yourself on a Friday morning in Niagara Falls driving on Lundy's Lane looking...
Bin There, Done That: A Luxurious Stay in a Prairie Grain Bin
Yes, it’s an inn. Yes, it’s a bin, as in grain bin. And yes, it’s incredible. Making for everything its “BIN-credible’ name promised: an unforgettable stay at one of the most unique accommodations you could imagine: a former grain bin converted into a luxury designer apartment at Alive Sky Lodge in Saskatchewan.
‘Fuel-Free’ e-Biking on Penticton’s Kettle Valley Rail Trail
Back in the early 1950s, Cunard cruise lines launched one of its most memorable advertising campaigns, with its slogan “Getting there is half the fun!” So successful was that line that it was adopted into the travel vernacular, and people still use the expression today whenever the means of getting to a place is as much fun as the destination. Nowhere is this concept more true than in Penticton, British Columbia, where Henk and I embraced the city’s own “Fuel Free…almost” tourism campaign by renting e-bikes and cycling 34km on a piece of the Kettle Valley Rail Trail.
