Travel & Transport

Places, Parks & Paradise: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park

September 24, 2009
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Photo: “Sunset on Silver Islet” by dslr_5 via flickr. Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, so named in 1988 because of a huge rock-face [...]

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World Carfree Day: September 22

September 22, 2009
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September 22nd marks World Carfree day, an annual event held to celebrate urban living free from the noise, stress, and pollution of [...]

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Ford Shows Focus BEV at Frankfurt Auto Show

September 16, 2009
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Photos: Ford Motor Company Ford is showing off a prototype of the Focus BEV at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Based on the [...]

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Places, Parks & Paradise: Algonquin Park

September 9, 2009
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Algonquin Park is one of our favourite places to visit each year. We usually do a day hike on the Mizzy Lake [...]

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Bixi Takes on the World

August 25, 2009
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A great Canadian-born venture has gone international, from a successful beginning in Montreal, Quebec. Bixi, a bicycle sharing service, has won contracts [...]

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Places, Parks & Paradise: Alberta Badlands

August 19, 2009
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One of the most fascinating places we’ve visited in Canada is Dinosaur Provincial Park.  I was dumbfounded when the prairies suddenly ended and [...]

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The E-Bike Edge – Electric Bikes Become Popular with Canadians

August 18, 2009
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Take a look around and you’ll notice that the e-bike, or electric bicycle, is a popular and growing form of transportation within [...]

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Green Tips – Going Somewhere? Go Green

August 13, 2009
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Let going green take you to a whole new world. When traveling, consider the greenest way to get there by lightening up [...]

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