A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995. To be updated
May 9th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lethbridge Yes, we're home again! Got home at approx. 10:30 Thursday evening...up for about 24 1/2 hours! Ready for bed!!
Goodnight everyone, and thanks again for everything!
Love from the Bezooyens! ... [full story]
May 9th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » South Shore Tim: Today has been a good day. We took a metro down to the Biodome and went over to the Giles Villneave circit, the home of Canadian Formula 1. Later in the day we have bonded a little bit more with ... [full story]
September 3rd 2006North America » Canada Well the trip was pretty much over by this point. But there were still interesting experiences to be had.
Francois was beautiful, huddled up against massive, hunched over cliffs at the head of its ... 6 photos[full story]
May 8th 2008North America » Canada » Prince Edward Island » Charlottetown Mensch, schon wieder eine Woche rum und morgen geht's weiter nach PEI. Dort werd ich Nico vom Flughafen abholen.
Hier noch ein paar Photos von dieser wunderschoenen Woche und: Seht die 2 letzten Eitn ... 12 photos[full story]
May 8th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Saint Laurent Tom: Overlooking Montreal there is a large 3 "peaked" hill called Mount Royal, which the clever people in wiki-land inform us gave the city it's name. So having been promised a postcard view we headed ... 5 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » Stanley Park After a big night, it's a late start but we're up and ready around 1pm. A little overcast and a slight chill in the air but nothing to stop us from heading down to the Beautiful Stanley Park again, v ... 30 photos[full story]
May 1st 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » Stanley Park DAY TWO - 22 April
Awake bright and early. Jed's starting to get a little frantic considering the phone calls he's making to window repair companies are quoting him between $900-$1200. Insuranc ... [full story]
May 1st 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver DAY ONE - 21 April
Corrie, Rachel, Jed, Georgia and Myself jumped into J&G's van and made the 2 hour journey down the mountain from Whistler to Vancouver, found ourselves a central parking spot a ... [full story]
May 7th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia Our family has had a cabin on this lake for 35 years, and I had never seen the lake with ice on it. I decided this year I’d go up early. With the late spring, I got a real taste of winter.
B ... 25 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Saint Laurent Tim: Fully rested, washed and recovered from the beer last night we set out to discover some of what Montreal has to offer. Montreal has a lovely old town which could put you in the middle of a small ... 4 photos[full story]
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