Background: 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.
July 5th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island » Victoria It has taken a few days to get this first entry up but later is better than never.
We set out as planned on Wednesday morning from Princeton, BC, after spending a few days visiting with friends a ... 25 photos[full story]
June 26th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island » Nanaimo So, I'm back at home, but I wish I was still out on the ship. Hopefully I wont have to wait too long until my next contract as I've officially been changed to Youth Staff for my next trip. The only pr ... 24 photos[full story]
June 21st 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island » Victoria Victoria - 20th June
Seems a long time since I had access to the internet so I am writing this in our last hitel before embarking on the cruise on sunday.
14 June - Jasper
Had a free day to w ... [full story]
June 10th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island » Victoria The last week in Costa Rica….. Took the bus to the ferry and the bus again to San Jose to meet Candace at the airport. When she arrived, we went straight back to the bus, to the ferry, to the ... [full story]
June 2nd 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island I made it home in one piece!
They searched my bag twice in Santa Cruz airport. The flight from there to Miami wasn't too bad. I did manage to sleep a bit. The flight was almost 7 hours. We got to M ... 86 photos[full story]
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