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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.

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By Cassandrew
October 19th 2008

The Making of an Adventure

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Fjords of Saguenay

11 more days to go! Our backpacks are packed, we've said some of our goodbyes, still a few last minute details to iron out - but we're almost there. After years of planning, it almost seems surreal - I don't think it will set in that we're really going, we're really doing this until we are half-way across the country. Initially, our plan was to go to Australia and travel around for a year on a Working Holiday Visa. Once we started looking into this, we heard more and more about how interesting New Zealand is, and decided we wanted to [View Full Entry]

By April_459
August 20th 2008

Long Time No Talk

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Well.. A year ago I had just returned from Thailand, and I've got quite the travel itch now. I'm considering moving to Ecuador to teach English. Maybe to British Columbia to do who knows what. We shall see.. [View Full Entry]

By jquan
August 1st 2008

Day One...Let the maddness begin.

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At home...contemplating life and looking in all the wrong places to find advice. Where do I begin? I know I want to make change...Is it possible that I could be the next Craig Kielburger? Highly unlikely. Maybe I'm just a silly girl who just deferred for her first year to travel. I lack support from family because well...they don't even have passports. What the hell am I supposed to do? I thought travelling was supposed to bring new meaning to life however I'm feeling like the more I want to do...the more questions I have to ask myself & the more [View Full Entry]

By johnifer
January 10th 2008

Barrie 27th Nov-27th Dec

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Christmas!
Jen going to post the Christmas presents!

In Canada we spent the majority of our time in Barrie, Ontario with our friends Shannon and Hugh. We stayed with them on and off for a month and had some of our best times there (thanks guys!) The first weekend we stayed there they took us out to the Simcoe to sing some drunken karaoke (not Jen though- she danced) and we all had a blast despite being at least 20 years younger than the rest of the folk in the bar - there were cowboys hats and handle bar moustaches aplenty! They also taught us the joys of Canadian [View Full Entry]

By April_459
June 8th 2007

Packed and Ready

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I figured i should test this out before i go. I'm all packed and far far too excited. One week until I'm free and off to wonderful things. Not much to say until I'm out of this boring old city, which I'm sure once i return, won't seem all that lame anymore. Coming home from India made me realize how clean and wonderful Canada is and how great it smells. [View Full Entry]

By April_459
June 8th 2007

Visited Countries

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Getting There April DeeVisited Countries Map [View Full Entry]

By Brently
January 28th 2007

2 to go!

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Dominican for X-mas
My sexy Alex, and myself kickin it on the beach!

Well guys, It sunday night, 2 nights before my adventure begins. Im just sitting here pondering my trip. Im getting excited (which will make some of you happy to hear... you know who you are). I havent started my packing yet, thats for tomorrow. Im not a female, so I sure it will go smoothly. Well, other then the fact that the whole time I will be kicking myself in the ass thinking that I'm forgeting something. But Im sure it will all turn out nicely in the end. Now that I have reached this point I know everything is just [View Full Entry]

By little5k
October 26th 2006

Plunge Aquatic Centre

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Plunge

Hello Everyone I am writing in regards to a new Aquatic Centre that has opened up in Blue mountain Collingwood. This place is so cool, my step son loved it and so did I. It is an indoor/outdoor pool with a hot tub inside and outside. There is a kids splash pad with slides inside and then bigger slides outside. There is also a deperate 13 foot deep pool with a tarzan rope and diving platform. Oh and did I mention it is open 365 days a year, and they keep the pool nice and warm. They even provide towles for [View Full Entry]

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