Mother Canada mourns on the plains of Douai

The whys and the hows

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October 7th 2009
To start with, it has to be made clear that I'm a wee bit of a geek. And by wee bitI mean 'pretty much entirely'. My love of travel was ignited by, of all things, a video game. It was the late '90s and I was suffering through a long bout of unemployment. While big parts of my day were spent looking for work, my evenings were largely spent playing an online game tha ... read more

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Verdun

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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 sou... ... read more