Ontario, Canada Travel

Immigration to Canada - The Pass Mark System

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:07:03 +0000

As you may already know, life in Canada provides many advantages, including universal health care and reduced safety concerns. For this reason, Canada had to implement a program that would prevent the country from being overwhelmed by immigrants. Having an influx of too many new people would simp...

The Province of Manitoba

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:24:00 +0000

Manitoba is the most easterly of the Prairie Provinces and is 250,946 square miles in size. It is situated in central Canada, with Saskatchewan to the West, Ontario to the East, Nunavut bordering the North and the US states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the South.

The Province is in the ...

Mony Dojeiji and Her 5000 Km Walk for Peace - Part II

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:09:02 +0000

Here is part 2 of Mony's story who went from being a Microsoft sales executive to completing a pilgrimage on the world-famous Camino de Santiago, which made her decide to complete a 5000 km long Walk for Peace for 13 months through 13 countries. Click here to access part I of her fascinating sto...

Ontario - Sault Ste. Marie and the Algoma Region

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:01:02 +0000

Sault Ste. Marie's slogan brags that the city is naturally gifted and it is! The city is surrounded by a world recognized icon in the Great Lakes with waters containing more than sixty species of fish including lake trout, walleye, pike, perch and more. Fly fishing in the rapids at the city's e...

Hello from Ottawa The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography

admin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:31:01 +0000

My schedule in Ottawa this past weekend was extremely compressed, but there was one place I wasn't going to miss: the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. As a person with no formal background, yet a keen interest in the visual arts and photography, I have been wanting to visit this muse...

Preview Gilbert Sherr - Servas Member, World Traveller, Social and Political Researcher

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:25:00 +0000

The second person I had a chance to get to know at the Servas Conference was Gilbert Sherr, a communications professional from Atlanta where he was born and raised.

Until college Gilbert had only been to 5 different states and had never really gone on vacation. That changed radically after ...

Saskatchewan - The Return of the Plains Bison

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:13:01 +0000

In Grasslands National Park, on a rolling stretch of prairie grassland, 72 purebred plains bison were released onto the land where their ancestors once flourished. The Park, on the Saskatchewan-Montana border, was established in 1988 to reserve one of the last and largest blocks of undisturbed mi...

The Butchart Gardens of Victoria, British Columbia

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:03:00 +0000

Victoria and the Butchart Gardens have become synonymous in the minds of most people when you mention either one separately. Almost every tourist who visits Victoria will also include the Gardens in their itinerary.

The Butchart Gardens are located in Brentwood Bay, a village on the Saanich...

Hello from Ottawa My Packed Itinerary for My 2-Day Getaway to Canada’s Capital

admin — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:22:00 +0000

For a while my friend Theresa and I had been planning to go back to Ottawa and experience "Winterlude", Ottawa's winter festival. About three years ago we went to Ottawa, only to be rained out . Our main activity had fallen through: skating on the Rideau Canal, and even the ice sculptures had ...

Hamilton Ontario’s Exotic Character

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:07:10 +0000

If you can't go to Kenya this year, come to Hamilton.

Travellers are different. Some want to spice up their journey with sporting activities and lug around golf, fishing or skiing equipment, or haul their bikes; others will go scavenging through museums, devouring every piece of art and re...

An Interview with Helga Smith Servas Traveller, Marathon Runner and Conqueror of Mount Kilimanjaro

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:28:35 +0000

I had a chance to meet Helga recently at the Servas Conference that I covered in Vancouver. Once you read Helga's story you'll realize why she has been included in a recent book called "Women Who Rock", featuring the stories of women who have made outstanding contributions to business, sports...

“Doors Open” - Toronto’s Architectural Festival - Free of Charge!

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:21:51 +0000

You may have figured out by now that I am bit of an architecture buff. Well, the great thing is, since 2000 Toronto has its very own free-access architecture weekend where you can get access to more than 140 interesting buildings, many of which are usually closed to the public.

It's a grea...

Why Your Education Is Important For Canada

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:32:31 +0000

As you may know, the Canadian Skilled Worker immigration program was developed to encourage individuals with skills that would be useful to the country to move there. By requiring you to meet certain qualifications, the program serves two purposes.

First, the government is ensuring that the...

Ontario Tourist Attractions, 6 Must See Events

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:02:38 +0000

Ontario has many tourist attractions going on at any time of the year. To me there are a few outstanding ones. Those are the attractions you want to come back to every time and show them to your friends from back home. If you have visited those, you have experienced some of the diversity of Ontar...

Canadian Museum of Rail Travel

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:07:44 +0000

Cranbrook, BC, is home to the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel and is the largest city and service center in the East Kootenay region. Many parts of the city date from 1898 and self-guided walking tours are available with maps obtainable from the Chamber of Commerce, or from the Museum.

The C...