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The world's most stunning city parks

The world's most stunning city parks

Vancouver's Stanley Park gets crowned as second prettiest in the world.

The world's most stunning city parks

The world's most stunning city parks

Ultimate Canadian geek vacations

Ultimate Canadian geek vacations

10 long weekend plans without the planning

10 long weekend plans without the planning

Ottawa’s pretty tulip festival

Ottawa’s pretty tulip festival

Travelgasms

World’s craziest roller coasters

World’s craziest roller coasters

Brace yourself for these stomach-churning thrill rides. By Monica Bugajski

Jeanne Beker's Silversea luxury cruise photo album

The Loop's resident fashion maven, Jeanne Beker, shares personal photos from her recent (fabulous) Silversea Luxury Cruise. Jeanne and friends sailed the Caribbean in high style - come aboard, we're expecting you!

The tallest buildings in the world

These buildings are rising to staggering heights. By Monica Bugajski

The world’s most stunning city parks

Travel + Leisure magazine’s picks of the most beautiful city parks in the world has got us craving a little urban R and R. by Monica Bugajski

Canadian Tulip Festival

Ottawa is the place to be for the next few weeks as the spring time tulip festival brings an explosion of colour to several spots in the city. Picture flower beds blooming with red, orange, pink, yellow and white tulips set against a back drop of Ottawa’s historic architecture. The Canadian Tulip Festival is the largest tulip festival in the world. The 18-day event happens every year in May.

10 long weekend plans without the planning

The first long weekend of the "summer" season is almost upon us. Don't have plans? That's no problem at all. by Heather Cleland

Tips and Tricks

How to get a table at a tough restaurant
You've only got a few days in town and your eye on a hot, new restaurant. What do you do?
Tips for a safe and fun family beach holiday
Save time, money and stress with a few tips to ensure your family gets the beach holiday they deserve.
Which airplane seats are the safest?
Discovery Channel recently crashed a plane in the desert to find out.

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Monthly Guide

Top places to travel in April

Top places to travel in April

As the weather warms in the northern hemisphere and Easter celebrations come to an end, it’s time for festival season.

Travel News & Opinion

Death of Polish tourist Dziekanski ruled a homicide

Death of Polish tourist Dziekanski ruled a homicide

The coroners service in B.C. has now ruled Robert Dziekanski’s death in 2007 was a homicide.

Should gas station pumps include warning about global warming?

An environmental group is suggesting gasoline pumps come with warnings about the damage burning fossil fuels does to the environment.

Need to ignite your romance? Try a trip to Mars

Looking for that once-in-a-lifetime romantic trip? There's room for two in a spaceship going to Mars.

‘Rent-a-boyfriend’ is big business for the Chinese New Year

2013 is the Year of the Snake. It's also the Year of the Rent-a-Boyfriend for single Chinese women.

Russia’s gays face attacks, legal bans

Russian lawmakers think that by banning open homosexuality, they’ll erase it from their country and protect kids from ‘homosexual propaganda.’

When it comes to geography, Canadian students are lost

University students can't name continents or oceans. They may simply be carrying on family traditions.

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