Tag Archives: Vancouver

December 19

’twas 48 Hours in Vancouver before Christmas

by Rod Raycroft You’re arrived in  Vancouver. Relax afterall you’re in good company, as nine million visitors a year cannot be wrong. Vancouver the largest city in Western Canada can truly be called world class. Not only did Vancouver host a world exposition 1986 and the Winter Olympics in 2010, Conde Nast Magazine readers selected […]

October 17

Haunted Canada

Halloween’s youthful ghouls will soon ring doorbells and sing a short refrain of ‘Trick or Treat.’ Costumed kids began knocking on doors in North America around the 1940’s for tasty treats, yet the origin is rooted in the British middle ages. ‘Soul Cakes’ were traditionally set out as offerings to ancestors on ‘All Hallows Eve’ […]