To bridge the gap between my fantastic two weeks in Corner Brook and St. John’s, Newfoundland and a five-day trip to Winnipeg, Canada for the first time, I had to fly back to Vancouver and spend the night at the airport before leaving the next morning. It’s just the logistics of the flights I had [...]
Newfoundland
Across Canada: Vancouver to Deer Lake, Newfoundland
Canada is a big country. It’s obvious by looking at a map, sure, but more so when hopping on a plane and flying cross-country as I did today. Coming from my home in Vancouver, I boarded an Air Canada flight at the Vancouver International Airport at 8:00am for a flight to Calgary. A half an [...]
British Columbia
The Listel Hotel Vancouver: Robson Street Hotels in the West End
I had spent the day playing tourist in my own city, visiting First Nations art galleries and the Stanley Park totem poles, and the Bill Reid Gallery. The next day I was covering the Dalai Lama event, called the Vancouver Peace Summit, so I chose to stay overnight at one of the hotels in downtown [...]
British Columbia
First Nations Art Galleries and Totem Poles in Stanley Park
Today was a day to play tourist in my own city, checking out some First Nations tourism spots in Vancouver, BC, mostly art galleries and the totem poles in Stanley Park. There’s a great little First Nations gallery in North Vancouver called Khot La Cha Gallery (270 Whonoak Street, 604-987 3339). Unassumingly tucked off the [...]
British Columbia
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits Vancouver, BC
For the second time in the last three years, his Holiness the Dalai Lama is in Vancouver, Canada and I’m lucky enough to be here at the Vancouver Peace Summit. (The first time was the Dialogues in Vancouver session at GM Place in 2006.) It’s impossible not to walk away inspired to be a better [...]
British Columbia
Whistler Mountaineer Train from Vancouver, BC
After a seven-day road trip through Alberta, Canada, it’s now time to spend six days touring BC. I woke up at 6:00 am to catch the Whistler Mountaineer train from North Vancouver to Whistler. Even at such an early hour, the staff were upbeat and had coffee and tea out at the platform. A small [...]
