Canada Travel News 08/21/2011
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Gallery: Zombie Walk Vancouver
Pix from Vancouver's crazy-fun annual annual Zombie Walk…
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Five buzz-worthy 2011 Nuit Blanche exhibits
Toronto's 2011 Nuit Blanche program is out and here's what's buzz-worthy in exhibits
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British Columbia | Prince Rupert | North Pacific Cannery | Silicon Alleys | Metro Newspapers
A look at "cannery culture" in two scenic BC locations: Prince Rupert and Steveston.
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15 things to see and do in Canada before you die – The Globe and Mail
From the Globe and Mail, a list of before-you-kick-it Canadian experiences
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Fair at the PNE – August 20 – September 5, 2011 | Inside Vancouver Blog
The Pacific National Exhibition, one of Canada's fave summer fairs, opens Aug. 20
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Travel MacGyver Gear Advice and Tools
I like this advice about little extras to pack that easily help solve little, but annoying, travel challenges…
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Video: “Breakaway” trailer
This trailer about a Punjabi hockey team (starring fave Canadian comic Russell Peters) stole the show at TIFF this year
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Do’s and Don’ts in Canada
Good list of dos and don'ts for travel in Canada from the Our Oyster blog.
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Ahoy matey! Adult Pirate Pak day returns to White Spot | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com
Mark August 17: the day you are are not too old to enjoy your very own Adult Pirate Pak at Vancouver's legendary White Spot restaurants.
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CTV Edmonton – Dig resurrects history of Manitoba’s German PoW camp – CTV News
German prisoners of war who spent much of the Second World War in a Manitoba logging camp purchased mail-order items from the Eaton's catalogue, kept themselves impeccably groomed and even staged "temporary" escapes into the nearby countryside.
Those are just some of the findings of a three-year archeological dig in Riding Mountain National Park, located about 300 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, where the Whitewater PoW camp was located.