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The season of summer is about to begin, so it’s worth thinking now about where you will choose to go on vacation. Will it be the Caribbean? Or maybe a lovely week in Paris? If none of these options are to your liking, then take a look at our proposal of spending your vacation ... in Canada!

When I think about genuine northwest coast food, First Nations cuisine comes to mind. When my wife and I were hitched about 15 years ago, we arranged for the Liliget Feast House to cater the reception, and it drew rave reviews from family and friends. Alas, the Liliget Feast House is long gone, but I recently discovered a new place that serves genuine BC First Nations food. It’s the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler.

Edmonton International Airport is the primary air passenger and air cargo facility in the Edmonton region of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is a hub facility for Northern Alberta and Northern Canada, providing regularly scheduled nonstop flights to over fifty communities in Canada, the United States, Latin America and Europe. It is one of Canada's largest airports by total land area, the 5th busiest airport by passenger traffic, and the 8th busiest by aircraft movements.

Credit cards are our daily bread - there is virtually no one who doesn’t use this method of payment for shopping or for services. And what if you got something in return for using such a card? Mastercard has launched a new campaign - pay by card, and maybe your dreams will come true. Sounds unbelievable?

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. The history of Toronto began in the late 18th century when the British Crown purchased its land from the Mississaugas of the New Credit. The British established a settlement there, called the Town of York, which its lieutenant governor, John Graves Simcoe, designated as the capital of Upper Canada.

Air Museum at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Excellent aircraft and aviation related museum with aircraft and artefacts set out in a time line order mostly. Really a great museum for an aircraft enthusiast, with plenty of room around each exhibit to walk and take pictures.
No limits imposed on you at all for taking pictures or videos, as long as its for personal, non commercial purposes.

Vancouver, officially the City of Vancouver, is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. The 2011 census recorded 603,502 people in the city, making it the eighth largest Canadian municipality. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada; 52% of its residents have a first language other than English. The Greater Vancouver area of around 2.4 million inhabitants is the third most populous metropolitan area in the countryand the most populous in Western Canada.

"This was on the New Year's day, when we decided to take the Grouse Mountain gondola up there, and see how the winter is there, since down in Vancouver, there was no snow and it felt more like a spring."

                   Just two minutes!  Not much, right? By that time, you can boil the water in the electric kettle, heat the dinner in the microwave, and... save someone's life. How? Just go to beadonor.ca and register as an organ donor.  The problem of too few donors in Canada is quite serious.  Particularly in Ontario, where many people do not sign the necessary consent for organ donation after death and the decision falls to their loved ones.  

In a world where the population is divided into factions by personality types, Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is classified as Divergent. When she uncovers a conspiracy to eliminate all Divergents, she teams with the mysterious Four (Theo James) to find out what makes the powers-that-be so frightened of them.