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• “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN”: Day 4 - Photos from along the way

  
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  Day 4 - Tuesday, April 24: The Rockies and a waterfall While travelling through the Rockies I spent a good deal of my time in the Skyline car, which has an upper deck to maximize the view (which would be ‘to the max’ on a clear day). I happened to visit the Skyline while ...
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• West Coast Getaway

  
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  Where the heck have I been?  Sorry!  I didn’t mean to abandon you!  It was a long weekend here in Canada and Michael and I took the opportunity to take a weeeee vacay!  A few months ago we bought a great group buy for Black Rock Resort up island in Ucluelet, so we booked a room for this weekend, loaded the ...
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• “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN”: Day 4 - Photos from along the way

  
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  Day 4 - Tuesday, April 24: Edson to the Rockies Aim and click. Aim and click. On Day 4 I spent a lot of time repeating the same actions, along with dozens of other train passengers. I’d packed three cameras. I wanted to get my money’s worth. [“In Jasper I switched to Economy ...
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• Victoria Tapas – A Review in 4 Parts…Not Unlike Your Meal: Part Two

  
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  (Images by Choli Designs) When you think of Oak Bay, images of grandiose houses, flags on street lamps, and little old ladies with walkers come to mind. Unwittingly, you have been fooled. Tucked in between the resident neighbourhood pub on one side and a Tudor sweet shop on the other is Vis a Vis – a quaint but ...
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• “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN”: Chasing my dad Part 7

  
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  I’m resourceful? I think so. At the very least I can be resourceful when I put my mind to it, and on the fourth day of my trip west I had to switch from Sleeper Plus Class to economy class (i.e., from my easy life of absolute luxury to I didn’t know what), so I started building up a stash of food that would ...
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• “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN”: Day 4 - Photos from along the way

  
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  Day 4 - Tuesday, April 24: Edmonton to Edson The train stopped in Edmonton for about 30 minutes, enough time to stretch my legs, get the wrinkles out and call home. My journal reads as follows: “6:25 - As I recall the night’s journey was fast and bumpy, and rocky enough to wake me two ...
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• British Columbia First Nation Goes Green (Video)

  
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  A First Nation community in Canada is leading the way out of fossil fuel dependency. The T’Sou-ke First Nation in Sooke on the south of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, says: First Nations have lived for thousands of years on this continent without fossil fuels. It is appropriate that First Nations lead the way ...
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• Sod Removal 101 – Garden Evolution

  
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  This spring brings the fourth growing season in my new garden,  I guess it’s not so new anymore!  The garden is really beginning to settle in and look the way I pictured, for the most part.  The next step in the evolution of my garden is some sod removal to create a new planting bed in my big back yard. The ...
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• We Are Headed to Halifax

  
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  Walking downstairs to make sure that coffee would be my companion at 5 a.m. this morning, I sleepily passed by piles of pictures taken down from the walls, stacks of books removed from shelves, boxes everywhere and I was struck by how quickly the house had gone from home to simple walls and floors. On [...]No related ...
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• “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN”: Chasing my dad Part 6

  
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  Day 1 of my trip to Vancouver Island, British Columbia (a trip that began on April 21 and ended in the middle of the afternoon on May 5 when I stepped down from a Via Rail train and hugged my wife on York St., downtown London), was chiefly about getting from my home to Toronto in time for a lovely supper, onto the ...
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• Zoom w a View: Favourite ‘prairie sunset’ photo

  
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  Too bad about bug splatter. It ruined, or got in the way of, many sunset photos while I travelled across Saskatchewan two weeks ago. The following is my favourite.  Dramatic colours. None from a bug! [Photo by G.Harrison] *** Please click here for more Zoom w a View.
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• “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN”: Photos from along the way

  
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  Day 3 - Monday, April 23, 2012 Part 3 After passengers on The Canadian had patted themselves on the belly, many retired to the Bullet Lounge at the very back of the train for a cold drink or  game of canasta. Others, including me, retired on the second level of the Skyline (activity) car for conversation, ...
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• 1,000 MW of Wind Farm Projects Acquired in BC

  
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    Four sites in coastal British Columbia with early-stage wind development assets have been acquired by Alterra Power Corp , a renewable energy firm. The four sites are located on Banks Island, Porcher Island, McCauley Island, and north Vancouver Island. The sellers were from Bay Energy Limited and they will ...
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• May Long Weekend Adventures – Family Gardening

  
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  Editor’s Note: While going through old posts this morning, I found this sweet gem about gardening with kids. What better time to get out into the back yard and get digging with the tiny people in tow? This was originally posted on Comox Valley Kids in May, 2007. Enjoy. While I watched the tiny person [...]Related ...
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• “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN”: Photos from along the way

  
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  Day 3 - Monday, April 23, 2012 Part 2 I took about 90 photos on the third day of my trip west, along with a couple of short, highly-informative videos. (I.e., one informs the first-time viewer of the prairies that one 100-mile-long section of grassland looks a lot like many other sections. The other video ...
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• What You Must Do on Facebook

  
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  How It Works – Facebook 101 It is really a matter of getting yourself out there…everywhere. You might be finding it difficult to be on all networks all the time or even a few times a week. This is why it is very important if you are just starting out to pick ONE social network and dive in, take some training, ...
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• Poachers Make Off With 800-Year-Old Red Cedar

  
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  Tree poachers have made off with a giant 800-year-old red cedar tree, which used to reside in a park on southern Vancouver Island, Canada . Although the poachers made repeated trips to and from the site, they may never be caught. Torrance Coste of the Wilderness Committee found the stump of the ancient tree ...
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• 800-year-old cedar tree died death of a thousand cuts

  
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  The death of an ancient cedar tree inside a remote park on Canadas Vancouver Island is being showc read more
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• “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN”: Part 1 - Photos from Winnipeg

  
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  Day 3 - Monday, April 23, 2012 At 8:00 a.m. (according to the train schedule), and shortly after I finished a hearty breakfast on Day 3, The Canadian’ stopped in Winnipeg to change crews and take on supplies. I guess we passengers had tired out the first set of porters with all our demands, and the cupboards ...
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• Thieves take 800-year-old red cedar tree from Vancouver Island

  
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  Tree poachers have stolen one of the largest red cedars in Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, in what is believed to have been a two-part operation over the past year. “If poachers can run around roughshod in the parks, it’s a terrible thing for B.C.,” said Torrance Coste, a Vancouver Island ...
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