March 23, 2012 | No Comments yet

Located 330km north of Toronto, North Bay is a small city of 50,000 residents on the shores of Lake Nipissing. North Bay has a nice commercial district by the waterfront and is a compact and walkable. Besides the lake, there are neat coffee shops, bookstores and boutiques dotting small streets in the downtown area...
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December 2, 2011 | 4 Comments

Niagara on the lake, a little town on the southern shores of Lake Ontario, close to Niagara Falls, is very colourful. Besides the fact that it’s fall (I visited this place earlier this year) and nature is at its colorful best, it’s the variety of stores and brightly painted storefronts that are making the town cheerful. I see a little girl, a toddler really, picking up a red maple leaf from th...
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July 5, 2011 | 4 Comments

Two weeks ago, the Government of Canada enacted a back-to-work legislation that forced unionised employees of Canada Post to go back to work. The employees were on strike, protesting against certain discriminatory practises that were proposed by the management of Canada Post. I’m of the opinion that disputes can be settled through negotiations. ...
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July 1, 2011 | 8 Comments

Every time I visit Niagara falls, I go to the Rainbow bridge and walk across to USA. The view of the two falls from this bridge is very beautiful. However, when I went there the last time with a friend, I was too lazy to cross over to USA; so I returned without getting my passport stamped. Trouble....
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April 24, 2011 | 11 Comments

Snow might have melted in Toronto, but it was still winter in the north. I was travelling by bus in a journey that took 11 hours. The bus ran along highway 11, cutting through vast expanse of the countryside with nothing but large farmlands on both sides that stretched for kilometers at a time. Streams of water filled the trenches along both sides of the highway, collecting water that poured out o...
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April 3, 2011 | 3 Comments

Canadian Rocky mountains, in summer or in winter The Canadian Rockies are world renowned for their skiing credentials, but skiing and snowboarding are not the only sport this part of the country boasts. During the summer months, the resorts double up as popular golf destinations, benefiting from idyllic alpine views, crystal clear waters and crisp [...]...
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March 10, 2011 | 10 Comments

Being so close to Toronto, I have been to Niagara falls about half a dozen times, including thrice on my bicycle. The layout of this area is quite interesting. On the eastern bank of Niagara river is USA with just a random building or two. On the western (Canadian) side of the bank is the busy walking trail hugging a densely packed, loud and bright commercial zone. This post is about that zone....
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January 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

Drink some wine, soak some sun, beat some drums, kick some ass and get high on Sundays at Montreal's Mont Royal....
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