Driving on the Long Sault Parkway is free, but it costs $7.25 to buy a day pass to park at any parking lot or visit the beaches. The scenic drive is 11 km long on a chain of causeways and bridges that connect a dozen islands on the St. Lawrence Read more…
Brampton is a suburb of Toronto. Its historic centre is around Garden Square, where the Rose Theatre is also located. A little ways from the city centre, the Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives is a local cultural centre. The regional airport also serves as a hub for the Brampton Read more…
Back in December 2019, an announcement was made that Canada’s first Interprovincial zip line was slated to open in Ottawa in the summer of 2020. But the opening was delayed to 2021 when the pandemic hit Canada. Happily, the planned new opening date went on without a hitch and visitors Read more…
Stratford is most well-known for hosting the annual Stratford Festival, Justin Bieber was also born in Stratford. It’s on the Avon River so it’s obvious to visitors from the old country that the combination was named after Stratford-upon-Avon in England. I’m not much of a nut for music, but I Read more…
Alton village is the cultural heart of Caledon. In 2020, a process was launched to study the potential of making half the village into a historical conservation district. The are already has a lot going for it, over a dozen buildings are designated heritage buildings under the Ontario Heritage Act. Read more…
Imagine a Toronto suburb, now imagine the most boring Toronto suburb – that’s Mississauga. Commuter trains, highways, and unworkably wide streets thread across Mississauga to get residents to work in downtown Toronto. Mississauga isn’t a destination in itself, it’s a means to spend time in Toronto. For locals, the real Read more…
I had to cover the Panda Game in Ottawa as part of a class assignment. Apart from having attended a football game in Berlin between Bayern München and Hertha BSC at the Olympiastadion in Berlin out of curiosity five years prior, I had not been to a competitive sports game Read more…
A language is defined as a system of communication used by a particular nation or people group and general communication (according to Salzmann 1998) consists of the sender, receiver, message, channel, and desired effect. Though animals are able to communicate with one another over food, danger, and other basic necessities, Read more…
There’s a hill to the north of Toronto, on that hill sits North America’s largest castle – Casa Loma. It was completed in 1914 by Sir Henry Pellatt, a Canadian industrialist. The castle is now a museum showing off its 98 rooms and long corridors. There’s also an escape room Read more…
We’re always trying to look for a discount or everyday items or cheaper versions of brand-name items that don’t compromise on quality. Or at least I do. I was reading the label on a pack of 60 Starbucks-branded Nespresso pods at Costco that cost $46.99 when a middle-aged man walked Read more…