Distance: 456kmDate: June 29-July 1, 2024Location: Yukon, Alaska Up front: The faux leather seats are comfortable with two-way lumbar support on the driver’s side only. The large portrait centre screen looks like it’s useful for GPS, but the lower third is occupied by climate controls and there’s no way to Read more…
By Wayne Au Noted Marxist educator, activist and implementer Wayne Au explains how he came to understand modern American education’s role in perpetuating existing power structures, how curriculum can be changed to offer students new perspectives, and what role educators play in education activism. It took me longer than I Read more…
I visited the US and found some flavours unavailable in the Canadian market. Honey Barbecue is one of them. Then, I found a Lays x Doritos flavour mashup featuring the Bar B Q variety of Lays and Sweet Chilli Heat! Doritos, which I think has too much punctuation. Honey Barbecue Read more…
Route: Montreal to FrankfurtPlane: B787-9Date: Aug 2-3, 2024Price paid: $1,449 + complimentary upgrade (original price $3,889) ComfortAir Canada’s international business class features reverse herringbone lie-flat seats in eight rows of four. The seat uses an inflatable mattress for adjustable firmness and the leg rest and back rest are independently adjustable. Read more…
Best described as a giant building with galleries of multiple units and outdoor aircraft hangers, the complex contains the museums of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Calgary Highlander, King’s Own Calgary Regiment, Lord Strathcona’s Horse, Army Museum of Alberta, Naval Museum of Alberta, and Air Force Museum of Alberta. Why Read more…
I had a moment of reflection when I approached the village plaza. People in North America rebuild what they used to have miles and miles away so they can drive there to enjoy a nice walkable environment. In Europe, those environments were just the town. Gasoline Alley is the biggest Read more…
Some people collect stamps, others collect garden gnomes, I collect points. Last year, I got the President’s Choice World Mastercard that gave me 300,000 points as a welcome bonus. I had earned another 50,000 points before the end of 2023 with help from the elevated earn rate from the credit Read more…
Almost smack in the middle between Edmonton in the north and Calgary in the south lies Red Deer – a former railway divisional point station that has a town around it. The Calgary and Edmonton Railway completed in 1890 was the economic driving force of Red Deer. The now-heritage train Read more…
After visiting both Edmonton and Calgary, I can say with absolute certainty that Calgary is the better city. It was just before 10am on a Sunday when I witnessed a homeless man do an explosive poo in front of the National Music Centre. The police arrived swiftly to arrest him Read more…
Alberta used to be part of the Northwest Territories so paintings of NWT governors still hang on the walls of Alberta’s Legislature. Its main interior architectural oddity is a water fountain installed to celebrate the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. Its sound echoes around the walls of the rotunda until Read more…