Every April, Vancouver’s streets bloom with cherry blossoms that came from Japan as a gift in honour of Japanese Canadians who joined the Canadian army in the First World War. The city has turned this natural phenomenon into an annual festival to cash in on its cultural ties with the Read more
St-Ambroise Grapefruit IPA Appearance – 6/10, looks a little lighter than it should for an IPA Taste – 8/10, the fresh grapefruit taste is mixed well with a slightly bitter malty aftertaste Texture – 7/10, it’s thicker than it should be fore a fruity beer A unique take on fruity Read more
The Rhätische Bahn, or Rhaetian Railway in English, operates all the internal railways of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It’s one of the more eccentric private railways in the countries that seems to still operate in the 1970s. The trains are old but well-kept and the facilities are classic, Read more
Unibroue Blanche de Chambly Appearance – 6/10, the cloudy beer has foam that dissipates quickly Taste – 4/10, the odd nasal notes of corn and a metallic taste in the mouth even though it came from a glass bottle is odd to say the least. It’s in between sweet and Read more
It’s an aged museum with exhibits that feel like they were handed down from the US. In just the weather gallery alone, distances are measured in miles, videos are from NOAA, and exhibits come from Colorado even though the museum is in Regina. However, it is informative in the sense Read more
The University of Regina is a lot newer than the University of Saskatchewan. It used to be the same university until it spun off in 1974. With a lot of the buildings being newer, there are seamless transitions from building to building with many of them built in the 1990s. Read more
Walter Scott, the first premier of Saskatchewan, hosted a competition for the legislative building to be built in Regina in 1905. The design by the Maxwell Brothers from Montreal was chosen and the building was completed in 1912. It was initially designed to be constructed with red brick before Scott Read more
Built in 1891 for the Lieutenant Governor of the North West Territories, the man in charge only lived in Regina until the 1960s when it was turned into a school for two decades and then a veterans’ rehabilitation centre for another decade before being bought back by the province for Read more
Admission is by donation, but I’d rather buy something from the gift shop than give a non tax deductible donation to the museum. Home to the largest T-rex in the world, the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina is one of the best natural history museums in the country. My theory Read more