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    When dancing for a washroom in Toronto

    When dancing for a washroom in Toronto

    ShareWhen traveling, often you will want to urgently find a washroom. In Toronto we have no city owned washrooms except on land owned by the city so you want think ahead when you first have that feeling.

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    Free Days out in Toronto

    Free Days out in Toronto

    ShareRegardless of your economic circumstance if you can get something for free while others are paying it makes you feel good. So here are some things to do on a free day out in Toronto.

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    Toronto Walking Tours

    ShareIt’s often hard to get a true picture of where you are staying on holiday, without local knowledge of the area. Luckily for people visiting Toronto, Bill Genova offers a perfect solution to this dilemma. After retiring, Bill became an avid scholar of local history, researching into the past of the Greater Toronto Area. It became [...]

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    Play Sherlock Holmes when you visit Toronto’s Chinatown

    ShareToronto has the second largest Chinatown in North America and the largest when all six of its China towns are grouped as one. The largest one is centered downtown around the intersection of Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue, and extends outward from this point along both streets. It has grown significantly over the years [...]

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    10 things to do in Vancouver

    ShareDr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Gardens At 578 Carrall Street welcomes you back to 15th Century China with soothing sounds and sights.  Art exhibits, concerts, theater, walking tours and much more are offered here. Tour times vary depending upon the season.

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    Discover the Toronto International Film Festival

    ShareThe Toronto International Film Festival is a non-profit, cultural and charitable organization with its main purpose being to change people’s perception of the world and their lives. And through the use of film and moving images, they strive to lead our planet to a cultural and creative discovery, the likes of which we have never [...]

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    Vancouver – Hollywood of the North

    Vancouver – Hollywood of the North

    ShareVancouver has the largest film industry in Canada and is the 3rd most filmed city in North America.  During your average visit to Vancouver during the summer months you are sure to bump into a film shoot, normally small orange cones along the edge of the road as well as the more obvious convoy of [...]

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    Vancouver Lookout

    ShareOn arriving at your hotel in downtown Vancouver, there is probably no better way to start your trip or get your bearings than a visit to the Lookout Tower at the Harbour Centre.

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    An Insiders view of Calgary, Alberta.

    An Insiders view of Calgary, Alberta.

    ShareLaura was born just outside Toronto, which is where she lived until she was 13, when she moved to Calgary – a city of which she is a huge fan.

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    Exploring Stanley Park in Vancouver

    Exploring Stanley Park in Vancouver

    ShareStanley Park is the first park in Vancouver and one of the finest parks in the world. This lush, green 1000-acre (400 hectares) park, opened in 1888 by Mayor David Oppenheimer, contains around 500,000 trees including fir, hemlock and cedar and sees more than 8 million visitors each year.

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