African American Heritage Trail has 26 stops, beginning in New Orleans

Posted on March 17th, 2008 in Canada News

NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana tourism officials have unveiled the first 26 sites on an African American Heritage Trail running from New Orleans to northern Louisiana.

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Washington’s famed cherry blossoms expected to peak during festival

Posted on March 17th, 2008 in Canada News

WASHINGTON - Most of the cherry trees circling the Tidal Basin should be in peak bloom when the National Cherry Blossom Festival begins later this month, according to the National Park Service.

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Wondrous Montreal [Montreal]

Posted on March 13th, 2008 in Canada News

Gone are the days when learn’d scholars selected the wonders of the world. In addition to the global
7 Wonders project, the erstwhile Radio-Canada presents 21 contenders for the “
7 Wonders of Greater Montreal.” Listeners/readers are to vote among the field of 21. Seems hardly fair to stack the deck with God-approved churches like the […]

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Sub Zero Ice Bar [Montreal]

Posted on March 13th, 2008 in Canada News

Is there no stopping the nightlife scourge known as the ice bar? Apparently not.
Sub Zero — actually its full name is “Grey Goose Sub Zero,” in honor of the sponsoring vodka — is perched atop Montreal’s
Hotel Place d’Armes. The space is kept at -1 centigrade, and all the usual ice-crap is on offer: […]

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All things maple

Posted on March 11th, 2008 in Canada News

At a time of year when people tour sugar bushes and consume stacks of pancakes with maple syrup, a local brewer offers its own take on the season: maple beer.

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Manchester’s new horizons

Posted on March 11th, 2008 in Canada News

By English standards, Manchester is not old. In 1750, Manchester was little more than a village but when the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries took hold, it rapidly became an economic powerhouse.

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Wave the flag

Posted on March 11th, 2008 in Canada News

Pack some blue clothes if you’re heading to Aruba this month. National Anthem and Flag day is March 18, a time when nearly everyone gets dressed up in Larkspur blue to take part in various island-wide events.

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Hunting the swamp ghost

Posted on March 11th, 2008 in Canada News

The ghost orchid is among the world’s rarest flowers, the star of the popular book The Orchid Thief and the movie adaptation and is the biggest lure to the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park.

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Goodbye to Yankee Stadium

Posted on March 11th, 2008 in Canada News

Sports travel company Roadtrips is inviting baseball fans to join its 2008 multi-city tour and say farewell to New York City’s Yankee Stadium.

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Flowers power garden shows

Posted on March 11th, 2008 in Canada News

Garden shows are springing up all over offering sights, sounds and smells to brighten these lingering days of winter.

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