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Curiouser and curiouser: Alice in Wonderland at the Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake has been the summer home of many talented theatre folks and countless curtain rises since it launched over half a century ago. The beautiful setting and broad repository of plays draw dedicated fans and curious newcomers year after year. This year a new, musical adaptation
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In a Country known for Cold, here are the Best Winter Festivals in Canada
The typical Canadian winter is not for the faint of heart, but that doesn’t mean Canadians are the hibernating type. We’re just as likely to get our party on, outdoors, when the temperature plummets rather than soars. There are hundreds of winter festivals and events in the dead of winter
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Four Hotbeds of Canadian Fossils: They’ll make your Dino Lovers Roar!
“I think I found coprolite mom. That’s dinosaur poop, you know.” I did, in fact, know what coprolite was – but I had no idea my five-year-old was so informed on the topic. On one of the hottest days of the summer, our family of five had embarked on the
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The Best Family Friendly Mountains in Canada
Written in collaboration with Expedia.ca The leaves are still changing colour, but it’s not too early to begin planning your next winter ski holiday at one of Canada’s fantastic ski resorts. Here are some of the best family-friendly mountains in Canada. Whistler Blackcomb The biggest ski resort in Canada has
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Arrgh! There be a Pirate Life Hiding in the Toronto Islands!
If you find yourself in the Toronto area, place a ferry ride to Centre Island on your family’s to do list! Once on Centre Island, take a walk over the bridge where you’ll be greeted by a gang of Pirates – hello Captain Mick and crew! Pirate Life, on Centre
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Peter and the Starcatcher at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake
“Who wants to go to the theatre?” As soon as I said it, my girls (ages almost twelve and just turned six), lost interest in whatever they were doing and started peppering me with questions; “what play, where, what’s it about and when do we go?” My seven year old
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Ending summer with a bang at Canada’s Wonderland
Growing up in Northern Ontario, summer was never complete without a trip to Canada’s Wonderland so I’m thrilled that I can now share this tradition with my children! Planet Snoopy is our first stop, after popping into the height-check station to get the kids suited up in their ride bracelets.
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Spend Summer at Blue Mountain Resort, Your Way!
When the windshield of our truck filled with a view of Blue Mountain Resort I couldn’t help but be surprised by the stark contrast from our last view of Blue – it was February, it was nighttime when we arrived and the mountain was lit up so brightly you could see
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Learn to Camp with Ontario Parks | No Gear Required
Have your kids already started talking about summer vacation and you’d love to take them camping but don’t know how or where to get started? Do you flip pages in the camping gear flyers and wonder how the photographs make pitching a tent look so easy? Are you still reading
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Not Your Grade School Maple Sugar Shack!
Whether you call it a sugar shack or the maple bush, eastern Canadian kids have been loaded onto big yellow school buses for decades destined for what was always one of the favourite field trips of the year. It’s almost impossible to go wrong with a school day spent roaming
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