Global Voices: Are You Food Literate?
This year, Canadians will throw away over two million tonnes of food—that’s the equivalent of 18 CN Towers. As you toss out mouldy cheese and slimy cold cuts, you probably aren’t thinking about prairie...
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Pop Forecast for Feb. 11: Isn’t It Romantic, Happy Death Day 2U and more
Chris Lackner “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan sang. But these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop culture offerings is just what we need....
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Stepping back in time aboard Sea Cloud
In the world of cruising, a handful of ships routinely win awards and accolades. One of these is Sea Cloud Cruises’ historic Sea Cloud. Built in 1931 as the private yacht Hussar for heiress Marjorie...
View ArticlePop Forecast for Feb. 18: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan sang. But these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop culture offerings is just what we need. With that in...
View ArticleVirgin gets into cruise game with unique megaliner
A long time ago, I used to man the DVD counter in the basement of the downtown Vancouver Virgin Megastore. I remember it well: I received a whopping eight-cent raise shortly before Virgin founder...
View ArticleA realm of new exotic river cruise possibilities
When I talk about river cruising, I usually mention waterways like the Danube, the Main and the Rhine. These three European rivers tend to be the most popular for new and experienced river cruisers,...
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Grand cuisine from the Cayman Cookout festival
Peter Hum On Grand Cayman, celebrity chef José Andrés is at least as famous for his spectacular entrances and carousing banter as he is for his seafood paella. In 2018 at the Cayman Cookout, the...
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View ArticleNature’s wonders abound on cruise to Haida Gwaii
Five years ago, my editor at the time sent me an email: would I like to go on a sailing cruise to Haida Gwaii? I’d lived in British Columbia for more than a decade at that time, but I’d only heard of...
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Fiona Barton’s The Suspect a natural step for ex-journalist
The Suspect Fiona Barton Penguin Random House Jamie Portman TORONTO — She was born 62 years ago in the English university town of Cambridge. Her father was a journalist — and this has been a defining...
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Well-known Canadian author takes pen name with Into That Fire
Into That Fire M.J. Cates Penguin Random House Canada Pat St. Germain A well-known Canadian author writing under a pseudonym for the first — but almost certainly not last — time, M.J. Cates blends fact...
View ArticleCynthia Dale says rebooting Street Legal was “a wild ride”
It was a long road back to Street Legal for Cynthia Dale, who played tough Toronto lawyer Olivia Novak on the TV drama that aired from 1987 to 1994. In the intervening years, the actress has made her...
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Pop Forecast for March 4: Captain Marvel and more
Chris Lackner “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan sang. But these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop culture offerings is just what we need....
View ArticleGlobal Voices: A Renaissance for Canada’s artistic Indigenous people
“Canada, are you listening?” Wolastoqiyik musician Jeremy Dutcher posed this question to the audience after winning the 2018 Polaris Music Prize last September. “You are in the midst of an Indigenous...
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View ArticleGlobal Voices: Why the West should re-examine Ethiopia
In Kilenso Mokonissa, one of the smallest villages in its region of Ethiopia, Grade 9 students listen closely to a lecture on the principles of democracy. They sit in a spacious classroom with wide...
View Article‘Magical’ cruise a reality aboard Disney Dream
I love the ability, after sailing more than 140-something voyages around the world, to still be surprised by a ship. That’s how I felt recently when I embarked Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Dream in...
View ArticleArlene Dickinson takes entrepreneurs under her wing in new TV series
ABBA may have counselled the risk-averse among us to take a chance on them, but Venture Communications CEO Arlene Dickinson is going one better — she wants you to take a chance on yourself. A longtime...
View ArticleTurtle Beach documentary follows understudied sea turtles in Costa Rica
Prepare to be shell-shocked. A new documentary airing on CBC’s The Nature of Things will give viewers a rare look into the mass nesting behaviour of sea turtles. Every year, tens of thousands of them...
View ArticleA taste of S.A.L.T. awaits new Silversea excursion
One of the challenges facing the world of cruising is that when it comes to cuisine, most ships are fairly homogenous. You’ve got your main dining room, your steakhouse, your Italian venue, and your...
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