Canada Travel and Hotels http://www.canadianminis.org Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:23:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Immigration to Canada – The Pass Mark System As you may already know, life in Canada provides many advantages, including universal health care and reduced safety concerns. For this reason, Canada had to implement a program that would prevent the country from being overwhelmed by immigrants. Having an influx of too many new people would simp...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/immigration-to-canada-the-pass-mark-system/ Alberta – Hwy 16, The Yellowhead Highway A historically important trade route, the Yellowhead Highway, also known as TransCanada Hwy 16, was named after an 1800s golden-haired fur trapper named Pierre Bostanais, who the Iroquois referred to as "tete jaune" or "yellow head". Today it's a modern highway that provides access to major ...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/alberta-hwy-16-the-yellowhead-highway/ My Canada Canada is the most northernly located country in North America. Canada borders the United States of America to the south and the Artic Ocean to the North. Due to it's extremely northern position Canada is the most northern located country in the world! Being the Second largest country in the wor...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/my-canada/ Mony Dojeiji and Her 5000 Km Walk for Peace from Rome to Jerusalem One of the absolute pleasures of working on this website is that I am able to connect with some phenomenal people. Individuals who have done unusual things, and in many cases made a contribution to important causes.

The connection to Mony came to me through my friend Sue Kenney who put me i...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/mony-dojeiji-and-her-5000-km-walk-for-peace-from-rome-to-jerusalem/ Canada – Not Just a Watered Down Version of the USA Some of us simply expect Canada to be a blander version of the USA, However nothing could be further from the truth! Canada is completely different from its close neighbour. Outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy in a wide variety of sports such as skiing, fishing, hiking, white water rafting and cycling,...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/canada-not-just-a-watered-down-version-of-the-usa/ A Trip To Iqaluit In Nunavut, A Canadian Arctic City In 2004, I completed two Inuit art buying trips to Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), the capital of Nunavut, Canada's newest territory. For both trips, I flew out of Ottawa on Canadian North airlines. The other airline that services Nunavut is First Air. Only the last half of the jets was alloca...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/a-trip-to-iqaluit-in-nunavut-a-canadian-arctic-city/ US Travel to Cuba – A Guide for American Travel to Cuba Are you an American wondering how or if you can legally visitCuba? Join the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have experienced the thrills of visiting this exciting and exotic destination legally.

Americans can travel to Cuba legally if they are a Cuban American, politician, journalis...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/us-travel-to-cuba-a-guide-for-american-travel-to-cuba/ Exploring Ontario in the Winter- Hello from Barrie and Making German-Trinidadian-Austrian Connection As much as I love the city (Toronto, that is), every once in a while I gotta get away and a few weeks ago I came up with the idea of a little winter weekend getaway with my sister-in-law Yolande and my nephew Jazz. So I started surfing around the Internet to see where we could go, and since I did...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/exploring-ontario-in-the-winter-hello-from-barrie-and-making-german-trinidadian-austrian-connection/ Winnipeg – Canada’s Gateway City If not in the exact geographical centre of Canada, Winnipeg is certainly in the centre of Canada in most Canadians' minds. The capital of Manitoba, it is often referred to as The Gateway City, or simply the 'Peg by locals. It has a long and varied history, starting from when it was called Fort ...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/winnipeg-canadas-gateway-city/ Edmonton Alberta and More The province of Alberta has just celebrated its 100th birthday as a province of Canada. To mark the celebration Queen Elizabeth II and prince Philip visited the province on May 23 to May 25 2005. She toured around Alberta visiting different cities along the way. Some on the moments were, in Edmon...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/edmonton-alberta-and-more/ Mississauga A Jewel Made in Canada Ontario's slogan is "Yours to Discover". That's an appropriate invite considering that it's Canada's sixth largest city, and is pumping with activity with much to behold. We don't know if cities have slogans too, but if we were asked what motto would best describe Mississauga, our humble o...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/mississauga-a-jewel-made-in-canada/ Quebec City, A Taste of Old Europe in North America One can get a taste of old Europe right in North America when visiting Qu]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/quebec-city-a-taste-of-old-europe-in-north-america/ Durham Region of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada Durham Region covers an area of over 2,500 square kilometres and is conveniently located to the East of Downtown Toronto. Another Region with a diverse landscape, Durham has everything from the large lakeshore communities of Pickering and Oshawa to the farmlands and recreational areas in the nort...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/durham-region-of-the-greater-toronto-area-canada/ York Region, Ontario, Canada York Region has a population of over 870,000 people and covers an area of over 1,750 square kilometres. Sitting between Peel Region in the West and Durham region in the east, York Region consists of the Cities of Markham and Vaughan, with the townships of Aurora, East Gwillimbury, King, Newmarket...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/york-region-ontario-canada/ “Captain Ron” Talks About The Houseboating Lifestyle -Travel Full-Time – Affordably It was a beautiful evening for a stroll tonight, so I went down to one of my favourite places: Toronto's waterfront. Listening to the melee of languages, observing the broad mixture of people, I was thinking about upcoming travel plans, business issues, articles to write for the website, and man...]]> http://www.canadianminis.org/canada/captain-ron-talks-about-the-houseboating-lifestyle-travel-full-time-affordably/