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The best city on the planet?
April 9, 2009 – 10:33 am | Comments Off on The best city on the planet?
The best city on the planet?

Canada’s major cities typically score highly in “best city” rankings. Vancouver is frequently named among the top cities in the world to live, and Toronto also ranks high on many “best of” scales.

But the …

Eating Canadian: Poutine
April 1, 2009 – 9:40 am | Comments Off on Eating Canadian: Poutine
Eating Canadian: Poutine

Skeptics may consider poutine, a messy mix of French fries topped with brown gravy and melted cheese, some sort of strange April Fool’s joke.

But if you’ve learned to love this classic Quebecois concoction

Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)
March 17, 2009 – 4:37 pm | Comments Off on Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)
Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)

St. Patrick’s Day seems like a good time to promote an organization called Green Drinks, which is not a group that gathers to drink green beer. Rather, it’s an opportunity to meet — and …

Pay what you want for lunch in Montreal
March 11, 2009 – 11:11 am | Comments Off on Pay what you want for lunch in Montreal
Pay what you want for lunch in Montreal

With everyone watching their pennies these days, a Montreal restaurant has come up with a creative approach to bringing in business — the “Pay What You Want” lunch.

Between 11 am and 3 pm, …

Watching your food budget? Don’t move to the Yukon
February 9, 2009 – 10:37 am | Comments Off on Watching your food budget? Don’t move to the Yukon
Watching your food budget? Don’t move to the Yukon

Is food more expensive in Canada than in the U.S.?

The answer is — it depends.

As in the U.S., there are significant variations in food costs in different regions across the country.

In fact, …