Some places in Canada carry stories that feel like part of our collective memory. This summer, I brought Bill and my girls to one of them: the Terry Fox Mile 0 Memorial on Water Street in St. John’s, Newfoundland — the place where Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980. […]
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You might think you’ve landed on Mars, but this extraordinary landscape is right here in Newfoundland & Labrador. The Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park are unlike almost anywhere else on Earth. Those barren, reddish-brown mountains are made of rock from the Earth’s mantle — material normally found deep beneath our feet, pushed to the
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Fog rolled off Signal Hill just as we arrived, and suddenly the whole of St. John’s Harbour was there. This is the first half of a Newfoundland homecoming — Signal Hill, Cape Spear, the quiet beginning of the Terry Fox story, and a proper Screech-In to close the night.
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What Gander Teaches Us About Caring for One Another There are places where history feels very far away. And then there’s Gander, Newfoundland. We recently visited Gander International Airport and the North Atlantic Aviation Museum, where one of Canada’s most remarkable stories of kindness and community comes vividly back to life. On September 11, 2001,
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Home, Twice Over If you noticed I was quieter than usual last week, you weren’t imagining it. I was home. Newfoundland home. https://youtube.com/shorts/X_dGnLPN8as?si=sqR33j0UUOWDO2x- We started on the west coast and drove to the east coast, to St. John’s, for a family wedding — the kind of celebration where you hug people you haven’t seen in
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Bottle Cove has no postcard fame — and that’s exactly the point. Turquoise water. Dark cliffs. Endless Atlantic views. And one beautiful trail leading out to the edge of the world. This is Newfoundland — my home. I’ve stood at Bottle Cove more times than I can count, and here’s the funny thing: the longer
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Coming Home: What Corner Brook Still Teaches Me About Living Well Sometimes the most restorative trip isn’t the farthest one — it’s the one that takes you home. Home is a curious thing. Sometimes it’s a place. Sometimes it’s a person. Sometimes it’s just the feeling that settles over you the moment the wheels touch
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Twenty years as an actuary taught me to read fine print. As a three-time Virtuoso Cruise Icon, I use that same instinct to evaluate river cruise lines — and Uniworld’s Magical Parisian Holiday is one I recommend without hesitation. Here’s why, ship by ship, detail by detail.
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From focused Arctic voyages to the legendary Northwest Passage — an expedition specialist’s guide to choosing the right Greenland cruise, and why 2027 is the year to book it.
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I asked my community one simple question: what film inspired you to travel? The answers poured in — Tuscany, Greece, Africa, Iceland — and reminded me that every trip starts long before the airport. It starts with imagination.
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