Canadiana
This is an archive of entries in the category Canadiana: Relating to all things distinctly Canadian; Of, by, or about the people that make up this county; My own Canadian perspective.
Pretty Picture Alert!
I finally saw the Canadian Rockies for the first time in my life, when my beloved, his perpetually bored teenager and I took a road trip out to Jasper. It was impossibly beautiful. Pictures will follow, as soon as I…
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Warmup
My beloved reminded me the other day that it had been barely three months since we saw our last snow. With that in mind, we observed that the days were officially getting shorter, the nights colder, and the leaves were…
Smoked
We’re smoked out right now. Or more accurately, we’re smoked in. Smoke from the forest fires (279 of them, last I heard) in British Columbia has blown over the mountains and into Alberta, blanketing the city, the country, and everything…
The Bumpkin Factor
The honeymoon period at my new place of employment has kind of ended. While I love my boss - LOVE HER - , the fact remains that the public at large is still, well, awful. They are, by and large,…
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Western Hospitality? No. Such. Thing.
If you come to Alberta, don’t expect the locals to welcome you with open arms. Fuelled by oil wealth, several years of endless employment opportunities, rapid growth in just about every sector and urban sprawl that makes Toronto’s look calm…
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