All the magic of Hobbiton IRL just 3 hours from Ottawa Canadian Lord of the Rings fans have more to look forward to than just the new Amazon show! You can live like a hobbit this Spring in Canada. I’ve always wanted to go wander the idyllic Hobbiton village and putter around in an adorable hobbit home eating seed cake and drinking ale. Superfans make the pilgrimage to New Zealand […]
Just a week into my arrival in Ottawa, I asked my interlocutor, a well known US-Canadian educationist, if Canadians were indeed as friendly as they appeared. Without batting an eyelid, she recounted an experience of shopping at a supermarket, when a watermelon she had just placed in the cart simply disappeared. Intrigued, she wondered, “When had watermelons learnt to fly?” A G7 and G20 nation, with a resource-rich expansive landmass […]
Several shots have been fired inside and outside the nation’s parliament in Ottawa, leaving one soldier wounded. A gunman fired at the National War Memorial and then ran into parliament nearby, continuing the attack. Canadian broadcaster CBC and several MPs report that one gunman has been killed but that is unconfirmed. The incident came hours after Canada raised its terror threat level following a fatal hit-and-run attack on two soldiers […]
It probably comes as no surprise to those living there (full disclosure, that includes me), but Vancouver has been rated North America’s best city in terms of quality of life. Top quality of living cities in North America: 1. Vancouver, BC 2. Ottawa, ON 3. Toronto, ON 4. Montreal, QC 5. San Francisco, CALowest quality of living cities in North America: 5. Miami, Fla. 4. Houston, Tex. 3. St. Louis, […]
