Category: Video

  • American’s Trying Canadian Snacks For First Time

    American’s Trying Canadian Snacks For First Time

    It’s safe to say that Canada has some curious snacks and treats. From the sweet, the salty, to the eyebrow raising. American’s visiting Canada are often surprised that while we’re only a short drive away, that border is actually a gateway to a whole new world of food not available in America. The smart folks at Buzzfeed…

  • Explore the Great Bear Rainforest in 4k

    Explore the Great Bear Rainforest in 4k

    I recently came across my new favourite video on youtube. This awe-inspiring video of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest summarizes the beauty and pristine nature of this area. The Great Bear Rainforest spans 12,000 square miles (or 32,000 square km) of BC’s temperate rainforest. This part of Canada has been in the news quite a…

  • Visit the Polar Bear Capital of the World With Google Maps

    Visit the Polar Bear Capital of the World With Google Maps

    So the other day I found myself perusing some Canadian travel videos, and came across this little number. The folks at Google Maps visited Churchill, Manitoba, a favourite location of mine, and strapped their fancy camera’s to some of the rugged tundra explorer vehicles.  They captured some superb shots of the town, as well as some…

  • Curious Mysteries at The Winnipeg Legislative Building

    Curious Mysteries at The Winnipeg Legislative Building

    Dan Browns famous novel “The Da Vinci Code” mixes history, mystery, and a curious plot that keeps pages turning. Whether you love it or hate it, I personally remember putting that book down several times while reading it and thinking “Woah, it all makes sense!“. That feeling of “what the…” is hard to come by.…

  • Cross-Canada Blogger Tour: Counting down to TIFF & POP Montreal!

    Cross-Canada Blogger Tour: Counting down to TIFF & POP Montreal!

    If you’ve been following along on Twitter or Facebook, you may be aware of the fact that I’ve been invited by the Canadian Tourism Commission to check out the Toronto International Film Festival & POP Montreal, between September 15th & 20th! This is part of a huge campaign to bring travel bloggers from around the…

  • Capture Your Canada & Win Big with 35 Million Directors

    Capture Your Canada & Win Big with 35 Million Directors

    Every day Canadians are doing ridiculously fun things and capturing it on video, be it their iPhone, their Blackberries, their GoPro’s, or their DSLR’s. But what becomes of that footage? For most, it sits on their computer, gathering pixel-dust, waiting to be used for something. Most forget about it and move on. The folks at…

  • Sunday Canadian Travel Video: Muskoka Ontario Timelapse

    Sunday Canadian Travel Video: Muskoka Ontario Timelapse

    Queue an epic track by Sigor Ros, throw in some dramatic sunsets, moving time-lapses and one of Canada’s most serene regions, and you have one of my favourite Sunday Canadian Travel Video’s yet. Created by the incredibly talented MILapse, this video will blow the socks off you. Muskoka, Ontario boasts over 1,600 lakes, and some of…

  • Cross Canada Video Tour: Halifax

    Cross Canada Video Tour: Halifax

    Filming has always intrigued me. There’s some superb travel bloggers and travel vloggers out there shooting their travels, and coming back with some incredible footage. Kinda makes me wonder, if a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s the going rate for video? Unfortunately, video has never really been something I’ve put a lot of…

  • The Sunday Canadian Travel Video: Across Canada in 2 Minutes

    The Sunday Canadian Travel Video: Across Canada in 2 Minutes

    We’ve all had that weird feeling before, you know the one I’m talking about. You arrive at this new destination that you’ve been talking about for months, maybe even years. It could be a museum, a landmark, or a scenic drive. Then you see it. Chain stores, chain restaurantes, chain hotels, it’s like you can’t…