Category: Blog
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Award Recognition has Newspapers & Radio Talking
As you may have read, I Backpack Canada took home the award for “Best Travel Blog” at the recent GoMedia Marketplace, held in Toronto, Ontario. After arriving back in Halifax (and celebrating with a few friends) I found my inbox surprisingly full. It looks like my recent success had the bigwigs of News and Radio…
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iBackpackCanada wins Award for Best Travel Blog in Canada
Looks like I’m doing something right. I was just given the honour of receiving the award for Best Travel Blog in Canada by GoMedia2010 and the Canadian Tourism Commission. So I’m basically just basking in this surreal state of “Did that just happen?!” I’d love to stick a few photos up of me accepting the…
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i Backpack Canada nominated for the GoMedia2010 Best Travel Blog Award
This last week or so has been extremely exciting for me. I was recently notified that iBackpackCanada had been nominated by the Canadian Tourism Commission, alongside GoMedia2010 for the title of “Best Travel Blog”. Needless to say I was pretty gosh darn excited. As I read further down the email, I was told that because…
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2010 Canada Day in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Arriving back in Halifax only a couple days ahead of Canada Day after my 2 week stint in Saskatchewan, I hardly felt prepared when Canada Day arrived on my doorsteps. Despite my lack of preparations, I wasn’t going to fail my country. I was going to go out and have a grand ol’ time. My…
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Back in Saskatchewan: Roadtrip to Joe Cocker & Tom Petty
A jaunt, skip, and a couple flights through, and I found myself back in Saskatchewan, in the city that rhymes with fun (Regina). However greetings with my hometown were cut short. Within 24 hours of landing I found myself on a drunken roadtrip to Saskatoon with some old friends to see Joe Cocker & Tom…
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The Ultimate List of Summer Music festivals in Canada
Stone cold fact. Canadians know how to party. It’s been proven time and time again, and with any luck, should continue this way far beyond the time my bones turn to mush and my skin sags to old. One of the amazing things about Canada is the fact that no matter what time of day,…
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Vote for your favourite Getaway and Win with Westjet
Love contests? Love to travel? 18? Canadian? Good, consider yourself a candidate in winning one of eight paid vacations from Westjet. The Canadian Tourism Commission, along with Westjet and Localsknow.ca are sponsoring this unique contest called Gold Medal Getaway Contest. All you need to do, is vote on a submitted destination posted by some of the…
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Win a 16 Day trip across Canada with KD!
Gotta be KD Kraft Dinner has been a part of Canadian culture since the late 60’s, it’s found it’s way into just about every Canadians pantry at some point or another. It literally has become the King of all mac ‘n cheeses, and for you to dispute that is seen as treason in Canada, so tread lightly.…
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Montreal Bike Fest lighting up in June
Photo by carre23 – Each year in Montreal, locals and visitors flock to the streets for the world’s largest bike festival. Montreals bike festival includes a few different events, including Operation Bike-to-work, the Metropolitan Challenge, and Tour de l’Île de Montréal and one of the most popular and flashy events, Un Tour la Nuit, where…