When I was a kid in school and we had to write an essay about our “favourite Canadian Hero”, I picked the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Tag: Canada150
My Canada, 76/150: Flying in style
Porter Airlines has dragged flying back into a zone of pleasantry from the outright horribleness of modern air travel.
My Canada, 75/150: Of paska and pysanky
“Paska is a round shaped Easter bread, much richer than ordinary bread.” Pysanky are ornately decorated eggs.
My Canada, 74/150: Eggs-ellent
Egg farming is approaching a billion-dollar annual industry in Canada, today.
My Canada, 73/150: The bread of life
Canadians have played a big role on the modern wheat stage.
My Canada, 72/150: Rooting for rhubarb
On the fruit harbinger of Canadian spring that’s really a vegetable – and two recipes to try out.
My Canada, 71/150: The 100-mile food challenge
Whether you consider it groundbreaking or granola flaky, you can praise/blame a couple Canadians for the “100 Mile Diet” phenomenon.
My Canada, 70/150: Hopping to it
It becomes part of the fun of travel, these days, to try the local beer and perhaps bring some home as a memory.
