Our first date was a rainy stroll through the familiar woods of our shared Vancouver suburb. Just three weeks later, we were hiking together along the sun-drenched coast of France.
When Colin and I connected on a dating app in spring 2024, I was about to leave for a month in Nice — a solo trip on which I had planned to flirt with Frenchmen. But I was dazzled by sparkly feelings the moment we met, and I quickly started to rethink those plans…
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Condor Airlines may be best known as the number-one leisure airline in Germany, but the brand has its sights firmly set on the Canadian market.
“We’ve been adding a little bit of capacity to Canada every year,” said Mikko Turtiainen, Director of Sales, The Americas. Travelweek spoke to Turtiainen in Vancouver, where he was meeting with media and the social team at YVR to increase local awareness of the brand…
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It’s the quintessential Canadian experience: packing up the car and heading out into the wild. But expectations can clash with reality when popular outdoor destinations are crowded, especially when other hikers and campers are noisy and there’s a lineup for the best views.
Just a few hours’ drive from Toronto or Ottawa, Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a completely different kind of getaway. With more than 65,000 square kilometres of territory and 22,000 lakes, there’s plenty of room to breathe in untouched landscapes where you can really connect with nature and disconnect from everything else…
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Summer is here, and that means it’s time to play outside! The aptly named Water and Dirt Festival in the Ottawa Valley celebrates this spirit of outdoor adventure over two packed weeks in August, pairing adventures on the region’s many lakes, rivers and trails with great food, live music and community spirit—with a healthy dose of competition thrown into the mix…
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As days get longer and evenings get warmer, summer is the perfect season to gather and enjoy great food with family and friends.
Here are five easy ways to elevate your outdoor entertaining game this summer with Save-On Foods’ Summer Guide, featuring Western Family products…
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Puerto Vallarta is a perennial favourite destination for Canadians, but new air routes and an increased focus on authentic cultural experiences are changing travel patterns within Mexico’s Jalisco State.
“The Canadian market has been extremely important for Jalisco for a long time,” said Michelle Fridman, Secretary of Tourism of Jalisco. “We receive so many Canadians to Puerto Vallarta, but we are seeing more and more Canadians exploring the rest of the state.”
Travelweek connected with Fridman in Vancouver, where she was meeting with tour operators, airlines and other trade partners…
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I kept hearing the same question in the days leading up to the grand opening of The Overhang at Malahat SkyWalk: “Are you going to do it?”
I seem to lack whatever self-preservation instinct triggers a fear of heights, so for me, there was no question—I would absolutely be one of the first visitors to step out into the first-of-its-kind glass viewing cube at the very top of the SkyWalk’s Spiral Tower. It’s not every day that you get the chance to stand 250 metres above sea level with only six centimetres of glass between your feet and the water and forest views below…
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Launching a new hotel is never a completely smooth process – especially when that hotel is a 487-room resort opening after a 2.5-year renovation of an existing property. The Secrets Mirabel Cancun Resort & Spa, which opened in November 2025 in the Cancun Hotel Zone, is no exception…
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More than 100 kilometres long and up to 150 metres deep, Kootenay Lake is the largest natural lake in southern British Columbia. Lined by six welcoming communities and surrounded by two towering mountain ranges, this massive glacier-carved watershed is the perfect place to embrace lake life this summer—no matter what that looks like for you…
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It was a milestone moment in Vancouver last week as the Seabourn Encore made its maiden call during a seven-day sailing to Juneau, marking the start of the cruise line’s 2026 Alaska season.
The nine-year-old ship will sail weekly between the two destinations until September, when it will cross the Pacific and spend seven months in Asia before returning to Vancouver next spring.
At just 690 feet in length and 92 feet in width, the 600-guest luxury ship can reach remote areas and travel narrow waterways throughout its West Coast sailings…
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