Archive for November, 2009

If ya gotta live abroad, ya wanna live in Canada

If ya gotta live abroad, ya wanna live in Canada.
The don of social media, Guy Kawasaki, just tweeted a Holy Kaw blog post about the HSBC Expat Experience Survey that names Canada as the best place in the world to be an expat:
“Expats in Canada reported the highest overall increase in their quality of life [...]

Where to stop on the way to Whistler: Galileo Coffee Company

I’m heading up to Whistler, BC for Cornucopia this weekend. There was a (very recent) time when that drive from Vancouver was so long and hair-raising–all those white-knuckle twists and turns–that it was necessary to take a break halfway just to gather your wits.
Now with all the pre-Olympic improvements to Highway 99 you get to Whistler [...]

Canada blooms with poppies on Remembrance Day, November 11

I was visiting Montreal, Quebec last November when an American tourist stopped me on the street and asked, “Why is everyone wearing those little red flowers on their coats?”
Until then I hadn’t realized that in North America, the tradition of wearing a poppy as a remembrance of the horrors of war was unique to Canada.
Since [...]