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Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

By //  by Katja Wulfers 3 Comments

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair opens its doors November 7, 2014 for the 92nd instalment of what has become a favourite Toronto tradition. The fair brings together the best of Canadian agricultural producers and animals, great food and chefs, as well as international level riders who compete for the top prizes in their respective fields. It runs November 7 – 16, 2014 with activities and competitions going on all day and well into the witching hours. People come to work hard and play hard at …

Filed Under: Canada, Family Fun, Ontario, Travel Tagged With: agriculture, cattle, chefs, competition, dogs, Fair, families, family outing, farm animals, farmers, farming, food, food competitions, fun, goats, Guy McLean, horse show, horses, Ontario, restaurants, Royal, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, sheep, show jumping, The Royal, top chefs, Toronto, Toronto tourism

ghost towns of Canada

Ghost Towns Of Canada

By //  by Katja Wulfers 15 Comments

For those of us who came of age during the Freddy Krueger and “Hollywood Chainsaw Hooker” era - I'm guessing the person who green-lit that movie is now working as the set designer for a musical comedy remake of Hamlet at a backwoods dinner theatre - we see shadows where there aren't any, and hear ghostly car radios playing from abandoned vehicles. Perhaps it’s a fascination with sad and eerie stories, or maybe the romance of exploring derelict ruins, but visits to the ghost towns of Canada have …

Filed Under: Canada, Travel Tagged With: Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, farming, fishing, forestry, ghost towns, horror movies, lumber, Manitoba, mining, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan

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