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Hyperlocal Travel: St. Jacobs Roadside Attraction – The Marble Art Quilt
Wawa, Ontario has The Canada Goose. Colborne has The Big Apple. Sudbury has The Big Nickel. Chances are you have a childhood photo, squinting into the sun, at one of […]
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Hyperlocal Travel: Get Outside, Safely
Honestly, I wasn’t sure there would be anything to say about local travel for this month’s column. As the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic became a stark reality around the […]
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Hyperlocal Travel: Be a Tourist in Your Own City
A 200-year-old Mennonite farmstead now surrounded by Kitchener’s urban core. A granite and limestone Scottish cottage in downtown Cambridge built in 1858. A ten-year-old city museum tucked in a suburban […]
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Hyperlocal Travel: Local Pocket Adventures with Charlotte Clarke
As the snow piled up on a Saturday afternoon Charlotte Clarke and I parked on Shakespeare Drive, just a few houses west of Coleridge Drive in Waterloo’s Beechwood neighbourhood. Clarke […]
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Hyperlocal Travel: Local Travel List for 2020
I just picked up a copy of “Explore Every Day” at Words Worth Books in Waterloo. It’s a brand new publication from Lonely Planet, the company synonymous with wanderlust-y travel […]
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Hyperlocal Travel: Get to Know North Dumfries
Tim Barrie pointed out at least five different products in his Cedardale Farm store that have a direct connection to his family history on their North Dumfries property. “Our kettle […]
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Hyperlocal Travel: Twilight Zoo
Here is October, with its early and suddenly dark evenings. Throw in the rustle of dry leaves and glossy shadows after an autumn rain, and the elements create a perfect […]
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Hyperlocal Travel: Eating your way through Wellesley
When something unique and one-of-a-kind comes around only once a year, I recommend putting it on your calendar, in ink, and guarding the day from other plans. There’s only one […]
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Hyperlocal Travel: Daytrippin’ to Six Nations of the Grand River
Summer is meant for road trips and this month I’m sending you on a learning journey to a place you might not have considered in your local travels: Six Nations […]
