FestivalSeeker Stories

Mind. Blown. Did you know that in the middle of the Pacific Northwest there’s a 50-kilometre long island with the only paved runway in the Gulf Islands?

I doubt there will be many times in our life that we can shout, “Happy Sesquicentennial!” so we better practice saying it without stumbling over our lips. Happy Ses - qui – cen – tennial. Easy.

Feet raw from a hot afternoon of barefoot dancing, I dipped my toes into the cool flowing waters of the Tawatinaw River. Behind me, the band played on.

Vancouver Island can be known for it's moody, grey winters, but spring has sprung and the sunshine is out in full force.

Celebrating the days of the voyageurs, canoe enthusiasts will retrace the paddle strokes of David Thompson's 1867 route - and the Centennial Voyageurs who also did it in 1967.

There you are, in line at the gate waiting to get into the music festival and suddenly you see what everyone else is toting.

Getting out on the water is always a fantastic way to experience a place, especially when its nickname is the Harbour City, and you’re in a 12-person bathtub.

Tiny, glittering flakes of fine ore dance through my daughter’s fingers as we sit on a secluded bank along the Fraser River near Valemount, B.C.

Eating a roasted pig’s eye after watching the giant tires of a competitor’s truck roll over the side of your vehicle mid-race has to be one of the more stomach-churning insults ever added to near-i

It had been more than two decades ago since I’d picked up a musical instrument – a stint playing a saxophone for a few semesters in junior high.

Nanaimo’s history could be summed up with just a few words: “Bathtubs and Black Stones,” which is fittingly the name of a musical review and stage performance coming up this summer.

Plaid Goat Mountain Bike Fest is set to become a no brainer in early summer because it promises to be not only packed with rad mountain bike rides but also liquid – and local – refreshment.

Waterton National Park is best known for its dramatic scenery, sparkling blue lakes, and abundant wildlife, but did you know it has a food festival?

Clarence Buchanan likes to tell the story about how two women walk into Wood Buffalo Brewing Company and each order a Coors Lite.

http://www.pc.gc.ca/rockymountainhouse It was a smorgasbord of “Canadiana,” if there ever was one.