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Canada's West Coast Ranks Tops in World-Travel and Leisure Magazine (2005)

Without a doubt, British Columbia has gained international travel and tourism status for the past 25 years becoming Canada's preferred travel destination. Vancouver Island was ranked number 1 in North America, and 6 th in the world. Two cities toped the rankings of Travel and Leisure Awards with top 10 North America rankings for both Vancouver (5), and Victoria (9). Two hotels on Vancouver Island also ranked in the top 10 in North America, Aeirie Resort, in Malahat, and the Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino. Honourable mentions go to The Wedgewood Hotel in Vancouver, the Sooke Harbour (Harbor) House, in Sooke on Vancouver Island, The Four Seasons Resort, and the Fairmont Chateau both in Whistler---all in the top 100 North American Hotels.

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Canada's Okanagan uncorked: An expanded spring wine festival
... HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA
Previously a four-day festival each May, the spring events have expanded. "We've now extended to 11 days to mirror the fall festival," said Blair Baldwin..

Gold & Silver For Bacchus At The Wedgewood Hotel.
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards Give Top Honours to Vancouver's Top Boutique Hotel

Vancouver BC, Already recognized as Vancouver's leading luxury boutique hotel the Relais & Chateaux Wedgewood Hotel & Spa just added a little more gold to its collection.

Snowmobile Manufacturers Serve Expanding Global Market
By BCSF Admin
The enthusiasm of these new snowmobilers is infectious and is being joined by favorable government and trade representatives who are helpful and interested in creating and nurturing a snowmobile-related tourism business in their own ...

Canadian Country Music Association Names Vancouver as the Host of ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... Minister of Tourism, Sports and the Arts, with a special award to commemorate Vancouver's successful bid for Canada's biggest week in country music. ...

Wedgewood Hotel & Spa Joins Relais & Châteaux
Vancouver's celebrated luxury boutique hotel set to join some of the finest for 2008. After 23 years in operation and numerous invitations by distinguished international hotel groups, Eleni Skalbania, owner & operator of Vancouver's Wedgewood Hotel & Spa is delighted to announce the selection of the Wedgewood to the prestigious Relais & Châteaux association, which is recognised as "The collection of the world's finest restaurants and hotels".

Northern Vintage: Canada's Wines Rise With Mercury
Wall Street Journal - USA
Wine and culinary tourism have taken off in the valley, and development has followed. Farmland has jumped to about $200000 an acre, from $5000 two decades ...

Good News For Travel and Tourism Industry Canadians will Vacation in Canada
The most popular destination province is Quebec, with 12 per cent of Canadians with travel plans saying they will travel there this summer. Ontario ranked ... Canadians Staying Close to Home for Summer Vacations, According to ..

Canadians are encouraged to get out and travel during Canada's National Tourism Week,
celebrating Canada's travel destinations, events, activities, accommodation, attractions and more.

Canada's New Government invests $5 million in Britannia Project EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
"The Britannia Project is another example of how Canada's New Government is stimulating economic growth for the region, which will lead
to new tourism and ...

Van Dongen meets Schwarzenegger Abbotsford News - Abbotsford,British Columbia,Canada
Although there is a lot of agricultural trade both ways and a big tourism industry both ways, van Dongen said "tourism from California to BC has not totally ...

Refreshing Fernie Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Both are growing and thriving with new housing developments, shops and restaurants, and it's all because of snow: light, airy, deep, blinding-white snow. ...

Dundas Collection coming to British Columbia
VICTORIA, BC, Jan. 9 /CNW/ - A collection of significant First Nations artifacts purchased at a New York auction last fall is coming to BC for exhibition this spring.
The first stop for the Dundas Collection of Pacific Northwest First Nations art will be the Museum of Northern BC, located in the traditional territory of the Tsimshian First Nations. The collection will be at the Prince Rupert museum, March 1 - April 14. Then it moves to the Royal BC Museum, April 27 - July 4.

Vancouver Chefs Share their secrets? Globe and Mail.
This article by Lucy Waverman is about shopping as much as shared culinary secrets,
however you get an insight to the luxury changes taking place in lotus land................

Wedgewood Cycling Team Gets Set For 2007! Further donation announced to the BC Cancer Foundation
racingThe Wedgewood Cycling Team held its year end banquet & AGM last night (December 2, 2006) and Cycling BC's Team of the Year for 2006 announced a further donation of $5,000 to the BC Cancer Foundation, taking the total raised by the team so far to over $100'000.

Yvonne Zacharias, Vancouver Sun Vancouver Sun (subscription) - British Columbia, Canada
Dig out the skis. Dust off the snowshoes. It's ski season in British Columbia. ... Travel from Vancouver: It takes about five hours. ...

British Columbia Selected as 2007 Golf Destination of the Year Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
VANCOUVER, Nov. ... Tourism British Columbia is a Crown corporation that operates under an industry ... For travel information please call
1-800-HelloBC(R) or visit www ...

Bacchus At The Wedgewood Hotel Wins Double Gold
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards Give Top Honours to Vancouver's Top Boutique Hotel

Vancouver BC, Already recognized as Vancouver's leading luxury boutique hotel, the Wedgewood Hotel just added a little more gold to its collection The 17th Annual Vancouver Restaurant Awards were handed out on Tuesday afternoon in downtown Vancouver and Bacchus Restaurant & Lounge was recognized with Gold for Best Bar /Lounge, Gold for Best Hotel Dining & Bronze for Best Formal French in Vancouver.

Adventure travel is for families, too B.C. Canada
... We're bushwhacking our way down a mountain on British Columbia's Coast Range, through muddy creek beds, stepping over fallen trees, ducking huge branches ...

FLOWER Count in Canada
... 27, residents of Victoria, Vancouver Island British Columbia, will descend on their ... Count is an annual promotion sponsored and organized by Tourism Victoria

CHEFS In The City(TM) To Award Over $60,000 In Student ... Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... and March 1. 100 high school students and cook apprentices in Toronto and the ... a real treat," says John Walker, Dean of the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism. ...

Wedgewood Cycling Team Takes On Canada's Fastest Race.Tour de Gastown becomes part of the Wedgewood Portfolio of events
Monday January 23rd 2006, Vancouver, BC Organization of Canada's fastest race the Tour de Gastown has been handed over to the Wedgewood Cycling Team as part of a three year deal that will see the race added to their list of great fundraising events for the BC Cancer Foundation.

MOUNTAIN centre dream unveiled Canmore Leader - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
... The group has already started discussions with potential key partners like Parks Canada, Kananaskis Country, Travel Alberta and tourism organizations for ...

BC Provincial Championships Awarded To The Westside Cycling Classic For 2006
Great Racing & Huge Number Of Race Fans Expected

Vancouver BC The Wedgewood Cycling Team are pleased to announce plans for the 2006 Westside Cycling Classic.

SNOWBOARD World Cup Hits Whistler-Blackcomb, BC slopes This .. PR Web (press release)
... "Fans of World Cup snowboarding who can't travel to Torino for the Winter ... The following weekend sees two Parallel GS events hosted at Le Relais, Quebec. ...

NEW Canadian science magazine experiments with young, curious ... Ottawa Sun - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
... interested in everything around them," says Mason, 42, who helps put together the magazine from her home in Tofino, a Vancouver Island tourism hot spot about ...

FEDERAL tourism agency opens here Monday Vancouver Sun (subscription) - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
... of political wrangling over the location of Canada's most important tourism marketing agency will end Monday when the Canadian Tourism Commission officially ...

TOURISM Vancouver Island recognized Parksville News and Weekender - Parksville,British Columbia,Canada
... leaders, finalists for the award included Tourism Vancouver Island's Stakeholder Business Model, the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat in Ontario, and Olivier ...

EXOTIC health care options growing Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack,British Columbia,Canada
... Then a new Vancouver clinic announced it was ... Burnaby-based service is marketing ?medical tourism? to BC ... Medsolutions, a hybrid of travel agency and surgery ...

SURVIVOR Vancouver: Beijing's latest TV hit Globe and Mail - Canada
... Originally, she had hoped to take Survival Challenge across Canada, and held talks with Ontario and Quebec tourism offices. But ...

A sky-high gondola looks to lift slumping Whistler Blackcomb Globe and Mail - Canada
... much," said Breton Murphy, a community-relations manager with Tourism Whistler, whose ... drop in hotel bookings to factors including a higher Canadian dollar, the ...

GOOD READS OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... by Val Mallinson and illustrated by Phil Frank (Avalon Travel, $19.95, 539 ... central parts of Oregon and Washington and the southwest corner of British Columbia. ...

Vancouver Snow Show Announces Dates Skipressworld -McMasterville, QC, Canada
...Annual} Show is scheduled for October 21-23 at Canada Place... equipment manufacturers and their newest gear, companies from the
travel/tourism and accommodation....

BC'S Central Coast has big fish and much more Vancouver Sun (subscription) - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
... resort village on Denny Island, in the midst of British Columbia's beautiful central ... to describe Shearwater, depending upon the direction you travel: to the ...

VANCOUVER ATTRACTION WELCOMES 750,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR
Capilano Suspension Bridge is Vancouver's oldest and most popular visitor attraction, welcoming 750,000 guests from around the world each year.

BCAA offers tips to avoid vehicle breakdowns in hot weather Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... With most of BC beginning to feel summer's heat, the British Columbia Automobile Association's ... and connect them with a team of automotive, travel and insurance ...

WHITE water rafting: Wet & wild adventure in Mother Nature's water ... I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... Travel writer Jane Cassie tours readers aboard a white water raft with Kumsheen Rafting in British Columbia in her latest travel story featured at www.Travel ...

5th Canadian International Composites Conference
NETCOMPOSITES, UK - ... will be held in the UBC Robson Square conference facilities in the heart of downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. There are numerous hotels in varying price ...

Starwood Breaks Ground on Both Westin and Sheraton Airport Hotels in the Greater Baltimore
Washington Area; Sheraton and Westin Begin Construction Side by Side! WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jul 14, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

FROM sea to green in BC Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... product," says Heather McGillivray of Tourism Victoria. ... about the only place in Canada where you ... Island Golf Trail, which offers travel
itineraries throughout ...

BIG-CITY Collett learns to enjoy the beauty of natureGeorgia Straight - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
... The picturesque ode to Canadian cottage country, "Parry Sound", was inspired by visits to the Georgian Bay getaway where his wife spent childhood summers. ...

BC lures bohemian thrill-seekers Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... to snag tickets on the Moose Travel Network tour bus before it had sold out. The national company does most of its business in British Columbia, a beacon for ...

GREATER Vancouver Bike Month Common Ground.ca - Canada
... From 10 am -- 4 pm at Science World, 1455 Quebec St., the Vancouver Electric Vehicle ... Long ride (24 km) will depart at and travel out to the Shell Road Trail ...
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Rare white bison born in B.C.Rare white bison born in B.C. CBC News FORT ST. JOHN, B.C
..... A buffalo rancher near Fort St. John in northeastern B.C. is bracing for scores of visitors following the recent birth of a rare white calf......

FROM field to table in fertile valley British Columbia's sunny
... San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA Cowichan Valley, British Columbi -- Mara Jernigan is in her kitchen chatting and chopping. ... "You can travel all over the world and eat at the best places ...

HAUTE Route Suffer Fest Skiing Magazine - USA
... the shells of their race boots to save a few grams-and travel to races ... to be included in the 2010 Olympic winter games in Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia. ...

HUNDREDS of streamkeepers to descend on Squamish Squamish Chief - Squamish,British Columbia,Canada
... Speakers and members will travel to Squamish from all over BC, as well as from ... Fish and wildlife clubs from all over British Columbia began to both restore and ...

Our "Thank You" gesture!!
Our renovations were finally completed on May 4th, 2005 and we want to extend our most sincere appreciation for your patience & understanding during this past year of upgrades and improvements.

Tougboat Rendevous “Experience Authentic Arts & Culture on the Sunshine Coast”
.....Summer is almost here and if your guests are about to arrive but you still have to work, here are some ideas on how they can get off the beaten trails to truly experience the relaxed and authentic West Coast lifestyle.....

Westside Cycling Classic Registration Now Live On Line. Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell & New Sponsors Join The Action
....Wedgewood Cycling Team is pleased to announced Navigators Insurance as the lead sponsor of the Westside Cycling Classic supported by AON Reed Stenhouse and Point Grey Village....

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