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In search of sloths in Costa Rica

November 13, 2017by Jennifer Allford Leave a comment

Toronto Star, Oct 17 2017: NEAR ESTRADA, COSTA RICA-I have no idea why we’re pulling over. The guide behind the wheel just grins as we jump out at the side […]

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travel, Uncategorized

Becoming Anne: PEI’s superhero

November 13, 2017by Jennifer Allford Leave a comment

Toronto Star, Oct 11, 2017: BORDEN-CARLETON, P.E.I.-I expect the little girl in fake red braids to collapse in giggles as she poses as Anne of Green Gables in the gift […]

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travel, Uncategorized

Every day is a snow day at Quebec City’s Carnaval

November 13, 2017by Jennifer Allford Leave a comment

Toronto Star, Sept 1, 2017: QUEBEC CITY-When you’re in Quebec City for Carnaval, you can’t help but think about snow days when you were a kid. Remember when you’d pull […]

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Long weekend in Halifax

November 13, 2017by Jennifer Allford Leave a comment

Toronto Star, March 29, 2017: HALIFAX, N.S.-Halifax is built on a little hill that rolls up from the second largest natural harbour in the world to the Halifax Citadel, the […]

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Gone crabbin’

October 14, 2017by Jennifer Allford Leave a comment

Toronto Star, March 29, 2017 PORT JOLI, N.S.-Nova Scotia’s warm south shore is famed for beaches, surfing and the Bluenose II, but there’s a new game in town — rowing across […]

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The beauty of the Bluenose

October 14, 2017by Jennifer Allford Leave a comment

Toronto Star, March 29, 2017 LUNENBURG, N.S.-I can’t stop humming Farewell to Nova Scotia as the Bluenose II leaves port on a warm August morning. The sun bounces off the red buildings that line […]

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Feeling the buzz in Bisbee

October 14, 2017by Jennifer Allford Leave a comment

Toronto Star, Feb 22, 2017: BISBEE, ARIZ.-The first thing you see driving into Bisbee is a big, boastful white B on the side of a mountain. Then you see the tunnel. As […]

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Paddling Jasper’s Pyramid Lake

October 14, 2017by Jennifer Allford Leave a comment

Toronto Star, Feb 9, 2017: JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALTA.—I guess the five-minute refresher on how to paddle a canoe really worked. We move across Pyramid Lake almost fast enough to […]

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October 14, 2017by Jennifer Allford Leave a comment

Toronto Star Feb 8, 2017: CALGARY, ALTA.-Coming home from a week in Japan required quite an adjustment. Sure, I had to get my head around the fact I arrived back […]

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Speeding through Japan

October 14, 2017by Jennifer Allford 1 Comment

Toronto Star Feb 8, 2017: MIYA, JAPAN-If you blink you’d miss it. The train goes screaming through the station like, well, a bullet. We try to snap pictures as the […]

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