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Natural slice of heaven winterizes

Fairmont Hot Springs

It was surprisingly quiet as the eight Alaskan Huskies and the sled they were pulling surged out of the forest and into an alpine meadow surrounded by snow-capped peaks of the Purcell Mountains.

 
 
 

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Iranian women

Warm welcome in Iran

When I announced to friends I was going to Iran, I was usually met with shocked silence, puzzled looks, and finally, "You're going where? Aren't you afraid?"


 

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anti-malaria medications

Bitten by the last-minute travel bug? Talk to a doctor

With travel bargains as common as Wall Street bailout packages, people are anxious to get to a beach, pronto, but that shouldn't be an excuse to forgo seeking pre-travel medical advice.


 
 
 
 

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Porter CEO Robert Deluce

Attacked at birth, Porter may get the last laugh

Robert Deluce, the CEO of Porter Airlines Inc., has earned the right to feel smug. The upstart Toronto-based airline was attacked at birth by unwelcoming city politicians, furious community activists and skeptical journalists, all of whom predicted Porter's imminent death. However, Deluce, the former presid


 
Snowmobile lessons

A yearning to ride, but no place to learn

As someone born and bred in Montreal, I wonder about something. I wonder why I have never heard anybody come into work on a Monday morning and say, "Wow, that was a great snowmobiling lesson I had on the weekend."


 
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The new zeal of New Zealand

I just got back from Aotearoa. Never heard of it? Well, that's what the kids are calling it these days. You might know it as New Zealand and New Zealand was what I signed up for when I booked my ticket. I expected a sort of Australia-lite with dashes of Mordor, Rivendell and Hobbiton thrown in. What I exper


 
Aegean, Turkey

Aegean Coast in Turkey provides low-cost variety

Inexpensive rental properties make the area an attractive destination with an abundance of beaches, historical sites and a variety of other attractions


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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