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Autumn comes to Clear Lake

Just because summer has ended doesn't mean that vacation time is over. The six weeks from Labour Day to Thanksgiving offer up some fantastic weather, stunning fall scenery, great deals and no lineups at the ice-cream stand. It's the perfect time to head to Riding Mountain National Park for a last hurrah. Updated 2:43 PM 10/04/08

1. King of the Castle

   The ultimate escape. It's something most of us fantasize about. What would yours be? Updated 1:36 PM 09/20/08

2. Vancouver -- Still the best

   VANCOUVER -- It's 10:30 on a wonderfully warm Sunday night on Robson Street, just off the heart of the city. Updated 4:16 PM 09/06/08

3. Prairie haven

   MOOSE JAW -- In the 1920s Prohibition-era, Moose Jaw, or "Little Chicago," was reputed to be the choice destination of notorious gangsters like Chicago bootlegger Al Capone. Updated 4:10 PM 08/11/08

4. A seafood tour of Toronto

   TORONTO -- As a resident of one of the most land-locked places on the planet, one of the first things I do in a larger, more cosmopolitan city is scope out the fish and seafood options. Updated 3:53 PM 08/11/08

5. Offbeat attractions on Vancouver Island

   This summer, a flock of urban escapers will make Vancouver Island their home-free zone. Updated 12:25 AM 08/09/08

6. UNESCO adds 27 sites to World Heritage list

   QUEBEC -- Baha'i holy places in Israel, the Monarch butterfly biosphere reserve of Mexico, and the historic centre of Camaguey, a Spanish colonial town in Cuba first settled in 1528, are among the new sites added to the UNESCO World Heritage list. Updated 12:35 AM 08/02/08

7. A great vacation, down on the farm

   It's hard to imagine a family vacation where a big draw for children is doing chores. Updated 1:34 PM 07/19/08

8. White-knuckle whitewater

   I'm standing in a wetsuit on the bank of the Madawaska River in the Ottawa Valley, talking to myself. Updated 9:10 AM 07/19/08

9. Ucluelet -- hard to say, harder to forget

   Ucluelet, B.C. -- Let's start with the name no one knows how to pronounce. Ucluelet. That's U-clue-let. Not Uck-loo-let. Not Ew-koo-let. And definitely not, as one Texan tourist was gently reminded recently, U-sel-lutt. Updated 12:25 AM 07/12/08

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