Travel
Kelowna always ripe for celebration
By Medicine Hat News on September 29th, 2018
Mansoor Ladha Special to the News “Cheers, Cheers, Cheers” is a battle cry of people you’ll hear everywhere you go in Kelowna, B.C., Canada’s wine capital. Every pub, lounge, winery or restaurant you visit in Kelowna, you are bound to hear the clinking of the glasses as Kelowna is the place where locals and tourists ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Your Travels: Meeting Stanley and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
By Medicine Hat News on September 22nd, 2018
Marilyn Krause We were on a recent visit to Toronto and among our list of things to do were the CN Tower, watch a Blue Jays home game and of course visit the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hockey Hall of Fame is celebrating its 75/25 anniversary this year. (75 years since it’s inception and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Now is Kamloops’ time for growth
By Medicine Hat News on September 15th, 2018
Mansoor Ladha Special to the News Kerry Wiebe, an Albertan cowboy turned entrepreneur, is a great promoter of Kamloops. He is the best public relations entrepreneur and promoter of Kamloops that the city can have. A staunch advocate of Kamloops, he believes quite emphatically that the time for the B.C. city of 90,000 people, has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New York City on a full moon
By Medicine Hat News on September 8th, 2018
Steve MacNaull Special to the News The full moon is auspicious. Perched at a corner table bordering the wall of windows on the 35th floor of Asiate restaurant with the view spilling out to Columbus Circle and Central Park, the lunar illumination can only spell good luck. I’d already jogged effortlessly in Central Park, New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Your Travels: Try your luck in Nevada’s other gambling city
By Medicine Hat News on August 18th, 2018
Ernest Fode Reno Nevada was the first stop on my recent summer road trip through northern Nevada and California. Reno, sometimes referred to as a poor man’s Las Vegas, is better known by its famous tourist slogan as being “the biggest little city in the world.” This area was first settled in 1858 when a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A hidden gem nestled in the Cypress Hills
By Medicine Hat News on August 11th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Driving east along the Trans-Canada highway from Medicine Hat, wheat and cornfields make up much of the landscape. As you drive closer to the border where Alberta meets Saskatchewan, a quick right turn off the highway soon brings you to a nature lover’s paradise. When the plains begin to rise and fall ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous tourism booming in B.C.
By Medicine Hat News on July 21st, 2018
Mansoor Ladha Special to the News Leslie McGarry represents five generations of her family passionate about bringing cultural awareness and promoting her heritage. Her legacy began with her great, great grandfather, George Hunt who worked with anthropologist, Franz Boaz to record the cultural heritage and practices of her people, Kwakwaka’wakw. Her credentials even go further ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All aboard the Marrakech Express
By Medicine Hat News on July 7th, 2018
Steve MacNaull Special to the News With a psychedelic pop soundtrack playing in our heads, my wife and I board the train to Marrakech in Casablanca. In three-and-a-half hours we’ll see if Morocco’s interior oasis city lives up to the melodic promises made famous by Crosby, Stills and Nash in the 1969 hit “Marrakech Express.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vibrant Victoria spreads royal carpet to visitors
By Medicine Hat News on June 23rd, 2018
Mansoor Ladha Special to the News As someone born on an exotic island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, a visit to Victoria, British Columbia, an island city, has brought lots of memories and fascinated me with plenty of similarities during a recent visit. Described as “very British,” it specializes in royal glamour and English charm, combined with seafront ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A brew-haha in Sacramento
By Medicine Hat News on June 9th, 2018
Steve MacNaull Special to the News It’s a most undignified way to roll up to former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s favourite restaurant. We arrive at Lucca, in Sacramento’s leafy Midtown, hooting and hollering on one of those 15-person party bikes that resembles a bar on wheels. Usually, Sac Brew Bike’s tours hit rambunctious pubs. But, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tiny Tempe offers a tantalizing lifestyle
By Medicine Hat News on May 19th, 2018
Mansoor Ladha Special to the News Bordered by Phoenix (population 1.6M) on the west, Scottsdale (265,645) on the north, Chandler (247,477)on the south and Mesa (484,587)on the east, Tempe (182,598) is comparatively less known city in Arizona. It’s greatest name to fame is having the largest main campus of Arizona State University (ASU) with more ... Read More »
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