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Explore New Zealand
As I tumbled down the mountainside in a gigantic beach ball filled with water, feeling somewhat like I was in a washing machine, it occurred to me that there had to be a better way to experience New Zealand.
U.S. hotel rates expected to drop 1.8%
U.S. hotel room prices are expected to drop a total of 8.8 per cent in 2009 compared to 2008 and will continue creeping down in 2010, though at a much slower rate, according to the 2010 lodging forecast from PricewaterhouseCoopers Hospitality&Leisure Practice.
Volunteers
Volunteer Centre of Southeastern New Brunswick Inc. has over 150 agencies registered with volunteer opportunities. For more information, call 869-6905 or visit www.volunteergreatermoncton.com.
Beaverbrook Art Gallery still an N.B. treasure
If you want to see some of the finest art in the world you don't need to visit New York, London or Paris -- a small but prestigious gallery in New Brunswick may be just what you're looking for.
Colonial coffeehouse to open in Williamsburg
Don't expect soy lattes or Internet access for your laptop, but your next visit to Colonial Williamsburg could include a stop in a coffeehouse.
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Reunions
Looking for all former CNAs who graduated from Camphill (DVA) School or Nursing Assistant in Halifax N.S. We are planning a reunion 2010.
What's up
Boiestown Ladies Auxiliary is holding its Christmas Bazaar today from 2-6 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Supper to follow.
Should you be shocked?
Small town conservatism meets big city glitz in the latest Hairy Tease production, aptly titled The Mind with the Dirty Man.
Big Bird still at home on Sesame Street
Big Bird is leaving Sesame Street!
Avante-garde Berlin art showcased in Montreal
Berlin Wall to Wall, an event being staged next month in Montreal and Quebec City, is described by organizers as "an excursion into the heart of Berlin's avant-garde art and culture."
Ski.com rates lists 'most affordable' resorts
Ski.com has come up with a list of what it calls the '10 most affordable ski resorts', including Whistler-Blackcomb, B.C., site of the Winter Olympics. They are:
Volunteers
Volunteer Centre of Southeastern New Brunswick Inc. has over 150 agencies registered with volunteer opportunities. For more information, call 869-6905 or visit www.volunteergreatermoncton.com.
Exhibits showcase DaVinci's work
Cities around the U.S. are in da Vinci mode with shows about Leonardo da Vinci's work.
Soviet past lives on in Trans-Dniester
Soaring statues of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, portraits of the city's most productive workers adorning a square, red flags fluttering in the wind during a Communist demonstration.
Travellers 'make a difference' in volunteer projects
Caring for orphans in India, restoring a medieval village in France or helping autistic children on Vancouver Island.
Washington's Newseum a news junkie's dream
The facade of Washington's newest museum, the Newseum, has the 45 words of the United States First Amendment engraved on a massive 23-metre-high slab of Tennessee marble facing Pennsylvania Ave.
4-D documentary offers 'wartime experience'
Actor Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the new film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," now playing at the United States' National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
Stephen Colbert sponsors speedskaters
Imagine the possibilities for this strange new relationship between Stephen Colbert and America's speedskaters.
What's up
Pays du Cocagne Sustainable Development Group Inc. is holding mini-workshop on ecologically-friendly ways to landscape your yard today from 9-11:30 a.m. at Ecole Blanche-Bourgeois.
N.B. hauntings part of Acadian storytelling tradition
The Halloween season always seems to pique interest in the ghosts and ghouls that may be living in our midst.
Reunions
Camp Hill RNA School of Nursing is holding a class reunion for all graduates in August 2010. For more information, call 902-883-7233.
Volunteers
Volunteer Centre of Southeastern New Brunswick Inc. has over 150 agencies registered with volunteer opportunities. For more information, call 869-6905 or visit www.volunteergreatermoncton.com.
Get the most from your ski trip
A few ski areas have already opened both in the West and the East.
Go back in time to gunfights of the Old West
Wyatt Earp's boots crunched on the baked desert earth as he, Marshal Virgil Earp, Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday strode past Bauer's butcher shop and the Pagago cash store toward the O.K. Corral and their date with destiny.
Tipsy Viking statue needs repair or replacement
A Viking statue that stands in a Manitoba Icelandic community is listing to one side and needs to be repaired or even replaced.
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