Between May and September, Iceland is not the cold and foreboding place that the name would suggest. This may be one of the most northerly countries in...
Amazingly, elephant dung often contains large thorns that have passed through a pachyderm’s digestive...
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Of cars, birds and boats in Durham Sun May 04, 2008
Watching the warblers return -- Being a birder with more enthusiasm than experience, I was delighted to learn about Thickson's Woods, the last remnant of old growth pine forest on Lake Ontario's...
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Big Macs as a guide to travel Tue Apr 29, 2008
If you are a travel cheapskate looking to score a great deal on your next vacation, don't start your search by cruising the local travel section in the Saturday newspaper -- start at McDonald's....
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How to go green Tue Apr 22, 2008
It’s tough being an environmentalist with a travel bug.
I've vowed not to visit some parts the world because there is no environmentally responsible way of doing so.
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Enjoy Copenhagen, day and night Tue Apr 15, 2008
Travel to some of the world’s great cities and you start to wonder why we “don’t do it that way back home.”
Why can’t we eat fish out of the lakes and rivers of our urban...
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Great Little Duck Race draws big crowd WHITBY -- More than 4000 rubber ducks raced in Lynde Creek at D Hillier park on Saturday in the annual Great Little Duck Race. Bob the Duck, Whitby This Week race mascot, put his training to good use as he raced towards the finish line. Michelle Faulkner files this report.