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Funding the Future in South Asia
Kids at the Children of the Forest School. Vancouver’s Nina Bains Cassils and her husband John love to travel. But they want to be more than tourists. That’s why, after visiting developing countries in...
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Making Time for Thailand
Children in an Imagine Thailand care program. Kelowna couple Ryan and Meagan Detwiller had a goal to give back. In 2006, they started to make their dream a reality: they launched a personal blog and...
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Dispatch From Cambodia (#3): If I Had a Rocket Launcher
Recently researchers working along the Thai-Cambodian border made an alarming discovery that the parasite that causes malaria was showing signs of resistance to Artemisinin which is known to be one of...
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Dispatches From Cambodia (#5): Last Call At The Hospital
Pam Stevens radio personality from Vancouver is travelling through South-East Asia. She is currently volunteering at Ankor Hospital in Cambodia. The country is winding down its rainy season which has...
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The 2 O’Clock: Ernie Banks jams with Pearl Jam, and Peter King knocks it out...
Roberto Luongo getting invited to Team Canada’s Olympic orientation camp and a new royal baby … on the same day? Breathe, McDonald, breathe. Anyway, it’s true. Both are true. But if you are Bobby Lou...
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Rihanna’s tweets shut down Thai sex show
Police in Thailand have arrested a bar owner on the resort island of Phuket and charged him with violating obscenity laws after they read tweets by the pop singer Rihanna describing naked dancing...
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Cycling Around The World
I am now half way around the Earth by bicycle. Half way is always a milestone in most ultra distance adventures. Although at this point you realize how hard it was and far it was to get to this...
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Cycling South Across Thailand
I am currently cycling around the World from Vancouver. This segment I am currently crossing Thailand from Burma south through Thailand and Malaysia and on to Singapore. In Bangkok I will cycle into...
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Thailand: Cycling Around The World
Chiang Mai Dispatch from Chiang Mai, Thailand. From here by road my global cycle is heading south towards Bangkok and Singapore. Chiang Mai is located 700 km north of Bangkok. It is the fifth largest...
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Chiang Mai to Bangkok: Cycling The Globe
Crossing the mountains south of Chiang Mai was tough. The closer we get to the equator the hotter and more humid it gets. Climbing is particularly draining in high heat and humidity. The jungle does...
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Cycling Across Thailand: Circling The World By Bike
After leaving the extremely busy city of Bangkok and its 10 million people we cycle head south towards Singapore. Typical Distance Each Day The first noticeable difference was the obvious reduced...
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Cycling The Globe: Railay Beach Thailand
After cycling roughly 800 km (500 miles) south from Bangkok I arrived in Phuket. This was the area hit by the Tsunami in 2004. I crossed over to this side from the Gulf of Thailand because of the...
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Hockey in Bangkok
So I am cycling around the World and happen to be riding across Thailand last month on my way to Singapore. I get an email from a Canadian that is following my journey, which is not unusual. The...
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The Bandits: My Cycle Around The World
Cycle halfway around the Earth on your bike and you’ll see some amazing things. When I’m not working as a firefighter, I take my vacation and head out on another leg of my quest to cycle all the way...
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Update: In Bangkok on the way to Cambodia
Update; I have made it as far as Bangkok. I am in a hotel room now. So far, so good. The flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong was long, 12 1/2 hours but great. I got upgraded and had a lie flat...
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Chilean Cyclist Juan Francisco Guillermo Killed
Juan Francisco Guillermo, a Chilean cyclist, almost completed a global cycling record when he was killed in Thailand. Picture: Bangkok Post He overcame 795 flats, 328 tubes and 120,000 km, but could...
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Vancity Buzz’s City Happenings – 1,000 foot long Slide, Lego Movie and...
Tickets go on sale for 1,000-foot-long Slide the City in North Vancouver The first slate of tickets for this summer’s massive 1,000-foot-long slip-and-slide in North Vancouver are now on sale. The...
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Canada’s rugby sevens route to Rio crystallizes a touch more as European...
A few days late on this but it’s confirmed: Russia, Germany and Ireland are the latest teams to qualify for next summer’s Global Repechage tournament. The trio finished in the top three spots of last...
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Silent Rainforest Collection Is Ethical And Sustainable – VFW
“Today is my second Thursday,” said Zuhal Kuvan-Mills of Green Embassy fashion designs. Artist, designer, and eco-fashion activist, Zuhal is here for Vancouver Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2016, to show...
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Blacktail Restaurant + Lounge – One Of Gastown’s Best
On a visit to Blacktail Restaurant + Lounge my heart warmed as I spoke with the chefs. They are Calgary, Alberta boys, born and bred in a province that respects the beef, short growing seasons, and...
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