Travel

Fireworks may light up the sky, but it’s the gleam in a festival-goer’s eye that best captures the spirit of America’s most peculiar summer traditions. On July 4th, while big cities thunder with parades and pageantry, small towns across the country stage a different kind of spectacle—where aliens, manure, and the humble toilet steal the […]

There’s a peculiar thrill in stepping across the invisible border between Toronto’s urban sprawl and the small towns that seem determined—through sheer force of will and possibly a clandestine committee of grandmothers—to remain utterly themselves. From the moment one’s shoes meet cobblestone or lakeside boardwalk, the air thickens with nostalgia and the scent of freshly

There’s a simple truth every Barrie resident knows: when summer arrives, you grab it by the lapels and make it count. For anyone craving adventure, the Visit Ottawa Pass is the golden ticket to ‘summer time fun time’—a concept best understood when your calendar fills up with museums, water taxis, and, crucially, BeaverTails. The Visit

Picture this: a family from Barrie, shoes still scented faintly of Kempenfelt Bay, wandering through London’s museum corridors as wide-eyed as kids in a sweet shop, and just as likely to get lost. Few places knit the threads of travel and history together quite like London’s museums. For Canadian families in search of adventure, these

One might reasonably ask why, given the option of a lazy weekend in Barrie, anyone would voluntarily pack a car with sunhats, sandwiches, and a questionable playlist, only to drive north in search of somewhere even more tranquil. The answer, as ever, is Georgian Bay—a region whose towns possess enough small-town charm to make even

Now, I’ve had a good natter with fellow Barrie folk over a Timmies, and the general consensus when thinking of a Spanish jaunt often leans towards the sun-drenched coasts or perhaps the bustling metropolises like Madrid or Barcelona. But let me tell you, there’s a rather splendid alternative tucked away in the Basque Country that

Heading north for a holiday weekend should be about relaxation, not gridlock. Yet, the reality of planned roadwork often intersects precisely with these peak travel times, creating frustrating commute delays and forcing residents and visitors alike to rethink their routes. Right now, significant Highway 400 closures and Bradford roadwork are set to impact travel, particularly