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Things to Do in Canada 236
St. John's
Good morning!
Did you know? The first Wednesday of August (today) is celebrated as Royal St. John’s Regatta Day in Newfoundland & Labrador, marking an exciting event. The Royal St. John's Regatta is North America's oldest annual sporting event, dating back to at least 1818. The races of 1818 were held on September 22 to coincide with the 57th anniversary of King George III's official coronation on September 22, 1761. Today, the races are held on Quidi Vidi Lake. And this is where it gets interesting.
Unlike most public holidays, this one is determined by the weather. If weather and wind conditions are not suitable for the races, the event and the holiday are postponed until the next suitable day. Considering the event takes place just after the party-heavy George Street Festival, it has led to the term “Regatta Roulette” when people go out partying the night before and hope that the weather is good enough for a day off.
Honestly, it sounds fun, just like the destination itself.
Despite being known as the foggiest, windiest, and cloudiest city in North America, St. John’s is one of our favourite places to explore.
Learn more about North America’s Easternmost city in the 236th edition of the Weekly Goose!
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From getting screeched in on infamous George Street to visiting Signal Hill National Historic Site, check out our video to see what St. John’s is really like!
Beaver Bites
While security is important, I think we can all agree that we hate taking off our shoes at the airport. Well, it looks like that may finally end. Canada has said it will abandon this requirement soon.
From investing more in our military to space tech, we’re happy to see Canada going in this direction. Take Toronto-based startup NordSpace, for example, which is scheduled to launch the country’s first-ever commercial rocket mission next month from Newfoundland. The company’s Taiga spacecraft was manufactured entirely in Canada using Canadian parts and is just one part of the plan to have monthly rocket launches carrying Canadian satellites to space by 2030.
It only makes sense that two pizza chefs from the country that invented Hawaiian Pizza (yes, Canada) have cracked the world’s top 100 list.
No one likes wasting money, do they? Here are 5 frequent mistakes travellers make that drain their wallets.
Tourism is booming in Halifax, which, as always, is raising the cost of living for locals.
Speaking of tourism in Halifax, maybe all the recent Great White Shark encounters will scare them away?
As one of the most popular destinations in Vancouver, we’re happy to see the new $54-million upgrade to Vancouver’s Granville Street Bridge finally open to the public. Designed to provide a safer and more accessible pedestrian and cyclist connection on the bridge, the improvement features a widened sidewalk and bi-directional bike lane on the bridge’s west side, along with a new, widened pedestrian walkway on the east side.
The Toronto Blue Jays (Canada’s only MLB team) are enjoying a record year, which is translating to higher ticket prices and a packed stadium.
Just for Fun
We’ve always been inspired by this story of a young Canadian who traded his way from a paper clip to a house in Saskatchewan.
This new survey found that Québec is the happiest province in Canada.
This Australian woman is walking the length of the Earth and is set to arrive in Canada soon, after travelling more than 22,000 km across 12 countries.
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