Calgary, Canada Travel News

Does Canada need a world-class autobahn? Transportation expert Wendell Cox investigates the issue in a new study, Creating A World Class Highway System for the Nation.

Finding yourself showered with the attentions of an exotic foreign man can be very heady.

The quarter moon danced across the Sea of Cortez, nudging the tiny waves along until they folded onto the sand beach.

Ifind it most interesting to chat with successful business people to find out what took them into their careers--often they don't tally with their chosen education paths.

Photograph by: John Lucas, edmontonjournal.com Many hotels in Alberta suffered a summer tourism slump, a new report has revealed.

High Country House Bed and Breakfast in Bragg Creek takes pride in its homemade jams, cookies, hollandaise sauce, granola and locally bought organic products.

There are no bells at Bishop Carroll High School ushering students onto their next class.

A pedestrian walks past a holiday sale sign in the window of the Lammle's Western Wear store in downtown Calgary in early December.

UPS Freight today announced improved transit times from western Canada to points across the United States.

Endurance athletes Greg Kolodziejzyk of Calgary and Jordan Hanssen of Seattle, WA will attempt a nautical circumnavigation of Vancouver Island, piloting the custom-designed, pedal-powered boat Within on its first long-distance ocean voyage.

American Christina Lagdameo now lives in India, studying yoga at the Sthalam 8, an ashtanga vinyasa yoga shala in Mysore, India.

Korea National Oil Corp. a s agreement to buy Harvest Energy Trust for a 37 percent premium may be followed by more deals for Canadian energy companies as crude prices continue to rise, investors said.

How things have changed. In May 2004 an article in The Economist raised the issue of $40 US oil causing problems in the world economy, especially for oil consuming countries because it was too high.

Palau, a nation of sparsely populated Pacific Islands surrounded by turquoise waters, may become the next luxury tourist hotspot because of a crop of high-end resorts being built.

Families will continue to go on vacations this year, but the trend is towards shorter stays closer to home.

The hunt for Harry continues. Prince Harry and Calgary bartender Cherie Cymbalisty had a reservation for a private room at a local lounge Saturday, said the establishment's manager.

Stop the rat race, I want out! More than a third of Canadians who answered a survey said the recession has caused them to re-evaluate their careers WALLACE IMMEN From Friday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Oct.

It's a cliche that the journey is as important as the destination. But when you're on a foodie road trip to Calgary, stopping at three mouth-watering locations along the way, this is one cliche that works.

With thousands of dollars' worth of cocaine smuggled inside the false bottom on his suitcase, a Calgary man managed to pass through three airports and travel more than 12,000 kilometres, from Sudan, to Qatar to Frankfurt, Germany.

Politics has changed since the attacks of 9/11, 2001. As is becoming increasingly apparent, entire swathes of the Left have turned fascist, particularly as they have aligned themselves with Middle Eastern Islamist organization, such as Hamas and Hezbollah and their representatives in the West Respect MP George Galloway - " a man who has exalted ...