Travel to Nova Scotia

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“The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo is one of the world’s premiere cultural and entertainment spectaculars with over 2000 first-class Canadian and international, military and civilian performers. Featuring pipes and drums, massed bands, historic re-enactments, dancers, acrobats, comedians, choirs, military displays and competitions, plus a host of innovative acts in a fast-paced 2 1/2 hour family show. “

Now is a good time to buy tickets for the Royal International Tattoo that takes place from July 1 through 8, 2009. In Nova Scotia, the Tattoo is now as common a yearly occurrence as the old time circuses that once arrived by train and set up the Big Top and tents on the fair grounds. Only this big show features more bands instead of animals.

A friend of mine was remarked, “Nah, I’m not going. Yah heard one pipe band, yah heard ‘em all.” Au contraire ! This is a great show and, although I really like pipe bands, there is so much more to enjoy.

For one thing, it is a great venue to appreciate our Armed Forces. The Canadian Forces have been a centerpiece for this show since its inception and continue to support the 2009 Tattoo in order to promote their history and esprit de corps.

The foreign bands are great and many bring in a comedy section with them. It is quite spectacular.

You can get your early-bird tickets at: Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo.

Seating Plan For Metro Centre

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In 1994 some journalists from Toronto thought that the media and the tourism industry should form a professional relationship and the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) was formed. Since then the ranks swelled to over 450 members with a breakdown of 4-% media and 60% industry partners.

Guided by a volunteer Board of Directors TMAC includes travel writers, authors, broadcasters, photographers and producers working in just about every form of mass media from newspapers to television and from CD-Rom to internet streaming.

From February 3-9, 2009 the Annual General Meeting and Conference of TMAC will be held at the River Rock Casino in Richmond, B.C. Click on to the site for infomrmation updates.

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TIAC, The Tourism Industry Association of Canada, is presenting Canada-e-Connect (CEC), an e-Tourism Strategy Conference for Canadian tourism on January 21-23, 2009 in Toronto, ON.

In order to kick-start a flailing tourism industry the CEC will bring the tourism industry and technology together for a conference featuring keynote speakers including Google’s Rob Torres as well as Terry O’Reilly, the founder of Pirate Radio and Television, the largest audio production company in Canada. He is also the host of CBC Radio One’s Age of Persuasion. In hs career,  O’Reilly has won over 400 national and international awards for directing and writing and has been named as one of “Most Influential” figures in Marketing magazine’s annual “Power 100 List.”

In all, Rob Torres has logged more than 15 years of travel industry experience.  As Google’s Industry Director of Advertising and Marketing for the North American travel sector, Rob oversees the development and growth with integrated and innovative advertising campaigns. Before joining Google, Rob held a seven year position in a then-u”upstart Travel site” called Expedia.ca where he was Vice President of Strategic Hotel Partnerships.

The heavy hitters as well as those who are eager to learn at CEC discussing the emerging trends in e-tourism, including digital marketing, social media, mobile technology and Web 3.0. As social media is hotter than a forge fire right now you can bet Facebook and Twitter, as well as the top video sites like YouTube, will be on the forefront. TIAC President and CEO, Randy Williams, and Chairperson of the CEC Advisory Committee, Jaime Horwitz, guarantee that this will be a watershed event.

These type of events are usually booked a year in advance. Back in the spring of 2008 tourism was in a shallow slide but I don’t think anyone could have foreseen the economic distress that awaits the 2009 season. However, with all these bright people in attendance this convention will certainly be afire with new strategies and precepts that were probably never discussed last summer. In other words, this one is for a ll the marbles and I imagine that the unique proposals on tourism for these economic times will make this an amazing event.

Here is the Canada-e-Connect 2009 FaceBook group.

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Every year the Americans remember December the 7th as the day in 1941 that propelled the country into the Second World War. In the Halifax area it is December 6th, a day still remembered as the day when the city ceased to exist.

On December 6, 1917 the Imo, a ship carrying relief supplies for the citizens of war ravaged Belgium collided with the Mont Blanc, a French ship loaded with munitions from American factories. The resulting explosion was the size and destructive power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, the biggest man-made explosion before the Japanese city was bombed. The blast leveled almost one-quarter of  the city and Dartmouth on the north side of the harbor. Over 1900 people dies and 9,000 were injured, some in horrible ways

As roads, hospitals and rail lines were non-existent after the blast calls went out allover the province, the country and into the U.S. Within 24 hours Boston had a train full of medical supplies, doctors and nurses heading to Halifax. The first to arrive was an American hospital ship out of Boston heading to Europe to help in the war effort. They provided badly-needed help and hospital beds. And this is not to underestimate the amount of financial help that was sent from Boston for the relief.

In thanks for the kindness of the citizens of Boston the city of Halifax donates a fine tree for the Christmas season. The tree is selected by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources based upon the following specifications:

* One of balsam fir, white spruce or red spruce
* 40-50 feet high
* Good, healthy color
* Good density
* Symmetrical

The tree is then trucked to Boston by the Nova Scotia government and delivered directly to the Boston Common.  Once erected, the “Nova Scotia Tree,” as it is called, is decorated with thousands of lights and becomes the symbol of the Christmas season for Boston.

This year a 46 foot spruce was cut on the Clementsville, Nova Scotia property of Marina and Craig Cook for the lighting ceremny on December 4th on the Boston Commons.

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In the summer of 2009 the world’s best canoeists will compete on Dartmouth’s Banook Lake. Ranked as one of the best naturally-occurring, flat-water canoe and kayak courses in the country and, if truth be told,  the world.  here are a list of world-class championships held here in the past 19 years:

1989: The Junior World’s in 1989

1997: The Senior World’s

2000: Marathon World’s

To improve the course the concrete abutments holding up the course lane cables will be replaced and parts of the lake will be dredged. It is for this reason that the level of the lake has been lowered down almost ten feet below normal.

There will be over 90 countries and 1300 athletes so the event needs more than 1000 volunteers. This will make Canoe09 the largest international sporting event in the region’s history. On top of racing the multi-day even will host thousands of spectators with entertainment, shopping, fireworks, food and beverages. In addition there will be a complete venue to present the unique culture and history of Nova Scotia to the thousands of spectators and athletes who will attend the event.

To become a part of the excitement please visit the Canoe ’09 volunteer web site or contact Jill Knowles Canoe 09 Volunteer Coordinator.

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