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Get out your beer goggles: The Vancouver Craft Beer Week is coming

Any beer drinker worth his or her salt knows that all brews are not created equal. BC has long been associated with a healthy—any maybe even a little snobby, in a good way!—wine industry, but it’s only in recent years that beer has started to get the same amount of attention in this province. Vancouver’s really been upping the ante on that front, especially where craft beers are concerned. For the uninitiated, craft beer is a more specialized, small batch version of the big guys. For every mass

National Geographic picks St. Lawrence as the Best Food Market in the World

Toronto’s [http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/city-guides/toronto-canada/?source=A-to-Z] St. Lawrence food market cracked the nod as the best food market in the world from none other than National Geographic [http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/food-markets/#page=1]. Nestled in the heart of downtown Toronto, the St. Lawrence food market on Front Street is a delicious denizen of the old-town core. The market has been in existence since 1803 and boasts a classic red brick

Beauty in the eye of the Beer Holder - Toronto's beer scene

If you have a deep and abiding love for all things beer, then Toronto must be a city dear to your heart. Perhaps it’s the proximity to large supplies of fresh water, perhaps it’s the dedicated clientele, and perhaps it’s just a happy coincidence that Toronto is the proud home of brewers of the finest ales. Better still, these generous brewers throw their doors open to the public who are welcome to witness greatness in the making. Steam Whistle Tour The ‘green’ Stem Whistle building is not name

Taste the City Vancouver - win dinner at 15 great restaurants

Vancouver is truly one of the great cities for dining out, but sometimes the non-stop restaurant-ing can get pricey… even though you want to hit all the top spots in the city. Vancouver Magazine feels your pain and are rolling out a great contest: Taste the City [http://www.vanmag.com/contests/Taste-the-City-enter-here]. The grand prize winner will receive 15 $100 gift certificates to Vancouver’s top dining destinations. > enough to dine out every month for more than a year! 15 runner up, al

Toronto's Vodka Bars - A clear drinking guide

Swing a cat on the streets of Toronto these days and you’re bound to hit a vodka bar. The bars are all the rage among the suited denizens of the financial district and come replete with communist era decor. Vodka bars in other cities tend to be insufferably stuffy and like to pretend that Russia had nothing to do with it. But here in Toronto, we celebrate the struggle, the endurance and the borscht that it took to make vodka the breakfast of champions. Pravda [http://www.pravdavodkabar.com/abou