Should Alberta Separate From Canada?
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Should Alberta Separate From Canada?

Alberta Separation from Canada? The G7 meeting held in Kananaskis, Alberta this week, a perhaps too majestic setting in the Rocky Mountains of Canada. However, the photo op event makes it the perfect time for Americans, Brits, Australians, Germans, and Asian readers to get an authentic view of what’s going on here in Canada. Canada…

Canada’s Beautiful Okanagan Valley
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Canada’s Beautiful Okanagan Valley

Visit Canada’s Beautiful Okanagan Region 🚲It was in 1985, that I rode my bicycle from Banff, Alberta to the Okanagan region of British Columbia, in Canada. That epic 300-mile trip through towering snow-capped mountain ranges, past raging glacier-fed rivers and giant red cedar and hemlock forests into a thrilling 50 mph ride down undulating mountain…

Canadian Travel Expenditures Set to Fall
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Canadian Travel Expenditures Set to Fall

Canadian Travel Expenditures Likely to Decline Significantly What might be brewing as a big problem for travel and tourism businesses picked up momentum this week. President Trump was pumping his unwelcome sign to Canadians and Europeans with new restrictions on those nationals traveling within the US for more than 30 days. They’ll need to register…

Canadians Changing Travel Plans and Outlook
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Canadians Changing Travel Plans and Outlook

Travelers Changing Vacation Preferences President Trump’s tariffs are only beginning to send negative ripples through the Canadian economy.  It’s still early but it looks like Canadians will increasingly alter their travel plans away from the US. Today, as Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited the US White House with the Canadian trade minister, Trump reiterated his…

Canada Will Look to International Trade to Save Itself
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Canada Will Look to International Trade to Save Itself

The Battle with Trump Can Free Canada Up for a Better Future Canada has largely failed to develop its international export capability. It’s missed out on an opportunity to ease an unhealthy dependence on one nation — The United States. It’s the perfect time to launch a new international trade program and get over our…

US Tariff Impact on Canada
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US Tariff Impact on Canada

Trump and the Canada Tariffs US President Trump has expressed his enthusiasm for the use of large tariffs in international relations to correct trade imbalances. He believes they’re a marvelous tool to improve his country’s negotiating position and bolster the US economy. Trumps arrogant dismissal of Canadians of recent is extremely damaging to our future…

Canada Sends Waterbombers Equipment and Personnel to Fight California Fires
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Canada Sends Waterbombers Equipment and Personnel to Fight California Fires

Canadian Waterbombers Helping California’s Fire Crisis The latest California fires have raised the cost of poor forest and land management practices by the Newsome Democrat government to heights no one could foresee. The Golden State is being humbled by extreme weather conditions and poor land management and unwise spending. It’s creating the setting for the…

Hiring for Travel Marketing

Hiring for Travel Marketing

Hiring Smartly for a Digital Travel Marketing Role As a travel agency owner, DMO CEO, hotel owner, tour operator or SaaS travel software entrepreneur, you’re tasked with the challenge of hiring the right marketing people. Can a single person have real impact on a small travel company? That would depend on their skills, drive, and…

Mountain Bike Marketing

Mountain Bike Marketing

Mountain Bike Marketing The global phenomenon of mountain biking is still in gear in 2025. While spending has slowed, it’s shifted mountain bikers choice of bikes, parts and even mountain biking vacations. It’s changed the demand profile, but smart bike marketing organizations know those who market well could capture even more of the market. Change…

Canadian Housing Market

Canadian Housing Market

Canadian Real Estate Market Forecast Just like the US housing market, the real estate market in Canada showed remarkable strength in 2020. The Canadian benchmark price increased 8.5% last year, almost five times the rate of 1.8% in 2019. And forecasts for 2021 reflect a continued trend of high prices driven by low mortgage rates,…

Banks and Mortgage Monopolies Dire Warning for Canadians

Banks and Mortgage Monopolies Dire Warning for Canadians

Is Canadian Real Estate in for a Big Price Drop? Even in the wake of the deadliest health epidemic of the last century, the Toronto housing market and Vancouver housing market did not crash. And if China had not released its deadly disease, the housing markets would have been roaring right now. It’s like science…

Investing in Student Housing – Off Campus New Builds

Investing in Student Housing – Off Campus New Builds

Investing in Student Housing is Hot! A few months ago, the Canada Pension Plan’s Investment Board bought $2.1 Billion worth of student housing properties in the United States. The joint venture, with partners in Singapore and Chicago now owns 48 student housing communities with a total of nearly 32,200 beds. That mega-investment gives you a…

Student Housing Investment Canada – CIBT Global Education Vancouver

Student Housing Investment Canada – CIBT Global Education Vancouver

CIBT Education Group Inc. There aren’t many organizations that focus on the student housing investment market and a lucrative area of this sector is student hotel housing. CIBT is one of the best and biggest, and they have assets and opportunities in Vancouver. CIBT Education Group Inc. is one of the largest education and student…

Housing Options for Foreign Students Studying in Vancouver – Off Campus Communities

Housing Options for Foreign Students Studying in Vancouver – Off Campus Communities

Studying in Canada? Off Campus or On Campus Housing Options Canada is quickly becoming the preferred choice for obtaining a Western education, for students and their parents across the globe. One superb choice for living and studying are hotel style housing in Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby. Within a few years, some 450,000 students will be…

Luxury Home Sales in Canada Continue Record Pace

Luxury Home Sales in Canada Continue Record Pace

Toronto and Vancouver Sizzling Hot Realty Markets Although the US markets such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Charlotte, and Miami are glowing brighter these days, Toronto and Vancouver are actually the hottest markets in the world right now. The Forecast for housing sales and combined with higher condo and home prices means realtors can raise their earnings considerably….

Social Media Marketing for Real Estate
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Social Media Marketing for Real Estate

Digital Marketing’s “Big Three” The pillars of digital marketing are: SEO Strategy, Content Development/Strategy, and Social Media Strategy.  They’re interdependent and very powerful when they work together. This post is about how to develop a social media strategy — easy to digest, giving you the overview you need before you go about Tweeting, posting and liking….

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Beautiful Wine Art – Leanne Laine

Wine Art – Amazing Artist Leanne Laine is an internationally renowned artist in British Columbia, who has been producing astonishingly beautiful artwork since the beginning of the last recession (and before). I talked about fascinating people with the intention of finding and introducing them to you. Here’s a fascinating person creating art in the world’s favourite city. Proof…