Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have been absolutely breathtaking to watch during the Winter Olympics this year. They capped off an amazing journey last night by winning Gold in Ice Dance. These two skaters met when Tessa was only seven years old and Scott was nine.  I saw them both being interviewed on Olympic Morning […]

Traffic lights seem to vary from region to region. I don’t why this is the case. I think the design of them is so much better here in my province but perhaps it’s just that I am accustomed to them being this way. Let’s look at a few different designs I have come across. This […]

Snowflake Kingdom is a gigantic snow playground that it is constructed every year for Winterlude. Apparently, it takes weeks for them to make enough snow to construct these huge slides. But the time spent in constructing them is sure worth it. The line ups were huge and everyone seemed be having a great time. I’ve […]

These snow sculptures were constructed by teams from all across the country for this year’s Winterlude. They are on display at Jacques-Cartier Park in Gatineau, Quebec. I think this is my favourite. Team Manitoba did a great job on it. This one shows a group of kids tobogganing.  Team Alberta made this huge pair of […]

This is the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa, Ontario.  It is the place where they make the money but it is also the place where this year’s Olympic Medals were constructed as well. Security was really tight. You could only take photos of the medals and nothing else. These are the moulds that were designed […]