Blogroll - 11/15/07

Blogroll this week zooms in on business news, providing an update on a new Victoria-based social networking application for parents, coaches and athletes, as well as one blogger's thoughts on how the Tourism industry can benefit from blogging. We also hear a blogger's thoughts on the demise of Music World, the last Canadian-owned national music retailer and finally check in on a downturn in one of the West's major industries: marijuana exports. more...

Going Coastal

It’s 8:30 p.m. when the dented, steel-grey carriages of the Skeena, the VIA Rail train serving the northern route from Jasper, begin their final wheezing crawl into Prince Rupert, the rainfall capital of Canada’s multi-fjorded Wet Coast. Far from a pampering Rocky Mountaineer excursion, this old-school locomotive feels like a perambulating 1950s diner, complete with a side order of cozy home-style charm. more...

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