Yesterday at 3am, a bomb went off at the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre in Centre Ville, Trois-Rivières. Nobody was hurt. Catch the CBC’s coverage here.
I am in Trois-Rivières this month studying French.
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Trans Canada Highway Shut Down
Posted by Jeff Milner on June 21, 2010
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On Friday I took a little trip to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. When we noticed the sign warning us of a police barricade ahead, we thought we might have to wait for an accident to be cleared.
It turns out that due to all the rain, the highway was “washed out”. It ended up not really affecting our trip, we just turned north sooner than we had planned, but I understand the flood waters have been very terrible for the people in Maple Creek and Irvine (among other places).
Here’s some footage of the “wash out” on the highway. I had no idea.
(Thx, Kim)
Grand Canyon Skywalk is a Sham
Posted by Jeff Milner on April 26, 2010
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Some people don’t love the experience at the Grand Canyon Skywalk. The folks at travelonthedollar go so far as to call it a sham. They have a list of reasons why it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Here are a couple:
2. Parking at The Skywalk is provided but access to the Skywalk is only permitted by supplied coach buses. The cost of the coach ride $30, which will take you the Skywalk and two other viewing areas. There is also an additional fee of $45 for being on Hualapai land making the total cost $75 per person.
3. No personal equipment is allowed on the Skywalk and lockers are provided. No photographs may be taken by visitors on the Skywalk! However, up to three photography stations are installed. Photographs taken may be purchased in the gift shop at $29 each.
No photos is a deal breaker for me.
Punta Cana
Posted by Jeff Milner on March 8, 2008
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I’m leaving for Calgary in about an hour and then tomorrow I’m off to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. There’s not likely to be much action around here in the meantime.
Update: I’ve got some photos from my trip up at Flickr.
Viva Las Vegas
Posted by Jeff Milner on October 25, 2007
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I realize it has been a long time since I’ve posted anything here, but I’ve been busy!
Most recently I’ve found myself down in Mesquite, Nevada getting ready to watch my brother-in-law compete in the World Long Driving Competition.
Today my family and I drove to Las Vegas to take in the sights and sounds of the notorious city. I’d share everything that I did, but you know what they say about “what happens in Vegas…”
If you’re really interested, you can check out and comment on some of my flickr photos from today’s travels.
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Trippy Tracy’s Travels
Posted by Jeff Milner on July 24, 2007
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A friend of a friend, whom just happens to be a pretty great writer, has recently started a travel blog documenting her travels around the globe. Her latest entry on getting great deals flying is full of good advice.
Interview with David Sedaris
Posted by Jeff Milner on May 20, 2007
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David Sedaris, author of “Me talk pretty one day”—a book about learning to speak French, shares some tid-bits about life in France in an interview with Franceguide, the official website of France Tourism.
Grand Canyon Walkway
Posted by Jeff Milner on October 25, 2005
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Coming to a Grand Canyon near you — January 2006. Yes it’s true.
Grand Canyon Skywalk
Scheduled to open January 1, 2006
Hualapai Indian Reservation
- Juts out about 70 feet into the canyon, 4000 ft above the Colorado River
- Built with more than a million pounds of steel beams and includes dampeners that minimize the structure’s vibration
- Designed to hold 72 million pounds, withstand an 8.0 magnitude earthquake 50 miles away, and withstand winds in excess of 100 mph
- Has a glass bottom and sides…four inches thick
- Will accommodate 120 people comfortably (How comfortable would YOU be?)
(via Snopes)
Update: Here is another image of the Grand Canyon walkway, apparently from M.R.J Architics.
Malaysia – Day 30
Posted by Jeff Milner on May 31, 2005
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Today I had the chance to go to Channel V with Jon. As I’ve mentioned before Channel V is south-east Asia’s music channel. It would be like going to Much Music headquarters in Canada. We presented the latest changes that GXM has made for channel identification spots. It’s pretty cool stuff and it made me wonder how hard it would be to try and make some channel identification ads for Much Music. I’ll look into it when I get home.
On my way back to the residence I finished Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (audio version). I had heard that it wasn’t as good as Douglas Adams celebrated novel, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, but on the contrary I found it to be just as good and recommend it on the same level.
Malaysia – Days 27 and 28
Posted by Jeff Milner on May 30, 2005
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I took a ride down south to the ancient city of Malacca this weekend. We left Saturday afternoon and stayed overnight. There are some really beautiful and historic things to see. The city itself is very old and the old churches and mosques seem that much older with their thick stone walls and missing ceilings.
The monument pictured here was constructed on behalf on Queen Victoria. The inscription reads: “Victoria Regina 1837-1901 Erected by the people of Malacca in Memory of a great queen 1904″.
The church on the hill used to have a bell tower to warn the village/city of impending attacks via sea. I believe it was built some time in the 1600’s. It had a tunnel leading to another building on another hill. Here is a panoramic view from inside the church.
On Sunday we raced back to KL and caught up with the group (we were a little late but luckily they waited for us) and headed up North to see the fireflies. This trip to see the fireflies was already paid for and we had a nice meal before heading out on the river in a really quiet boat. It was quite dark and the fireflies looked a lot like blinking Christmas lights. They congregate around a specific kind of tree and blink in unison. It’s quite something to see. Unfortunately there was no way to photograph them, at least with my camera.
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