Jennifer Bain

1 month ago | openjaw.com | Jennifer Bain

Cuba has pledged to improve the infrastructure in Varadero in time for next year’s FITCuba fair dedicated to Canada. “As I like to say, Canadians have more friends in Cuba than they do in Canada,” Cuban Tourism Minister Juan Carlos García Granda said at a luncheon at the Royalton Havana Paseo del Prado announcing that Canada would be the guest of honour for next year’s event. “So regardless of what they see in the press and in the media, they know the real situation of Cuba.

1 month ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Jennifer Bain

It’s appropriately uncomfortable when interpretive park ranger Jazmyn Bernard starts chanting “two, four, six, eight — we don’t want to integrate” on Little Rock Nine Way in front of Little Rock Central High School. Without warning, she transports our tour group back to September 1957 when Elizabeth Eckford was one of nine African American teenagers subjected to racist white mobs resisting desegregation. “Get outta here. Go to your own school. I’ll kill you if you come to my school.

1 month ago | lonelyplanet.com | Jennifer Bain

Canada is a big beauty where you can chase the northern lights, go iceberg hunting, climb mountains, photograph puffins and see the country's Big Five (polar bears, black bears, moose, bison and beluga whales). The world’s second largest country is admittedly huge, but we’ve scouted its 10 provinces and three territories to find the prettiest places to visit in Canada. 1.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Jennifer Bain

6 hours agoFor the handful of scientists at the Eureka weather station in the High Arctic, voting is not a matter of trotting along to the local polling station. Located at the top of the world, on the remote and rugged Ellesmere Island, even aircraft have trouble reaching the tiny weather base where …

1 month ago | moderntraveller.ca | Jennifer Bain |Jay Kana

Published April 18th, 2025Photos by Jennifer Bain and Jay Kana unless otherwise noted. With the “Elbows Up” movement in full swing and Canadian tourism becoming increasingly popular, it’s an excellent time to discover, or rediscover, our captivating country.