Crazy Casting Calls, Part III

Dozens of intangible factors go into creating a blockbuster film. Last-minute script rewrites, budget cuts, expensive sets destroyed by tropical weather, directors being fired or walking off the set — any of these have impacted the biggest box-office disasters (and sometimes, successes) in film history. Above that group, though, is … Read More

Driving Distance, Calgary: Airdrie

A few years ago, Airdrie was North America’s fastest-growing city and the once sleepy community (a 15-minute drive north of Calgary) has ballooned from some 8,000 people to nearly 50,000 citizens, in just a couple of decades. The population influx is partly attributed to Calgarians moving to Airdrie for a … Read More

Room with a View, Montreal: Snow Village

Situated ten minutes from downtown Montreal, on the Île Sainte-Hélène section of Parc Jean-Drapeau — that E20 head-turning mid-fleuve island, home to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and the Six Flags Amusement-owned La Ronde — the bold new urban experiment Snow Village Canada describes itself accurately enough as a “recreo-tourism project.” Museum-level … Read More

Crazy Casting Calls, Part II

Dozens of intangible factors go into creating a blockbuster film. Last-minute script rewrites, budget cuts, expensive sets destroyed by tropical weather, directors being fired or walking off the set — any of these have impacted the biggest box-office disasters (and sometimes, successes) in film history. Above that group, though, is … Read More

Wedding Locations in Vancouver

The good, traditional news is that she agreed to the marriage proposal; the bad, modern news is that the burden of planning is now shared between the sexes. Leaving the dress and flower arrangements to her remains acceptable, but you are expected to chime in on where to hold the … Read More

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