Our beloved sea otters charmed millions by holding paws while floating on their backs at the Vancouver Aquarium.

With Milo’s death from lymphoma on Jan. 11, both have now moved on to bluer seas.

Brewing the perfect cuppa is suddenly a whole lot easier and tastier.

We’ve been sipping tea for more than 4,000 years – but only now has someone come up with the brilliant idea of a cup that tips one way to brew tea and the other way to drink it.

No more tea that’s too weak or too strong.  

Bring your palate and your autograph book when you come to Canada – some of the world’s top celebrity chefs are opening restaurants across the country.

Shout ‘Gung Hay Fat Choy’ and join the party!

Canadians of Chinese ancestry – and there are 1.3 million of us at last count – celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in style. And everyone’s welcome.

The Wick has done it again. It has topped Travel + Leisure magazine’s ‘best hotels in Canada’ list for the second year in a row.

It’s one serious climbing wall.  

That’s the verdict of climbers – and spectators – attending the grand opening of the four-storey addition to The Boulders Climbing Gym near Victoria, British Columbia.

So Justin Bieber is becoming a bit of a bad boy.

First the spiky hair and now he’s sporting a leather and metal arm piece by Canadian Steampunk artist Ian Finch-Field of Victoria.

Like drops of frozen liquid honey, Icewine is a rare sweet gift of Canadian winters. The consistent cold guarantees an annual crop of frozen grapes that produce a luscious dessert wine that has become a Canadian icon.

In mid-October, Vancouver’s Chinatown was added to the roster of National Historic Sites (NHS) of Canada. One of Canada’s oldest and biggest

A little bit of Montréal has come west to Vancouver. And much to the delight of those of us who live on the West Coast, it’s one of the tastiest bits.