Top 10 Reasons to Visit a BC Park in 2011

Guest Post By Jack Christie | Photo by Tourism BC/Albert Normandin

It’s party time at BC’s parks.

This year, one of the world’s finest collections of protected landscapes — from ocean and freshwater shorelines to alpine peaks — celebrates its 100th anniversary. Ranging in size from a cupcake to a one million-hectare (400,000-acre) confection, there’s a park to suit any number of candles.

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Links of the Week April 10th – 17th: The Best in Adventure Travel News and Stories

Greg Mortenson, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author of Three Cups of Tea, a book recounting his experiences founding the Central Asia Institute (an educational charity in Pakistan and Afghanistan), was accused of making up parts of the book, using the charity as his “personal ATM”, and overstating the activities of the charity. Read more in The Telegraph

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