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Yeah, the funny cat videos, the Evolution of Dance, and Where the Hell is Matt are all awesome and hilar. Good times, good laughs on YouTube.

But not often in the online video rabbit hole are you moved to tears by astounding beauty. Every once in a Yukon blue moon someone cuts through the cacophony and leaves you speechless.

24-year-old Kseniya Simonova has done that, nabbing the imagination of the world. Watch her sand animation that won this year’s “Ukraine’s Got Talent”. You’ll be amazed. (more…)

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I was in Vancouver for a couple of days and got a behind-the-scenes tour of the brand new beautiful Vancouver Convention Centre.

It’s gonna be media ground zero for the 2010 Olympics, coming up fast. Not only is the new Convention Centre spectacular inside and out, it’s one of the greenest convention centres in the world.

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Wherever I go in the world, I like to check out the local market. It’s at the markets where you find the heart of the people, the land and the food.

While island hopping on Canada’s west coast, I lucked into the famous funky Saturday market on Salt Spring Island. If you ever get a chance to visit this little gem of a place, don’t pass it up. It’s a totally groovy hippie traveler kinda place where sheep roam free, celebrities hide away in their yachts and the locals take you in like a long lost friend.

One guy I met came for lunch 18 years ago and never went home. He says it happens quite often… Check the vid below to see why… (more…)

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