Tim Johnson | Travel Writer and Editor

The Okanagan Valley flows with quirky charm

A sort of modernized log cabin with a sweeping view over a dramatic valley, the Hatch looks more like a

They roar onto the beach like an invading force — dozens of sleek boats carrying tightly packed loads of uniformly

The island reveals itself, albeit slowly. From the top deck I spot it, just a thin line on the flat

It’s almost dark when he jumps the first bull. Around him, the entire village swirls in a frenzy, dancing and

Tall and lean and long a fan favourite, relief pitcher Jason Grilli has no shortage of admirers at the barricade

His very presence sends a chill down my spine, sitting there on the near bank of the rushing river, that

Less than five minutes after my arrival on the reindeer farm, I inadvertently ask a personal, extremely inappropriate question. “How

Running the grill at an Argentinian truck-stop steakhouse wasn’t part of the plan. I’m not quite sure how it happened,

They come to us, like a sweet, subantarctic greeting party, stumbling and fumbling over rain-slicked rocks, shaking off the cold

The bells. That’s the first thing you notice – clanging, ringing and dinging, a collective cacophony of chaotic sound. A