The residents of Calgary go crazy for their annual Stampede, writes Peter Hughes.

Whistler Mountain and the surrounding areas are a must-do experience after they were transformed for the 2010 Winter Olympics, writes an impressed James Ihaka.

Pamela Wade - and her nightie - enjoy her cruise so much she'll be back.

The city's best attractions are the ones you can visit for free, writes Charmaine Noronha.

Amid cries of "Shame! Shame!" scandal-plagued Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was stripped of the last of his meaningful powers after a heated City Council debate.

When Rob Ford was elected mayor of Toronto in 2010, his bluster and checkered past were widely known. A plurality of voters backed him anyway, eager to shake things up at a City Hall they viewed as elitist and wasteful.

Toronto's City Council has voted overwhelmingly to strip Mayor Rob Ford of some of his powers, trying to box in the brash leader who has rebuffed huge pressure to resign over his drinking and drug habits and erratic behaviour.