Los Angeles is inviting Canadians to #StartYourComeback for a diverse roster of experiences. I'm no star quarterback like Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams. But, let me on the football field of the Ram's SoFi Stadium and I can triumphantly complete a five-yard pass. You see, my wife, Kerry, and I are on the SoFi Stadium Tour (US$30). The hig...

Stealthily, the three-metre-long sandbar shark glides by. He's close enough that I peer directly into his eerie, slit-pupil eyes. The apex predator stares right back. Since he's only mildly interested in what I'm doing, he's gone as quickly as he appeared, with a gentle flick of his tail and sway of his pectoral fins. "That was Pizza," guide Juan O...

With travel opening up across Canada, now is the time to visit Montreal for its big-city French flair. Montréal, the largest city in Canada's Québec province, is located on an island in the Saint Lawrence River and named after Mt. Royal, the triple-peaked hill at its heart. After being starved of air travel for the past 17 months, we board an Air C...

E-bikes, wine and beer in Osoyoos, British Columbia The small Okanagan town of Osoyoos at the Canada-US border in British Columbia bats above its weight in tourism prowess. Osoyoos is Canada's desert and home to the warmest Lake in Canada . Now, this is my kind of safari. Rather than tracking lions, elephants and rhinoceros, my wife, Kerry, and I a...

On the water is the best place to experience the capital of British Columbia. Harbour seals certainly know how to make an entrance. This particular playful, silver-and-black mottled marine mammal unexpectedly pops up to say hello just a flipper length away from the left side of my kayak. Harbour seals are a friendly and curious sort and love to gra...

A kilometer into our snowmobile tour I'm a self-appointed expert. I'm standing up on the sled to allow my whole body to absorb the shock of the undulating terrain and I'm leaning into and out of turns. However, the fact is, I'm simply copying what guide Maxime Hudon is doing on his two-stroke Arctic Cat 10 metres ahead of me. My wife, Kerry, and I ...