Scuba Diving, Outdoor Activities & Adventures Canada

"Thermal stress can be a great concern for divers. Appropriate thermal protection can play a major role in making a dive enjoyable or productive."

I'm interested! Of course, Nunavut is up North and most of the time, we tend to take our handful of vacation weeks to go down South...

"With fewer people visiting the country's national parks and historic sites, Parks Canada has hired a consultant to help boost its flagging brand. Parks Canada plans to target urban and new Canadians in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver." 

A few precautions -- and some smart choices onboard -- could help ensure your cruise is memorable for all the right reasons, experts say.

We wanted to do something different...something no one else in town did.  Something that would bring divers together, give them something fun to do and bring more attention to Vancouver Islands reputation of being a top 10 cold water dive destination.

Most dive shops around here hold a New Year's Day dive, a Canada Day dive, a Halloween dive... we even do beach clean ups.  So, we put our heads together and before we knew it the Sink or Swim Scuba Annual Poker Dive was born.

Every year for the past five years, we've held a poker dive in Nanaimo BC.  It has the biggest draw of scuba divers to any one dive event in Nanaimo, even on Vancouver Island.  Not hard to do when you entice divers with water, a cash jackpot, merchandise prizes and a BBQ. We're not a picky bunch. :o)

It started small with just over 20 divers the first year, our record year had over 100 divers sign up for our event, plus they bring friends and family.  We easily have close to 200 people at the dive site eating hotdogs, donating money, and it's a great opportunity for divers to meet other divers and promote diving to our local community. 

The poker dive is easy -even open water divers have no trouble navigating our underwater course.  We give away a cash jackpot, over 100 prizes varying from high-end dive computers, drysuits, even a Seamor inflatable boat!  We raise money for charity, over $5000.00 to date for our local Nanaimo Hospital Foundation.  It is held every summer, it's the biggest event we hold, the most stressful, and the most fun! 

The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the body of a scuba diver that was recovered from Burrard Inlet in October.

Has Nova Scotia put its treasure hunters — and the bounty they seek — at risk of extinction?

The federal government has given a green light to a new paid tourist attraction in Alberta's Jasper National Park called the Glacier Discovery Walk.

"O, Canada, we may stand on guard for thee, but most of us aren’t singing along at the same time." Exactly :P

The Ontario city of Mississauga is postponing its ban on shark-fin products until next summer, a move that puts the city more closely in line with neighbouring Toronto.

Vancouver upstart social media agency Village&Co recently created a 3-minute video for Tourism Calgary.