spring

The Banff Springs Hotel is in Banff National Park, in Alberta. Do you know when this park was established? (Contributed)

QUIZ: Are you ready for the start of spring?

The season of new life and new growth officially begins on March 19

 

FILE- Cherry blossoms blooming are a welcome sign of spring. (Ashley Wadhwani-Smith/Black Press Media)

British Columbians help predict cherry blossom bloomings in global contest

Vancouver cherry trees expected to bloom four days earlier than last year, warm February a factor

 

As spring break nears, resorts across Canada are working to cover up green patches and make their terrain skiable enough to entice their usual holiday visitors. A skier walks down a patchy ski slope in Whistler, B.C., Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Skiing or golf? Spring break choices follow Canada’s weird winter

‘Mother Nature has certainly presented us with challenges this season’

 

A woman checks her phone after posing for photographs under a canopy of cherry blossom trees in Vancouver, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Vancouver’s cherry blossoms have become a domestic and international tourist draw, with Chinese tour companies offering flower viewing packages for thousands of dollars, competing with more traditional locations such as Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Selfie sticks bloom beneath Vancouver’s cherry blossoms, as petal power goes global

Seeing the blossoms has become the main selling point of some travel offers

A woman checks her phone after posing for photographs under a canopy of cherry blossom trees in Vancouver, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Vancouver’s cherry blossoms have become a domestic and international tourist draw, with Chinese tour companies offering flower viewing packages for thousands of dollars, competing with more traditional locations such as Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck