An Outport Called Dildo

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The Dildo Trading Post in Dildo, Newfoundland was pleased to host the Canadian Army Veteran Motorcycle Unit as they traveled through our town. The bikers were treated to coffee and some wonderful hospitality. George House Heritage Bed and Breakfast also provided a prize for a draw.

Since the Canadian Army Veteran (CAV) Motorcycle Units were started in 2003, they have assisted, and continue to assist, numerous charities in achieving their monetary goals. Charity Event Riding and Community Support Events are an integral part of many of our members CAV/VAC Adventure-No one ‘Has’ to participate in these as members but there are always those willing to assist International, National and local charities. There are certain charities such as ICROSS and the Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care that the CAV/VAC supports directly with all the monies raised going directly to these charities. The CAV/VAC also assists other events such as the Red Ride and Ride for Dad by providing volunteers and participating in the rides. The CAV/VAC will continue to support charities and fund raisers and all members are to be congratulated for the continued support that they offer.

Their History

In 1941 a recruiting image was used to identify a type of Canadian citizen that was needed to serve in Canada’s Military. It depicted a mounted soldier, on a motorcycle, with the image of his ancestors surrounding him in the form of a ghostly mounted warrior Cavalryman. This image was entitled in French and English as: “Notre Armee A Besoin De Bons Canadiens/Our Army Is Looking For Good Canadians”.

Many Canadian Veterans have formed into tightly knit Units to continue the Traditions and Bonds formed in War and Peace. These Unit’s origin’s were a common respect for it’s member’s histories and needs. The C.A.V was formed by Canadian Army Veteran’s who’s common history was as motorcyclists, on and off duty, serving our Country in every Theatre and Operation, and the need to continue that service as Motorcyclists

Dildo Trading Post (Jul 02) (SB)

The Dewey’s stayed at Inn By The Bay this past week and asked to take our photo. We obliged and then they asked for us to take a photo with Bear and Button Bear. And, of course we obliged. Here is her photo she sent to us along with one of her family.

All the best to the Dewey Family – travel safe! Todd, Dale & Staff at Inn By The Bay dildoinns.com

Watching for bears!

Photo submitted by Bonnie Dewie

“What a wonderful spot in Newfoundland where you can find top notch customer service, friendly staff, immaculate accommodations all in a quiet and quaint community – a must see destination.” Ron & Nancy Greenough

3/24/2010 2:49:37 PM

The Compass Edition March 2 2010

Click on the link to read the article that appeared in the March 2nd edition of The Compass regarding George House Heritage Bed and Breakfast winning the Tourism Atlantic Technology Award.

May 3rd – May 14th, 2010 – Norris Point, NL

The fourth annual Trails, Tales and Tunes Festival will take place from May 14-23, 2010 in Norris Point, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Enjoy a unique blend of daytime walks in spectacular Gros Morne National Park, afternoon workshops with artists and photographers, and evening entertainment by very talented local musicians and storytellers performed in churches, halls, theatres and pubs throughout Norris Point.

Check out their website at www.trailstalestunes.ca or visit them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49636491147 and join their group.

We plan on attending the festival this year and enjoy the festival. Cheers!

Historic Bed and Breakfast recognized as a leader in technology by the tourism industry

Gander (NL) – February 22, 2010 – Dale Cameron and Todd Warren, owners of the George House Heritage Bed and Breakfast in Dildo, NL, were named this year’s recipient of the sixth-annual Tourism Atlantic Technology Award. The pair was recognized for adapting their business practices to incorporate technology and social media in their day-to-day work.

The award was presented this past weekend at Hotel Gander as part of  Lookout! Tourism Summit 2010, the annual convention and tradeshow for Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador.

“The Government of Canada, through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), is pleased to be a part of a project that recognizes the success of tourism operations working to achieve best practices in technology,” says the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of National Revenue, Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Gateway. “When a member of the tourism industry makes great strides in advancing their business, they help advance the region as a result.”

The Lloyd George House, built in 1885, is a landmark in the community and a symbol of the lasting influence of the George family. Before being converted into a bed and breakfast, the ‘second empire’ style house was used as a post office for almost 40 years. While upgrades, renovations and the use of technology have brought the house into the 21^st century, it maintains a strong Victorian-period atmosphere.

The introduction of new technology included an on-line reservation system which allowed potential guests to check availability and make reservations for the room of their choice. Since it’s implementation, in October of 2009, rooms rapidly started filling up well into 2010.

“We have had tremendous success with the on-line reservation system,” said Mr. Cameron. “It has helped streamline our day-to-day responsibilities and allows us to book further into the future. Without our new system, that would have been difficult to do at this time of year.”

“We’ve updated Google.com and Google Maps with our GPS coordinates and contact information and we have been keeping our new blog up-to-date,” added Mr. Warren. The George House Heritage Bed and Breakfast can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.”

In 2004, ACOA created this annual award to acknowledge one tourism operator in each Atlantic province for his or her innovative and creative use of technology to improve and grow their tourism operation.

Photo credit: Kurtis Billard

If you have been considering a visit to Newfoundland and Labrador, 2010 is right time. Cupids, which is approximately a 30 minute drive from Dildo, is celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the birth of English Canada in 1610.

The Cupers Cove Colony

John Guy and a group of brave colonists arrived in Cupids in August of 1610 to establish the Cupers Cove colony in the name of James I, King of England and Scotland. Due to extensive journals, letters, and documents, the general site was well known, but it was not until 1995 that William Gilbert, chief archaeologist with the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation, found actual physical evidence of the site. Since then, the Cupids site has been declared one of top ten active archaeological digs in Canada. About 140,000 artefacts and five early 17th century buildings have been uncovered, including the oldest English coin found in Canada.

Finding the Cupers Cove Colony

Colonists Travel to Dildo Area to Meet Beothuk

One of the important objectives of the Colonists was to visit meet with the native people of the province, the mysterious and reclusive Beothuk, whose established hunting grounds were near Dildo at Russell’s Point in Blaketown.  They attempted to meet them in two ways, they walked overland across the Baccalieu Peninsula, and they built two ships and sailed around the tip of the Baccalieu Peninsula into Trinity Bay. Their trail across the peninsula has been remade and is called Crout’s Way.

During their trip the Dildo area, the colonist wrote vivid descriptions of Beothuk homes on Dildo Island and nearby Blaketown pond.  They also describe a meeting with the Beothuk which occurred at the bottom of Trinity Bay and was illustrated in a copper plate by Theodor de Bry (made some time later.)

See: John Guy meets the Beothuk – http://crossroadsforcultures.ca/beothuks/index.php?narId=25&language=en

European Influence in Region

Reading the journals of the colonists, many of the harbours and sites in the region are mentioned by name. Although the first colony was not founded until 1610, Europeans of many nations had been visiting the region as migratory fishermen during the 1500 and had named places.  Baccalieu and Bay de Verde come from the Portuguese; Harbour Grace, Carbonear, Bay Roberts, and Port de Grave come from the French; and Spaniard’s Bay is named for the Spanish.

Events in 2010

Not only will there be celebrations and events in Cupids this summer, Cupids 400 Corporation is partnering with towns in the region to present many events throughout the region.

For  information about this summer’s events,  see www.cupids400.com.

For information about the archaeology of the region, see w

For information about  history of the region see www.crossroadsforcultures.ca

It is going to be a very exciting time. We hope to see you!

When visiting Newfoundland and Labrador there are many great trails and areas to visit. In addition to visiting Dildo on the Baccalieu Trail we highly recommend you check out the Southern Avalon Tourism Associations website for a listing of the many tourism offerings they have to offer. You can check out their website at http://www.southernavalontourism.ca/

One of our favourite attractions is to take a tour with O’Brien’s Whale & Bird Tours in Bay Bulls – we go every year and make it a must do attraction. We rate them as one of the best whale and bird boat tours on the Island. Check them out at http://www.obriensboattours.com/ and they are only a quick 45 minutes from Dildo.

If you are making your way around the Irish Loop then make plans to stay at Northwest Bed and Breakfast and stay with Harold and Marie Pennell. You can find them online at http://www.bbcanada.com/bbnorthwest/ – you’ll enjoy your stay.

Each and every spring we tour the entire Baccalieu Trail, Irish Loop, Cape Shore and Killick Coast to check on the many offerings in the areas and check on the road conditions so we can advise our guests accordingly.

Check out these recommended sites and make plans early to enjoy all that Newfoundland and Labrador has to offer.

Wednesday, 22 March 1995

Dildo, Newfoundland – The bay is pretty enough, in a bleak kind of a way. White wood-frame dwellings jostle for space along the shore, while the sea is dotted with ice slabs that have drifted south from Labrador. There is a fish processing plant but, like most in Newfoundland, it stands idle. Everyone understands, though, that it is not the scenery nor even the cod crisis that has drawn us here.

“You’ve hit the spot, all right,” exclaimed Diane George, apologising that she has no postcards for sale in her shop that we might remember our visit by. “It does rather stick out at you from the map, doesn’t it?” Well, indeed.

This may be Newfoundland, where the coasts are crammed with rude-sounding place names, like Come By Chance, Pushthrough and Tickle Bay but for the folk who live here, their home goes beyond suggestive innuendo. For this is Dildo.

Exactly how it came to be called Dildo is a matter of local debate. Gerald Smith, a fisherman washed ashore by the three-year-old cod moratorium, ventures that the name was introduced by Spanish sailors fishing in the area as long as 500 years ago. If Dildo was not a town in Spain, it might, he suggested, have been the name of a visiting ship or even its captain. “I guess we are hoping that it’s from Spain,” he concluded uncertainly.

In the tiny Dildo Post Office, the assistant postmistress, Stella White, is sure it had nothing to do with the word’s common modern usage, to wit – to quote Webster’s – a “substitute for the male sexual organ”. “I feel sure that we’ve been here a lot longer than artificial penises have been around,” Mrs White declared without the slightest embarrassment, adding that the name has never worried her.

“There’s a place in the United States called Intercourse and we don’t tease them about that,” said Mrs White. She conceded, however, that things did get awkward for her children when they, like so many of the young in Newfoundland, left the province to study and work elsewhere in the country.

After repeated embarrassment when he joined the Navy, her son eventually took the offensive. “He used to tell people: `Didn’t you know, that’s where they come from?’ They never knew whether to believe him.”

A brief effort was made about five years ago to collect signatures on a petition to have the name changed. The precedent had already been set by a community up the coast that used to be called Gayside, until the residents got sick of all the insinuations it provoked about their own sexuality.

With a nod to an altogether warmer beach locale on the Florida coast that is a favourite with Canadians, they renamed it Baytona.

The man behind the name-change campaign in Dildo was Robert Elford, a local electrician. He said that he, too, was only thinking about the young. “Things always got a bit sticky for my son when people asked him where he lived,” he explained. But many of the older people in the community were offended by his crusade and after being harassed on the street and on the telephone, he gave up and simply changed his own address from Dildo to New Harbour, the neighbouring village. “It all got too personal,” he says.

Today, the name seems, if anything, to be a source of pride. Each summer, the village celebrates “Dildo Day”, featuring a flotilla of decorated boats that circles the bay. In the prow of the first boat stands an effigy of an old Newfoundland seadog called “Captain Dildo”.

Baseball caps and T-shirts are printed. I have one with a picture of the captain sailing past a point called Dildo Head. I also have a Dildo Day ’94 cap, but I doubt I will ever sport it in Manhattan. Sadly, the “I Survived Dildo Day” T-shirts are all gone.

Check out this link below and scroll down the website to see some wonderful photos of Dildo courtesy of the Salvation Army. The Trinity Bay South Corps has a long history in Dildo and surrounding areas and they have graciously allowed us to provide a link from our Blog to their website.

http://salvationarmytbs.ca/about/history#

Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Courtesy of Canwest News Service

From Tickle Cove, N.L., to Bacon Ridge, Man., to Bummers Roost, Ont., Canada does not lack for peculiarly named locales from coast to coast.

But what happens when residents in a town, near a creek or a mountain or a swamp outgrow a name and want a new handle that better reflects what their community has become?

That was the case last month when the New Brunswick government renamed Savage Island, a small island on the Saint John River. The new name, Eqpahak, is an homage to the isle’s aboriginal roots.

It was the first time the province had changed a place’s name because it is now considered discriminatory or inappropriate.

“It’s a drive to clarify the mystery in some cases of names of places,” explained Gilles Bourque, a manager at toponymy services for New Brunswick. Toponymy is the study of place names.

The proposal came from Percy Sacobie, a resident of the island, who sought the support of chiefs from six Maliseet First Nations to come up with an alternative name. Eqpahak is the Maliseet word meaning a “place where the tide stops coming in.”

Bourque said nearly all name change requests come to the provinces or territories from an individual, or group. Months of research needs to be done, studying the origin of the original name, whether there are any other places with the new name and evidence that there’s community consensus for a change.

“In some cases, some names aren’t known officially. It’s a discovery process,” he said. “It’s a cultural component that becomes a complement to the geographical feature to which it is associated.”

Last year alone, New Brunswick made 17 name changes in the province.

Residents of Elm Tree River, N.B., revived an outstanding request from years ago to change the name of their town to L’River Elm, to reflect that the town was majorly francophone. Meanwhile, those living in Shippagan were tired of all the misspellings of their town’s name, including Shippegan and Shippigan in the 1960s and 1970s, and got the name changed in the past few years.

According to the federal Geographical Names Board of Canada, which automatically approves name changes put forward by provinces and territories, the most common reason for a request is local usage.

For example, a number of features in Canada’s North, including mountains, lakes, streams and marshes, have been renamed in recent years to traditional names that reflect aboriginal culture.

Natural Resources spokeswoman Jacinthe Perras said although the agency does not keep statistics on the number of name changes approved across Canada, nor the reasons for the changes, larger provinces, such as Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia, submit the majority of requests.

But renaming is not always embraced by the community.

In late 2009, there was a significant backlash when mappers suggested a new name for a 14,244-square-kilometre area that includes Strait of Georgia and Juan de Fuca Strait in B.C. The term Salish Sea was finally approved in December 2009, and endorsed by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and their counterparts in Canada. The name Salish Sea acknowledges that the land in the area was occupied by Coast Salish First Nations before white settlers arrived.

So goes the story of a community in Newfoundland called Birchy Bay North, which was renamed to Gayside in 1958 to avoid confusion with nearby Birchy Bay. But then, nearly 30 years later, it was renamed again to Baytona after residents grew tired of insinuations about their sexuality.

A bid to change his community’s name was put forward by a resident of the infamous Dildo, N.L., 15 years ago but was abandoned due to a lack of public support.

Robert Elford told media he was pushing for a name change so the members of the younger generation wouldn’t get teased.

The attempt failed and today, the town’s name is embraced with pride by the residents.

Resident Judith Pretty remembers the campaign well.

“People weren’t going to stand for that. We have a unique community,” she said, from the Whalers Wharf inn, in south Dildo. “It was all the mainlanders who were freaked out about it.”

Pretty said she enjoys the reactions she gets from people who ask her where she’s from.

“They ask me: `Um, do you really live in a place like that?’ and I ask, `Like what?’ People are curious,” she laughed.

Considered one of the “prettiest small towns” in Canada, Pretty said residents have definitely benefited from the interest the name has generated in tourists from around the world.

“Someone must be some kind of stupid if they try again to change the name, ” she said. “We stand firm on what we believe in, and we believe in our town. ”

Parker Hogan, a spokesman for Alberta Culture and Spirit, the department responsible for geographical name changes in that province said without a doubt, the name of a place should mean most to those who live in it.

“In many cases, the names would be recognizing some local significance or .. . recognize somebody’s initiative,” he said.

SIDEBAR

Strangely named places in Canada:

Paradise, N.L.

Dildo, N.L.

Malignant Cove, N.S.

Crapaud, P.E.I.

Ripples, N.B.

Mayo, Que.

Swastika, Ont.

Snowflake, Man.

Eyebrow, Sask.

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alta.

Spuzzum, B.C.

Champagne, Yukon

Check out the link below for Denise Pike’s article in The Compass.

http://www.cbncompass.ca/index.cfm?sid=319646&sc=326

Destination St. John’s is making its member’s information available on smart phones to convention delegates, tourists and residents of the province. Apps are available for Blackberries, iPhones and other internet enabled smart phones allowing users to check for places to stay, places to eat or things to do through members of DSJ. You can even check to see what the weather will be like.
Best of all the app is FREE!

“This is leading technology and a great assist to the traveler in finding the many fine products and services offered by DSJ members” says Mark McCarthy Chair of Destination St. John’s.

CEO Keith Healey says, “I am excited for our members as every member will now be on the hip or in the purse of every visitor to our region; you can’t get much closer to a sale than that.”

David Janes President of Discover Anywhere Mobile, suppliers of the service says, “Discover Anywhere Mobile is very pleased to be partnering with DSJ to provide mobile applications for their visitors. With this technology, DSJ is now providing the best apps available worldwide for creating amazing tourist and conventioneer experiences.”

John Feltham VP of Technology with Applecore Interactive, developers of DSJ’s web presence says,” Destination St. John’s has assisted greatly with trip planning by providing visitors a real taste of their destination by displaying locations on an easy to use mobile map application.”

For those devices that have GPS capability it will tell you how far you are from your desired location and again, if you have the service, it will even tell you how to get there.

On your smart device go to http://m.destinationstjohns.com/ download the app and start visiting DSJ members! Once there you can read about the member and with another click visit their website directly.

For more information contact:

Keith Healey, CEO
Destination St. John’s
709-739-8898
khealey@destinationstjohns.com

Are You a Townie or a Bayman?

Newfoundland, located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, holds big adventures for its travelers. This Canadian island’s landscape ranges from barren rock to lush farmland to deciduous forest. Whether you are interested in the sedate or the pulse-pounding, you can find a rhythm in Newfoundland that suits you.

St. John’s Rocks – Townies make their base in historic St. John’s, where live music, gourmet cuisine and poetry readings in water- front bars make for a lively stay. Enjoy panoramic views of the harbor from your room at the Hotel Newfoundland, where the fine-dining Cabot Room serves cocktails made with iceberg vodka and perfectly prepared dishes using island ingredients such as caribou and jumbo scallops, fairmont.com. For modern amenities in a stunning historical setting, choose the Park House Inn Bed & Breakfast. newfoundlandbedandbreakfast.nl.ca

Outport Culture – Baymen head to remote coastal villages for the colorful local culture and easy access to the abundant natural beauty. View the icebergs in Spaniard’s Bay, then overnight at beautifully restored Sophia’s in the historic district of Carbonear on Conception Bay, sophiasmanor.com. In the village of Dildo, Inn by the Bay, a 19th-century saltbox gem, overlooks Trinity Bay, www.dildoinns.com. Turn to the O’Brien family in Bay Bulls, south of St. John’s, for everything from whale- and bird-watching to kayaking and pubbing. obriensboattours.com

Literary Newfoundland – The island is in the midst of a literary revival: Some exceptional novels, short stories, poetry and historical studies are winning awards in Canada and Great Britain.

Plan your trip

CollapseFly direct to St. John’s from Newark on Continental.

See a ‘berg in May or June; hike from July to October.

Enjoy the back-to-back summer festivals in St. John’s.

Find more information at www.newfoundlandandlabrador.com

A magical place to visit if you have seen the movie or not.

The Japanese site Global Hotel Index has recently added Inn By The Bay to their list of preferred accommodations and we are pleased to provide a safe link to their website as follows: http://www.globalhotelindex.com/default.aspx?CityID=4290&ResetSession=1&Action=city&LanguageID=13

TripAdvisor recently published their list of the 10 best bed and breakfasts from around the world and we are pleased to publish their list. Check out the following safe link at http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoiceList-cInnsBB

Hi all,

We have a ton of exciting things planned for the Dildo Trading Post this coming year – including a new eCommerce site developed for us by Baccalieu Consulting that will allow our customers to purchase items securely online.

In addition, we are pleased to announce that we are expanding our product line to include new housewares, expanded home accessories and we’ll be launching a whole new line of branded merchandise as well as our on-site cafe, line of home baked goods and homemade preserves, old fashioned candy, and yes a line of George House jams and jellies.

Finally, our very first cookbook “Recipes From A George House Kitchen” will be available for pre-order as of March 1, 2010 for $19.95 and the book will be launched in-store on May 21, 2010. More details to follow….

Check out the following Blog article on odd named places by Shawn Gates… http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=25501

Canada NewsWireMONTREAL, Dec. 17 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Canada today announced that it will introduce daily non-stop seasonal service between St. John’s and London Heathrow, U.K. offering convenient connecting flights throughout Europe with its Star Alliance partner carriers. Air Canada will operate the only daily non-stop service between Newfoundland and Labrador and London Heathrow between May 27, 2010 and September 26, 2010.

“For the past several months we have worked closely with the local community and the Airport Authority to offer travellers in Newfoundland and Labrador the convenience of the only daily non-stop service to London Heathrow in time for the peak summer travel season,” said Nick Careen, Vice President, Airports, Air Canada in St. John’s with airport, tourism and government officials. “With this improved schedule, we believe our customers in Newfoundland and Labrador will value this direct link to the U.K., as the fastest and most efficient way of making connections to several European capitals such as Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Vienna, Moscow, as well as Dubai. We hope the support for this route will enable us to operate it again next year and even extend it year-round. Air Canada is proud to serve Newfoundland and Labrador with safe and reliable air transportation since 1942, and we are committed to look ahead for new opportunities with the support of our customers.”

“After months of working with Air Canada, we’re very encouraged by Air Canada’s confidence in the St. John’s market and their decision to offer a daily direct flight between St. John’s and London Heathrow,” said Keith Collins, President and CEO of the St. John’sInternational Airport Authority. “Our community has strongly expressed their need and their desire for Air Canada to reestablish this important link to Europe and we’re delighted that they’ve decided to begin the service at a time when travel between St. John’s and Europe is anticipated to increase due to the development of the Hebron project.”

“Destination St. John’s congratulates Air Canada on this decision and its expression of confidence in Newfoundland and Labrador. This service will open up opportunities to attract meetings, conventions and events that have a European component to St. John’s. We all need to work to fill these planes with business and leisure travelers to ensure the business case on this route remains compelling,” said Keith Healey, CEO, Destination St. John’s.

“There is a reason to fly internationally in and out of St. John’s, and it is because of the vibrancy of our economy,” said St. John’s Board of Trade Chair Bruce Templeton. “Air Canada has recognized a sustainable opportunity based on the current strength of our local business community and the positive outlook we have for continued growth and success. We have major projects like Hebron coming to fruition and a number that look promising for development. European air access is a vital link to new global economic opportunities that will help maintain our momentum.”

“I am very pleased that Air Canada has recognized the value of reinstating this air connection to Europe,” stated St. John’s Mayor Dennis O’Keefe. “There is a real confidence in the St. John’s and provincial economy over the past few years. With the impending major resource developments, expansion of ocean technology and the growth of St. John’s as a host for international conferences, I anticipate there will be significant take up in this service.”

“I am pleased to hear about this expansion of service between St. John’s and London, England,” said Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway. “This direct flight will not only benefit Canadians, but will attract more visitors to Newfoundland and Labrador and support our local economy.”

Air Canada flight AC822 will leave St. John’s at 21:55, arriving in London at 06:25, and flight AC823 will leave London at 12:35 arriving in St. John’s at 14:35.

At London Heathrow Air Canada offers convenient connections to points throughout Europe with its Star Alliance partners: SAS Scandinavian Airlines to Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Oslo; bmi British Midland to Glasgow, Dublin, Aberdeen and Manchester; and Austrian Airlines to Vienna. In St. John’s Air Canada’s flights are timed to offer convenient connections to and from Deer Lake, Halifax, Montréal and Toronto.

The carrier will operate the route using newly refurbished 120-seat Airbus A319 aircraft in a two-cabin configuration offering a choice of Executive Class and Economy service. The A319 jets feature Air Canada’s personal entertainment system with 8.9-inch wide digital in-seat monitors and touch-screen controls offering hours of audio and video on demand programming at every seat. Other features include in-seat power within reach of every customer.

Air Canada’s new St. John’s-London Heathrow service will complement the carrier’s daily non-stop flights to London Heathrow from Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal and Halifax. In 2010 the carrier will offer up to 84 flights each week from Canada to London Heathrow.

With the launch of Air Canada’s St. John’s-London Heathrow service, Air Canada and Air Canada Jazz offer over 150 scheduled flights each week to 12 destinations across Canada to and from St. John’s, including non-stop service to Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal and London Heathrow, as well as same plane service to Calgary, Vancouver, Fort McMurray and Edmonton.

Air Canada provides scheduled and charter air transportation for passengers and cargo to more than 170 destinations on five continents. Canada’s flag carrier is the 13th largest commercial airline in the world and serves 33 million customers annually. Air Canada is a founding member of Star Alliance, providing the world’s most comprehensive air transportation network for Canadian domestic, transborder and international travel. Air Canada aircraft offer customers individualized seatback in-flight entertainment systems with hundreds of hours of digital audio-visual entertainment. As well, customers can collect Aeroplan miles for future rewards through Canada’s leading loyalty program.

In 2009, the readers of Business Traveler magazine voted Air Canada top airline in the following categories: Best Flight Attendants in North America, Best In-Flight Services in North America, Best Airline for Business Class Service in North America and Best North American Airline for International Travel.

Also in 2009, Air Canada was voted the Best Airline in Canada and the Best Airline in North America by the readers of Global Traveler magazine in an international survey of business travelers.

Click on the link below and check out the top bed and breakfasts in Canada. http://www.canoe.ca/Travel/Microgalleries/bbcanada/home.html?&pic=9

The article on Canoe.ca includes Inn By The Bay in Dildo, Newfoundland – the only bed and breakfast chosen in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Inn By The Bay is located in Dildo, a relaxing 50 minutes from St. John’s and the property is perched on the oceanfront on Trinity Bay.

Inn By The Bay is a Canada Select 4 1/2 star rated bed adn breakfast with seven inviting guest rooms with ensuite baths. For reservations go to www.dildoinns.com to book directly online or call toll-free in North America 1-888-339-7829.

We’re renovating the house and everything must go. The contractors are getting ready to create Captain Dildo’s Harbourside Tea Room and tell us to sell off everything in the store.

One Time Only Flea Market