Helen Earley https://www.helenearley.com/ Family. Travel. Food Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:49:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.helenearley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-HelenEarley.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Helen Earley https://www.helenearley.com/ 32 32 108914765 The Story Behind Carters Beach Provincial Park https://www.helenearley.com/finally-carters-beach-has-the-protection-it-deserves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finally-carters-beach-has-the-protection-it-deserves https://www.helenearley.com/finally-carters-beach-has-the-protection-it-deserves/#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:41:28 +0000 https://www.helenearley.com/?p=1193 Carters Beach could rival any beach in the Caribbean. In fact, when you go, you’ll ask yourself, “is this really Nova Scotia?”

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]]> https://www.helenearley.com/finally-carters-beach-has-the-protection-it-deserves/feed/ 0 1193 5 Reasons to Move Back to Nova Scotia (and one to stay where you are) https://www.helenearley.com/reasons-to-move-to-nova-scotia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reasons-to-move-to-nova-scotia https://www.helenearley.com/reasons-to-move-to-nova-scotia/#respond Fri, 12 Jan 2024 13:50:41 +0000 https://www.helenearley.com/?p=1151 I first published this blog post in 2015, on another site, and it quickly became the most commented-on post I’ve

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]]> https://www.helenearley.com/reasons-to-move-to-nova-scotia/feed/ 0 1151 Exploring the Shubenacadie Waterway https://www.helenearley.com/exploring-the-shubenacadie-waterway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-the-shubenacadie-waterway https://www.helenearley.com/exploring-the-shubenacadie-waterway/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:32:44 +0000 https://www.helenearley.com/?p=1135 This year, my family and I have been exploring the Shubenacadie Waterway with the Shubenacadie Canal Commission– in so many

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]]> https://www.helenearley.com/exploring-the-shubenacadie-waterway/feed/ 0 1135 The best places to visit in Nova Scotia https://www.helenearley.com/the-best-places-to-visit-in-nova-scotia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-places-to-visit-in-nova-scotia https://www.helenearley.com/the-best-places-to-visit-in-nova-scotia/#respond Sat, 14 May 2022 05:36:41 +0000 https://www.helenearley.com/?p=1107 In autum 2021, I wrote “The best places to visit in Nova Scotia” for Lonely Planet, the backpacker’s bible! The

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]]> https://www.helenearley.com/the-best-places-to-visit-in-nova-scotia/feed/ 0 1107 Take Flight at the Atlantic Aviation Museum – a not-so-hidden gem near Halifax airport (Saltwire) https://www.helenearley.com/dont-drive-by-the-atlantic-canada-aviation-museum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-drive-by-the-atlantic-canada-aviation-museum https://www.helenearley.com/dont-drive-by-the-atlantic-canada-aviation-museum/#respond Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:56:26 +0000 https://www.helenearley.com/?p=1066 Aug. 2021 – What a pleasure to sit in an aircraft seat again – even if it was only a

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]]> https://www.helenearley.com/dont-drive-by-the-atlantic-canada-aviation-museum/feed/ 0 1066 25 Family Adventures in Nova Scotia: A New Guide Book Just for Families https://www.helenearley.com/25-family-adventures-in-nova-scotia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=25-family-adventures-in-nova-scotia https://www.helenearley.com/25-family-adventures-in-nova-scotia/#respond Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:11:27 +0000 http://www.helenearley.com/?p=746 The new travel guide book, 25 Family Adventures in Nova Scotia is the first of its kind - a guide book just for families, just for the province of Nova Scotia, from whale watching on Brier Island to staying overnight the Fortress Louisbourg, to spending the afternoon discovering the history of Africville on the shores of the Bedford Basin. 

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]]> https://www.helenearley.com/25-family-adventures-in-nova-scotia/feed/ 0 746 Combining Luxury with Local Flavour in Mazatlan (Family Fun Canada) https://www.helenearley.com/combining-luxury-with-local-flavour-in-mazatlan-family-fun-canada/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=combining-luxury-with-local-flavour-in-mazatlan-family-fun-canada https://www.helenearley.com/combining-luxury-with-local-flavour-in-mazatlan-family-fun-canada/#respond Thu, 07 May 2020 01:37:44 +0000 http://www.helenearley.com/?p=715 I don’t know what it was about Mazatlan that re-ignited my inner backpacker. You would think that, a decade after

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]]> https://www.helenearley.com/combining-luxury-with-local-flavour-in-mazatlan-family-fun-canada/feed/ 0 715 Travelling Green in New Brunswick (Matador) https://www.helenearley.com/traveling-green-in-new-brunswick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=traveling-green-in-new-brunswick https://www.helenearley.com/traveling-green-in-new-brunswick/#respond Thu, 07 May 2020 01:23:15 +0000 http://www.helenearley.com/?p=707 This was a two-part project for Matador – the world’s largest independent travel publisher, It was a fun assignment –

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]]> https://www.helenearley.com/traveling-green-in-new-brunswick/feed/ 0 707 The kids are alright: how a 1970’s amusement park taught this helicopter parent to relax (Globe and Mail) https://www.helenearley.com/how-a-1970s-amusement-park-taught-this-helicopter-parent-to-relax-globe-and-mail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-a-1970s-amusement-park-taught-this-helicopter-parent-to-relax-globe-and-mail https://www.helenearley.com/how-a-1970s-amusement-park-taught-this-helicopter-parent-to-relax-globe-and-mail/#respond Sun, 15 Dec 2019 23:28:02 +0000 http://www.helenearley.com/?p=701 There’s a distinct absence of panic at Lappa Valley – an amusement park built on top of an abandoned lead

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]]> https://www.helenearley.com/how-a-1970s-amusement-park-taught-this-helicopter-parent-to-relax-globe-and-mail/feed/ 0 701 11 Canadian Winter Festivals (CBC Life) https://www.helenearley.com/11-canadian-winter-festivals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=11-canadian-winter-festivals https://www.helenearley.com/11-canadian-winter-festivals/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:26:41 +0000 http://www.helenearley.com/?p=689 For this 2020 Festival round-up for CBC Life, I contacted everyone I could think of in the Canadian tourism world,

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