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No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens

BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high.
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Kim Pemberton: Getting away from it all, close to home

Kim Pemberton: Getting away from it all, close to home

When you live in Greater Victoria, you don’t have to go far for adventure, new experiences and indulgences.
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Rick Steves: Nice, laid-back capital of the French Riviera

Rick Steves: Nice, laid-back capital of the French Riviera

Classy resort town is a popular fun-in-the-sun destination
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Rick Steves: Amsterdam offers a dance of class and crass

Rick Steves: Amsterdam offers a dance of class and crass

No matter the neighbourhood, you’ll find sometimes-jarring juxtapositions that somehow all jive here.
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Seattle: City of soaring views and cherry blossoms

Seattle: City of soaring views and cherry blossoms

Clustered in the city’s civic arts centre, the Space Needle, Chihuly Glass gallery, pop museum offer spectacular views, stunning art and recent history.
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Crowds picnic to see Tokyo's cherry blossoms at full bloom

Crowds picnic to see Tokyo's cherry blossoms at full bloom

TOKYO (AP) — Crowds gathered Friday to enjoy Japan's famed cherry blossoms in Tokyo, where cold weather has delayed their bloom. Cherry blossoms, known as “sakura” in Japanese, are the nation's favorite flower.
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As international travel grows, so does US use of technology. A look at how it's used at airports

As international travel grows, so does US use of technology. A look at how it's used at airports

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Belgian family of four was on their fourth trip to the United States.
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Hotels where baseball fans can score cool perks, save some money

Hotels where baseball fans can score cool perks, save some money

With baseball season in full swing, it’s time for fans to make their game-day plans. For those traveling to the game, that can require finding a hotel to serve as a home base. After all, sports and travel go together like peanuts and Cracker Jack.
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Morocco hosts one of Africa’s first exhibitions of Cuban art, a milestone for Afro-Cuban painters

Morocco hosts one of Africa’s first exhibitions of Cuban art, a milestone for Afro-Cuban painters

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — When Morocco 's King Mohamed VI visited Havana in 2017, Cuban-American gallery owner Alberto Magnan impressed him with a “full immersion” in the Caribbean island's art and culture, drawing a line between the cultural and histori
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Towns on solar eclipse's path of totality brace for a crush of visitors

Towns on solar eclipse's path of totality brace for a crush of visitors

TORONTO — Municipalities across Central and Eastern Canada have spent months preparing for an event that will last just three-and-a-half minutes: a total solar eclipse that will cast parts of the country into complete darkness.
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