Nova Scotia lifesaving trainers in Puerto Plata

Posted on 2012/01/30 by tim

In November, trainers from the Nova Scotia Lifesaving Society trained 96 water and beach personnel at Damajagua, Cayo Paraiso and Playa Dorada. See the report

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Passports soon to be mandatory for Canadians traveling to Dominican Republic

Posted on 2011/12/30 by tim

Canadians traveling to the Dominican Republic will require a valid passport as of April 30, 2012. Until that time Canadian citizens can enter with picture ID. Continue reading →

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Canada Day 2011 Photo Slideshow

Posted on 2011/07/04 by tim

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Canadians travel more, and to the DR

Posted on 2011/06/28 by tim

Apart from travel to USA, The Dominican Republic is the third preferred destination for Canadians traveling to the Americas. Continue reading →

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Canada Day Weekend Festival July 1-3 on Cabarete Beach!

Posted on 2011/06/25 by admin


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Meet our Canadian Ambassador during Canada Day Weekend Festival

Posted on 2011/06/25 by tim

Invitation

The Canadian Consulate in Puerto Plata invites you to celebrate Canada Day

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Whale Season in Samana

Posted on 2010/10/25 by tim

SAMANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—Kim Beddall left her hometown of Pickering, Canada, in 1983 after answering a newspaper ad looking for someone to teach scuba diving in the Dominican Republic.

“I wanted to live where it was warm and go on ski vacations, instead of doing it in reverse,” she says with a grin.

But Beddall soon found that while the weather was wonderful on the peninsula at the north-eastern end of this popular Canadian destination, the diving was hardly spectacular. It was only in talking to local fishermen that she discovered something else. Continue reading →

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