This caught my attention today. Quite laughable. I’ve never heard of earthquakes in this part of BC… not sure about elsewhere, but heck… Australia’s quite crazy – I remember they had a history of issuing travel warnings for the slightest matters.

 http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gFY7RoDOJgR8VycbDmKBsHpdvXtg

Extract:

As Canadian tourism officials prepare to launch a new campaign next week to promote Canada as a place for Australian tourists to “keep exploring,” travellers from Down Under may have second thoughts if they take the advice of their own government’s “Smart Traveller” website.

It has a warning posted about travel to The Great White North.

The website, which is run by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has Canada listed as a country where travellers should “exercise caution,” which is the second-lowest rating out of five – the highest being “do not travel.”

Australians are advised to be cautious because of “the risk of a terrorist attack” in Canada, heavy snow, windchill and ice in the winter, and forest fires that can erupt “at any time.”

British Columbia, in particular, was singled out as being in an active earthquake zone and “subject to avalanches,” along with Alberta.

Umm… the best part is, BC is such a huge province, and they’ve singled out the entire province without specific mention of what areas.

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