From The G & M:
"Where’s William? Your guide to the royal visit to Western Canada"
British Columbia will be a bit extra-British this weekend as William and Catherine, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and their young children make an eight-day visit to Canada. Stay tuned for updates on their journey and background on the Royal Family’s Canadian connections. The royal couple and their children arrive in Victoria on Saturday for an official greeting at the B.C. Legislature and a military service at the Cenotaph. Their itinerary in Vancouver on Sunday includes a tour of Sheway – a program in the Downtown Eastside that helps mothers with addiction problems care for their children – and meeting newly arrived Syrian refugees at an immigrant welcome centre.
Monday, Sept. 26: The Duke and Duchess will visit Heiltsuk First Nation territory in Bella Bella to get a flyover tour of the Great Bear Rainforest. Prince William is endorsing the region, dubbed the “jewel in the crown” of Canada’s protected wilderness areas, as part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy forest-conservation initiative.
Tuesday, Sept. 27: In Kelowna, the royals will join in anniversary celebrations at UBC’s Okanagan campus before heading to Whitehorse to inspect the Canadian Rangers, a reserve Arctic patrol force that counts Prince William and his brother Harry are honorary members.
Wednesday, Sept. 28: The royals will see Whitehorse’s MacBride Museum, attend a community art festival, be welcomed to Carcross/Tagish First Nation territory and see a mountain-biking demonstration on Montana Mountain.
Thursday, Sept. 29: The whole family regroups in Victoria for a children’s tea party with military families.
Friday, Sept. 30: The Duke and Duchess will tour Haida Gwaii, take a canoe ride, visit a new hospital and fish with youth from Skidegate.
Saturday, Oct. 1: Back in Victoria again, the royals will spend their last day visiting family-care and mental-health workers and sailing on a tall ship run by a program that mentors young people.
Why are they visiting? Canada turns 150 next year, and Ottawa is pulling out all the stops, budgeting $210-million for projects and events marking the anniversary of Confederation. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invited the Duke and Duchess to visit Canada earlier this summer. The Trudeau government has expressed hope that 2017 will be a turning point in Canada’s relationship with indigenous people, and having a future monarch strengthen ties with B.C. First Nations aligns well with that objective. The B.C. lieutenant-governor’s residence in Victoria, Government House, will be the Duke and Duchess’s headquarters while they’re in Canada. Prince George and Princess Charlotte are staying behind in Victoria while their parents travel. Victorians are the only ones who’ll get a look at George and Charlotte – three and one years old, respectively – when the royals arrive and leave, and at a children’s tea party on Thursday. This is both children’s first visit to Canada, and Charlotte’s first tour overseas.
^ The Duke will one-day be King of Canada (as will his son) so it's good that they take the time now to visit the country. Canada is the most visited Commonwealth country by Queen Elizabeth II (Queen of Canada) so maybe it will continue to hold that distinction with the Duke and his family. ^
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-royals/wheres-william-your-guide-to-the-royal-visit-weekend/article31982370/
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