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• Travel Gay Canada LGBT Tourism Leadership Award 2012 Travel Gay Canada presents the 2012 LGBT Tourism Leadership Award to Angus Praught.

• Pick a fight! 1000 Islands Paint Ball!! My cousin Drew joined me for a fun weekend in 1000 Islands. Things got heated when he said the locals were getting scared because of repeated bear sightings... he was talking about me. I decided we could settle the score with some overalls and paint. Canadian Viewers: Season 5 Tuesdays at 8 & 8:30 PM on videos.outtv.ca American Viewers: Full episodes available on demand at www.logotv.com

• Gananoque & Thousand Islands - Endless Summer! Canadian Viewers: The Luber is a drink - maybe it was only popular in Saskatchewan where I grew up but it sure is tasty on a summer day after a round of golf, watching a ball game or sitting on a patio. My cousin Drew joined me in beautiful 1000 Islands for a weekend of biking, hiking, golf, kayaking and paint ball - but we made sure to stop and drink a Luber or two along the way. Get the recipe and make one yourself at the end of the video! Season 5 Tuesdays at 8 & 8:30 PM on videos.outtv.ca American Viewers: Full episodes available on demand at www.logotv.com

• Mud Slide!! I've seen a lot of the planet and done a lot of fun things but every boy worth his measure in piss and vinegar loves getting dirty!! Halifax offered the perfect place with a combination of tidal rafting and mud sliding... Canadian Viewers: Season 5 Tuesdays at 8 & 8:30 PM on videos.outtv.ca American Viewers: Full episodes available on demand at www.logotv.com

• Halifax - Gay Club Take-over In Halifax I took part in a new trend - the gay takeover! It's happening in cities coast to coast and the idea is simple - select a traditionally straight restaurant, bar, club, or event space and throw a big gay party. Spread the word on your social sites and choose a color or theme so the gang is instantly recognizable. To top it off - have fun and spread good vibes and a little education! Canadian Viewers: Season 5 Tuesdays at 8 & 8:30 PM on videos.outtv.ca American Viewers: Full episodes available on demand at www.logotv.com

• BUMP! - Toronto Toronto is Canada's largest city, home to over 4.5 million people. We start off this edition of Bump! on Church Street, the heart of the gay community, touring the neighbourhood with gay city councilor Kyle Rae, learning how this area became the "gay village." Bump! visits with Sharon Gless and Jack Weatherall, stars of the acclaimed North American version of "Queer As Folk", set in Pittsburgh and filmed in Toronto. For art collectors, the options are endless. We drop by the studio of queer underwear artist, Will Munro, where Bump! host J.R. Anderson models his avant-garde designs. Shopaholics will revel as we visit some of Toronto's many gay-owned and gay-friendly shops and stores. Bump! also attends Fashion Week and meets local success story Dean and Dan Caten, gay twin designers now based in Milan. We also get front row seats at Fashion Cares, a glittering annual event that has raised over $5 million for Toronto's AIDS/HIV charities. Finally, we round out our trip with a tour of gay-owned B&B's and guesthouses before we head to back to the gay village and check out the hopping social scene.

• BUMP! - Ottawa Picturesque Ottawa is Canada's national capital, and is renowned for its festivals. We find out about the 3 million bulbs in bloom at the Tulip Festival, the brilliant fireworks of the annual Canada Day Celebration, and Winterlude, where thousands don skates and glide down the Rideau Canal. Fitness and nature buffs will be hooked as we go rollerblading on Ottawa's vast network of scenic pathways, and then visit the Gatineau parks, with its hundreds of kilometres of trails for hiking and mountain biking and five pristine lakes where you can canoe and camp. Thrill seekers will get their fix as the Bump! crew hurtles down the Ottawa River with the folks from Owl Rafting. Elaina Martin gives us an overview of The Rock City Women's Fest that takes place every August, celebrating womens' achievements in music and the arts. Then we visit with some notable locals, including activist Bruce Bursey of The Wellness Project, addressing LGBT health concerns, Arthur Jamieson of Act Out, a gay theatre group and artist Carl Stewart, who makes a political statement with his erotic tapestries. Bump! shows viewers some of the many options for the gay tourist, including numerous gay-owned and gay-friendly accommodations, restaurants, shops and boutiques, the new Splash circuit party, and several happening bars and clubs.

• BUMP! - Montreal The second largest French-speaking city in the world with a population of 3.4 million, Montreal has all the ingredients for a perfect gay getaway. Bump! explores the spectacle of "Black and Blue" a weeklong party festival, AIDS fundraiser and cultural event that attracts upwards of 20,000 gays, lesbians and their friends to Montreal from all over the world each year. Shop till you drop at Priape, a Montreal retail success story that beat the odds. Pump some iron with bodybuilder James Michael Levigne, who won gold at the 1998 Gay Games in Amsterdam and hopes to repeat when the quadrennial event comes to Montreal in 2006. Some of the hottest male dancers in the world can be found in Montreal -- we get up close and personal with these men as they bare their souls (and plenty more) for our cameras. All this plus Montreal's fabled nightlife and European flare -- now that's "Joie de Vivre"!

• Paddlers Wear Blindfolds to Join Visually Impaired Racers at Florida Keys Dragon Boat Race Five visually impaired competitors from Vancouver, British Columbia, joined sighted paddlers wearing blindfolds Saturday to raise awareness about people with vision loss during the Battle in the Bay Dragon Boat Festival in the Florida Keys. In a show of "yes you can" solidarity for their Canadian teammates, sighted members of Conch Republic Navy team raced blindfolded and won the Gift of Life Challenge race with their Vancouver counterparts against a team named Dragon Boat at the Beach. To enhance mental concentration over visual focus, the boat's drummer called the count rather than beating a traditional drum, making it easier for the paddlers to simultaneously feel the rhythm of the boat. The Vancouver-based team is dubbed "Eye of the Dragon." Dragon boat racing involves 20 paddlers moving in unison -- a combination of strength and teamwork attracting men and women of all ages and abilities with a competitive spirit and the ability to work together. Nearly 20 teams competed during Saturday's swift-paced event, a unique direct-from-the-beach launch for sleek, 40-foot-long race boats whose elaborate designs originated in ancient China.

• OUTGAMES/RADIO-CANADA Coverage of Opening Ceremony Radio-Canada and the GLISA/Outgames clips of the opening ceremonies to the Outgames! Notice how the rings of the floor of the performance area look like Olympic rings - but rainbow!

• Carlotta's Birthday Show 2011.AVI Carlotta Gurl performs Lady GaGa's "Born This Way" at her Absolutly Drag-u-lous birthday show in Vancouver, Canada

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