Canada
Canada’s wildlife often makes news headlines. In the past year, a grey whale wandered into Burrard Inlet in downtown Vancouver. A moose was videotaped trotting down a footpath beside Calgary’s busy Memorial Drive. A cougar chased two girls down a street in an Alberta town. A coyote ate a small dog in Toronto’s Beaches and [...]
If you’ve ever driven any distance through the Canadian bush (as Shania Twain calls it), especially endless miles of tree-lined, two-lane highway, then you will know about the moose. There are foreboding signs along the way featuring outlines of these hulking creatures nonchalantly strolling across your path. The message is not one of protecting the [...]
I’m lucky. Through my work with Canada’s tourism industry, I meet many Canadian writers who’ve published interesting books on Canada. Early Voices – Portraits of Canada by Women Writers 1639-1914 is a new book by Mary Alice Downie and Barbara Robertson with Elizabeth Jane Errington. I thoroughly enjoyed Early Voices which compiles the writings of [...]
The Bay of Fundy needs your vote! The bay with the highest tides in the world is Canada’s lone contender in the New7Wonders of Nature campaign. Check out this amazing Bay of Fundy video. When the New7Wonders campaign began in 2007, it featured more than 440 entries from over 200 countries. That number has been [...]
Recently I’ve been talking to my fishing buddy Peter Wasag. Don’t get me wrong – I don’t fish, but I like listening to Peter’s enthusiasm when he talks about fishing. His eyes light up as he tells me about the local environment and the habits of the steelhead. Leave a comment below after you finish [...]
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Here’s another post, and some great old pictures, by our friend Leslie. Her last Canadian story for Roadstories was about Yorkton, Saskatchewan. This one takes place in Manitoba. Interesting Fact: According to Wikipedia, West Hawk is the deepest lake in Manitoba at 115 metres or 360 feet. – Glenn Back some time ago, when my family [...]
Halloween is big business in Canada. Just ask Statistics Canada. Every year, it releases Halloween stats that include the latest demographics on trick or treaters, the number of Canadian farms with pumpkin patches, the amount of money Canadians spend on Halloween candy and even a list of places in Canada that may give you the [...]
We hooked up with Cathryn Wellner on Twitter. She’s a foodie, environmentalist and blogger living in the Okanagan Valley, in the province of British Columbia, one of the most picturesque places in Canada. You can follow her on Twitter @Storyroute. Here’s what she sent us about her part of the country. Background When Kelowna sun [...]
I’ve been pestering Peter, my fisherman buddy, all summer long for another fishing story. He finally took a break from his crankbaits, Gulp worms and crappies to scribble down the following summer fishing roundup… Hello everyone, I would like to give an update on the summer’s fishing adventures. We fished in two different Ontario locations; [...]
