Stories & Pictures about Canadian People, Places and Things
The Hupacasath First Nation has been drawing sap from the many big leaf maple trees on its land and converting it into syrup. Source: Sweet success: B.C. First Nation launches commercial maple syrup venture | CTV Vancouver Island News
“Innovation is actually accelerating not only in the digital space but also more broadly, in …” – Bill Gates discussing innovation in the Pacific Northwest … Source: Microsoft co-founder points to Canada as world leader in innovation
The ploye is a traditional pancake or crêpe from the Madawaska region of northwestern New Brunswick around Edmundston. It’s simple to make and very delicious.
Source: Have your say | Canadian Content Consultations
Flare, Sportsnet, MoneySense and Canadian Business disappear from store shelves and move to online only. Source: Maclean’s to publish monthly in Rogers media overhaul | Toronto Star Also, here is the official press release … http://about.rogers.com/about/news-media-relations/news/item/2016/09/30/rogers-media-unveils-new-magazine-content-strategy
How a single tree, and the logger who saved it, have changed the way we see British Columbia’s old-growth forests Source: Big Lonely Doug
Great-Grandmothers and Grandfathers offer chilling stories – their stories, their parents’ stories – detailing how horribly Chinese immigrants were treated in British Columbia, from the Gold Rush through the late 1800’s and into World War II. ‘In Chinatown, as in Old China, so many men walked about with scarred faces and limbs. Source: Snapshots Chinatown | Creators […]
Exclusive: Perfectly preserved HMS Terror vessel sank during disastrous expedition led by British explorer Sir John Franklin Source: Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt | World news | The Guardian
In Canada, the word “bush” has been used since the 19th century to describe the hostile environment beyond the clearings and settlements. Source: Bush Flying – The Canadian Encyclopedia
BC is home to some of the largest, oldest and most impressive trees in the world. Source: Road Trip Through Old Growth Forests – British Columbia Magazine
Source: Up for a hiking challenge? – Parks Blog
Hidden for more than a century, Gustav Hahn’s 1893 Art Nouveau maple leaves have reappeared on the Legislature ceiling. Source: Revealed: a lost Ontario art treasure | Toronto Star
