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Portrait of Adam Olsen

First indigenous Green Party member in North America …

Donevan’s Hardware in Gananoque

Charlie Donevan has been keeping the cottages of the 1000 Islands in nails and garden hoses for almost a century …

Billy Bishop – Canadian War Hero

Billy Bishop – Canadian War Hero

It was 100 years ago that Billy got the letter telling him to pack his bags; you’re going home.

Indigenous Peoples in Niagara

Indigenous Peoples in Niagara

About five years ago people started to change the name Iroquois to Haudenosaunee (people of the Longhouse) …

Katsitsakaste, Indigenous Artist in Residence

Katsitsakaste’s performance art is ground breaking, eloquent and powerful. It resonates with all the dark places …

What makes an Olympian?

What makes an Olympian?

Roadstories asks Nancy Greene “What makes an Olympian?” …

O Canada

O Canada

On the occasion of Canada’s 150th birthday, Mark Stevens & Sharon Matthews-Stevens share their impressions of Canada …

Wendake First Nation – Leader of Quebec’s Aboriginal Tourism

Wendake First Nation – Leader of Quebec’s Aboriginal Tourism

Eight kilometres north of Quebec City is one of the most impressive indigenous cultural centres in Canada.

Vernon Wheeler Maple Syrup Man

Vernon Wheeler Maple Syrup Man

Vernon Wheeler is one of Ontario’s largest maple syrup producers, tapping 20,000 maple trees on his 730-acre bush in Lanark County north of Kingston, Ontario.

Bill Reid and his Canoe

Bill Reid and his Canoe

Bill Reid, the most influential Native artist in Canada over the past half century, was born in 1920 to a Haida mother and an American father.

First Nations Culture Enriches the Yukon

First Nations Culture Enriches the Yukon

Yukon First Nations have a long history and a fascinating culture. After decades of repression, First Nations culture has emerged and is flourishing in the Yukon.

Ron Brown’s Backroads of Ontario

Ron Brown’s Backroads of Ontario

I attended a book publishing workshop at the Travel Media Association of Canada conference not long ago. Ron Brown was one of the presenters. We had just received a copy of Backroads of Ontario from Firefly Books and I was anxious to hear what Ron had to say. According to his website ‘Nobody knows Ontario like […]

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Carol Patterson Finding Bubbles at Abraham Lake

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Port Perry, Ontario downtown streetscape

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Leader, Saskatchewan sculpture. Red-headed Woodpecker, 2004, Grant McLaughlin

Leader wildlife sculptures

Indigenous Culinary Experience at the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival in Ottawa

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People buying fresh fish from fishing boats in Wismar Harbour. They couldn't get to the harbour without a legal pass during Soviet occupation to keep them from fleeing East Germany in a small boat to nearby Sweden or Denmark.

Remembering Wismar

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