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Travel writers win “Best Spirit of Canada” awards

Travel writers win “Best Spirit of Canada” awards

At Roadstories we are kinda proud of our contributing writers and photographers, so we were delighted when Mark Stevens won a first place TMAC Award in the “Best Spirit of Canada” category for a story that he wrote for Roadstories.ca … Read More...

Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont

Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont

While driving through Saskatchewan near Prince Albert, I was surprised to notice that, although there is a sign at Batoche, there is not a lot to tell passers-by about the history of what took place there.

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields

Thousands of Canadian school kids will hear Dr. John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields for the first time this year.

Saskatchewan’s Tweeting Cowboy

Saskatchewan’s Tweeting Cowboy

Legend has it that @GordVaadeland made his first tweet from inside a tipi, just west of Prince Albert National Park, in the middle of Saskatchewan.

Dorothy – don’t call it a Ghost Town

Dorothy – don’t call it a Ghost Town

The Hamlet of Dorothy, Alberta is often referred to as a ghost town, but don’t tell that to Linda Miller. Six generations of her family have lived there and she begs to differ.

Lilly Wong’s Golden Chinese Restaurant

Lilly Wong’s Golden Chinese Restaurant

It’s a national holiday in Canada and everything is shut tight in Foremost, Alberta. Everything that is, except Wong’s Golden Chinese Restaurant…

Niagara Falls daredevil

Niagara Falls daredevil

The date is set. Nik Wallenda will walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012.

William George Barker: Canada's most decorated war hero

William George Barker: Canada's most decorated war hero

William George Barker was even more decorated than Billy Bishop.

Billy Bishop Goes To War

Billy Bishop Goes To War

Leslie reviews “Billy Bishop Goes To War”.

Chris Hadfield Canadian Astronaut

Chris Hadfield Canadian Astronaut

In the evening on July 20, 1969, my mother took my sister and I outside the house in Winnipeg to look up at the moon.

Bob Cromwell

Bob Cromwell

Bob Cromwell is a great storyteller who lives in Brooks, Alberta, in the Canadian Badlands, about an hour and a half east of Calgary.

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Rolling Stone Magazine Justin Trudeau cover

On the cover of the Rolling Stone

Sopwith Camel

William George Barker: Canada's most decorated war hero

cover of The Collector’s Guide To Point Blankets

The Collector’s Guide to Point Blankets

Slipway Use sign

Island of Newfoundland – A Photographer’s Dream

beach at Port Burwell Provincial Park

Lake Erie beaches

Indigenous Artist Carey Newman – A Witness to our Times

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Hotel X Toronto

Canadian Pacific Railway poster-1910

Empress of Ireland Museum

BC Ferries Bowen Island Terminal at Snug Cove

Bowen Island

Bluenose 100th Anniversary

Bluenose Pride of Nova Scotia

Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve - Parks Canada Vessel

Quebec’s Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve

2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, North Bay, Ontario

Curling: Canada’s other game

Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway

The Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway

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