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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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Dundas Square, Toronto

Dundas Square party

Churchill Northern Studies Centre

The Churchill Northern Studies Centre

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Banc-de-Peche-de-Paspebiac

Paspébiac – Fishing Empires

Old general stores in Ontario, Canada

Judy Eberspaecher and Totally Scallops

Totally Scallops

Kim's Convenience

Kim’s Convenience

VIA Rail dining room Canada by train

Canada by Rail

11th Mile’s very filling roasted cauliflower - John and Sandra Nowlan for Roadstories.ca

New Brunswick is a Tasty Choice for Summer Travel

inukshuk sunrise at Forillion National Park

10 Things You Need To Do For A Perfect Day At Forillon National Park

Lloydtown Pioneer Cemetery fence

Cemetery stories

Canadian Canoe Culture

Canadian Canoe Culture

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Medicine Hat Clay Industries National Historic District

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