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Roadstories.ca serves as an outlet for some of our Canadian photography and ideas and allows us to share our love of this gigantic piece of geography and the people who call her “home”. We are committed to supporting the First Nations of Canada and have initiated the only travel column in the country devoted to Canada’s First Peoples. It’s written by Hans Tammemagi with occasional contributions by others.

This website is maintained by Glenn Cameron and Judy Hammond (aka Canada’s Boomergirl), with contributions and guest posts by a handful of fellow Canada-lovers. As partners in CLEAR Communications Inc., we concern ourselves with promoting the Canadian tourism industry with marketing materials and expertise, content, communications planning, product development, media relations and a host of related tasks. In the course of our work we never run out of places to explore and people to meet in Canada. In our spare time, when we can steal a few days away from the demands of the job, we like to, er, travel in Canada.

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Contributors

Carol Patterson

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Creating a Flying Zoo program in the 1980s where her Cessna 172 passengers had fur, scales or a beak, Carol Patterson’s adventures spurred her to leave a career as an oil and gas accountant to see the world’s wildlife. In the quarter century since, she has inspired everyday explorers by writing and speaking about being chased by elephants in Africa, sliding through bat guano in Borneo, and breaking her ankle in Bhutan. When Carol’s not writing about the best of Canadian wildlife trips, she daydreams about spreadsheets. Carol Patterson is a two-time winner of the Travel Media Association of Canada’s award for Best Environmental/Responsible Tourism Feature. She can be reached at www.carolpatterson.ca and Instagram: thecarolpatterson.

Hans Tammemagi

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Hans’ writing is eclectic including travel (ecotourism, soft adventure, history) and environment. He is also one of Canada’s most prolific writers about First Nations’ culture and tourism. He has penned 10 books (one national best seller) and his articles appear in newspapers and magazines across North America. As a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and former adjunct professor in environmental sciences at Brock and Victoria Universities, he has a strong affinity for nature and the environment around us. He lives in British Columbia, Canada, where he enjoys kayaking, hiking and cycling.

Mark Stevens and Sharon Matthews-Stevens

Mark Stevens & Sharon Matthews-Stevens

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Mark Stevens has covered Canadian destinations for newspapers including the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Toronto Star and magazines as diverse as Dreamscapes, Sailing and Saltscapes. His writing has garnered numerous awards, including two Ottawa Tourism Travel Writing Awards, three Canadian Tourism Commission Northern Lights Awards. He has been a finalist three times in the Ontario Tourism Travel Journalism Awards. Mark Stevens won a first place TMAC Award in the “Best Spirit of Canada” category for a story that he wrote for Roadstories.ca in 2014. A three-time finalist in the travel photography category of the Ontario Tourism Awards, Sharon Matthews-Stevens is a multiple-award winning photographer. Her work has appeared in publications ranging from Ensemble Vacations to Canadian Yachting. A graduate of the Humber programme in digital photography, Sharon also produces fine art photography and her work has appeared in both juried shows and art galleries. Read Mark and Sharon’s little piece on the Îles de la Madeleine for Roadstories and check out their website at www.travelwriteclick.com.

Pat Brennan

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Pat Brennan is a Canadian freelance travel writer who spends much of his time roaming the back roads of North America in his 22-foot motor home. He spent 33 years at The Toronto Star as a staff writer/photographer and now writes for a variety of publications in the real estate and construction businesses as well as producing travel stories for Postmedia Network, Canada’s largest newspaper chain. Pat has an insatiable, newspaperman’s curiosity and loves to sit around trading yarns. Check out his website Travels With Lefty.

Robin & Arlene Karpan

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Robin & Arlene Karpan are Canadian freelance travel writers, photographers and book publishers based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. They specialize in the natural world: nature and wildlife photography, wilderness areas, hiking, canoeing, and travelling off the beaten track. Their extraordinary work has appeared in hundreds of publications around the world and we are happy to feature them here on Roadstories.ca “Unfortunately, it is natural areas almost everywhere that seem to be disappearing the fastest. If the world’s special places and special creatures are to survive, it will be because people know about them and care about them. We hope that our work can play a role in raising awareness and fostering an appreciation of our many extraordinary places.” Check out Robin & Arlene Karpan’s work at PhotoJourneys.ca and ParklandPublishing.com.

Cinda Chavich

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Cinda Chavich is an award-winning Canadian journalist specializing in food, wine and travel writing. Her work has been published in many major newspapers and magazines, from the Globe and Mail, Canadian Living and Maclean’s, to Cooking Light, Relish, Wine Spectator and Australia’s Get Lost. She is the author of six cookbooks including her latest, The Waste Not, Want Not Cookbook (TouchWood Editions, 2015), which addresses the global issue of food waste and was a finalist for the prestigious International Association of Culinary Professionals award. Cinda is also a Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) Awards winner. A longtime advocate of sustainable, local cuisine and eco-tourism, Cinda travels the world to uncover new stories. Learn more about Cinda’s latest adventures on her blog, TasteReport.com or on Twitter @TasteReporter.

Josephine (Jo) Matyas

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Josephine Matyas is a full-time Canadian freelance writer whose work has appeared in publications around the world. She often travels and writes with her husband, writer and musician Craig Jones and their dog Rigby. Their consumer website, Travels With Rigby, has a focus on RV travel, pet-friendly travel, food and music destinations. Follow Jo Matyas and her adventures at travelswithrigby.com