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Bred in 1916 by Isabella Preston, Canada’s first female horticulturist, the Creelman lily sits among other lost and found ...
During that summer, Mia chose to stay in Canada for the Chief gathering and joined world-class slackliners by the lake in the days leading up to the festival. She watched as even the most skilled ...
Discover the wonders of North Atlantic Europe and experience an adventure like no other — by sea! This extraordinary voyage will lead you through the region’s breathtaking beauty, visiting three ...
The western world’s growth imperative is the wrong playbook. In 1972, The Limits to Growth used early computer models to show if worldwide economic growth continued without regard for environmental ...
In his new book In Those Days: Shamans, Spirits, and Faith in the Inuit North, Kenn Harper shares tales of Inuit and Christian beliefs and how they came to coexist —and sometimes clash — in the 19th ...
Pauline Johnson was Canada’s first performance artist. In the 1890s, she criss-crossed the continent 19 times using the newly built Canadian Pacific Railway, captivating audiences with her poetry in ...
I was about five when I first first encountered ‘maas ol (white bear). I was in our community van on my way to nursery school when the driver pulled over on the side of the road and pointed out a ...
There’s a cracked anchor shaft mounted next to Spinnaker Drive in Halifax, southwest of the city’s ports. At half a tonne, the giant piece of shrapnel testifies to the sheer destructive power of the ...
In the dream, I am on a saddle horse leading a string of packhorses up a mountain trail. Moose look up from the willows along the creeks. Grey specks in alpine meadows are Stone’s sheep. On cliffs are ...
Most international borders adhere to some sort of logic. They follow coastlines or rivers, watersheds or natural barriers. They make sense. Not so the 49th parallel. The border from the Lake of the ...