4" of ice and 4500' of altitude makes for a great skating rink
They say that cold days are best for staying inside by the fire, unless of course you live where mother nature surrounds you with perfectly formed personal skating rinks.
Nunavik man creates Nunami, an on-the-land board game for Northerners
Nunami, a new Inuit designed board game, was inspired by the Arctic environment and Inuit culture. With a passion for board games, Thomassie Mangiok wanted a game that resonated with northerners, so using a computer, 2D and 3D printers, some tape, a ...
Canada’s tiny disputed island
It’s not the puffins of Machias Seal that have the US and Canada fighting – it is what lurks in the oceans just beyond the island. Canada has some weird land disputes. Canada has been in a decades long dispute with Denmark over Hans island: a s...
Photo(s) of the Week! Montreal 1979 to 2017
Montreal has received a few updates in the last 40 years, see the changes in this comparison of a student's photos taken in 2017 and his father's photos taken from the same spot 38 years prior.
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Nova Scotia
How One Preteen Kept Her Canada Beautiful
Stella Bowles was only 11 when she tested water from Nova Scotia's LaHave River and found high levels of contamination. When she was younger she always wanted to swim in the nearby river, but her mother advised against it. Not due to rushing rapids o...
Quebec
Canada's first self-driving shuttle using public roads coming to Candiac
Autonomous public transit is here! Across Canada, cities are looking into the usability and efficiency of autonomous public transit. The City of Candiac will be the guinea pig for Canada's first autonomous shuttle using public roads. In Alberta, a pi...
Manitoba
An Icelandic legacy in the heart of Canada
Almost 1,000 years after Leif Erikson first stepped foot at L'Anse Aux Meadows, Icelanders returned to North America. Today, their traditions live on in a Canadian prairie town. Gimli, a tiny town of just more than 2,000, is the heart of ‘New Icel...
Alberta
Young dino lover from Colorado chooses Alberta over Disney World
He could choose anywhere to go for his fifth birthday. So this pint-sized paleontologist chose Alberta over Disney World. When Remy Rodriguez grows up, he wants to be a famous paleontologist and a tow truck driver. When asked where he wanted to go f...
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A Guide to Canada’s Most Notable Architectural Styles
One of the great joys of walking around most Canadian cities is seeing the incredible variety of architectural styles found in the country. While some are local examples of international styles, others are uniquely our own. How did these styles come ...
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Gros Morne National Park: The Great Canadian Bucket List
The UNESCO World Heritage Site offers geological marvels and dramatic scenery, with a range of walks, hikes, and boat trips. Gros Morne is a wild place, so far removed from it all that it feels almost otherworldly. If you have the chance to see this ...
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Anishinaabe territory named Canada’s first mixed UNESCO World Heritage site
After years of lobbying by local First Nations, UNESCO has awarded Pimachiowin Aki, a mostly untouched region that is home to one of the largest herds of caribou, the rare designation. The vast region of boreal forest straddling the Manitoba and Onta...
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Warning: This article contains pictures of June snowfall
One man sums it up: "I looked out to the window, and I felt like going back to bed again." Remember when the made-up month "Juneuary" felt like a cute joke and not an annual certainty? Neither do we. Environment Canada warned us t...