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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 ...
Through the millions of years of these movements, the shield formed the nucleus around which geological processes built the North American continent. It shaped the configuration of the continent, ...
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 ...
Scientific consensus has long held that humans have been in the Western Hemisphere for about 11,000 years, since the arrival of peoples using “Clovis technology” to make hunting tools. (Named after ...
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 ...
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 ...