John Muir’s Wild Years
Big ideas never arrive fully formed; they evolve, like everything else in the natural or man-made world. So it was with John Muir’s crusading ideas about protecting the wild places on earth.
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Beaver Valley Climbing Festival Returns
Written by Allison Kennedy Davies. Living along the Niagara Escarpment, we’re blessed with some of the best climbing terrain in the East. In 2013, Jennie Elmslie of Free Spirit Tours…
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Laying It Down: A Conversation with Cowboy Junkies’ Margo Timmins
Written by Ned Morgan. Cowboy Junkies’ 1988 album The Trinity Session is a masterpiece of subtlety. Recorded live during a single night on one microphone in a Toronto church, the…
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Paddleboarding for the Core
Stand-up paddleboarding has been around for as long as surfing itself. The earliest known eyewitness account of the sport, by British explorer James Cook in 1770s Tahiti, mentions surfers using paddles.…
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Snowy Owl Photo Workshop
There’s something about owls. Perhaps it’s their human-like features; their large, dish-shaped face; their amazing side-by-side yellow eyes; or the beauty of their flight.  But it seems everyone feels the…
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Awesome 1980s Ski Outfits at Blue Mountain
The writers of Hot Tub Time Machine most likely started with one premise: show lots of hilarious 1980s ski clothes. And it’s a pretty good premise. With the possible exception…
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Top Ten Places to Get High in Grey County
With the fall colours in full swing here in Grey County, there’s no better time to get high. The higher you get, the more colours you’ll see, it’s as simple…
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Ontario Sasquatch (Now with Video Proof)
Whether you’re a skeptic or a total believer, one thing about sasquatches is hard to believe: that there are Sasquatch in Ontario. But if you check out ontariosasquatch.com, well, perhaps,…
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Beaver River Eats One More Canoe
With ski season coming to a close rapidly (although skiing in 20 degree weather is pretty awesome), the rivers are high and the whitewater season is here for a short…
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Occupy Talisman
Let’s turn Talisman into Ontario’s first backcountry park. Talismans – amulets or other objects believed to possess supernatural or magical powers – are generally thought to bring good luck. If…
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