Let It Roar
Power, beauty and rage; storm watching along the Wild Pacific Trail. Words & Photography :: David McColm I awake to an ink-black night and one of my favourite natural sounds—…
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nature
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Family Nature Therapy
A dose of family nature therapy in Quebec’s mountainous Charlevoix region will keep the doctor away.
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ML Launches Mushroom Life
The most exciting news this month is the launch of the newest title in the Mountain Life empire, Mushroom Life. This quarterly publication will focus solely on the mysteries, benefits, and magic…
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The Underworld: What’s Going on Beneath our Skis and Snowboards?
Is there a correlation between the mogul-making by skiers and snowboarders and a congregation of prey beneath them?
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Mutual Care: Rethinking our Relationship with Outdoor Spaces
words :: Jim Stinson // photos :: Maxime Légaré-Vézina. Throughout the pandemic, natural areas across the country have experienced a dramatic surge in interest and visitation as people have sought…
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Friday Flick: HYDROTHERAPY
“Hydrotherapy is a story of adaptation, strength & re-wilding set in the raw and beautiful landscapes of Snowdonia National park. Laura has not only overcome a life changing illness through…
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The Ginkgo and the Dragonfly: Nature’s Resilience Decoded
words :: Ned Morgan. Most of us are travelling less these days, even within our own county or province. For me, this means retreading already well-trodden trails—and stumbling over unexpected…
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Outer Peace: Connecting All People to Nature
Arc’teryx is marking the start of 2021 with a brand platform called Outer Peace. Its goal is ambitious: To connect all people to the transformative power of nature. Outer Peace…
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Lighten Up to Brighten Up
Ultralight backpacking and why Canadians aren’t paying attention. Words & Photos :: Mins Savela Every outdoor enthusiast knows that as soon as they buckle their backpack straps and head out…
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Yellowstone to Yukon: A New Model of Mountain Conservation
Words :: Ned Morgan. As human populations continue to grow, urban development fans in haphazard fashion ever outward from city and town centres, heedless of the habitat swallowed up and…
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The Underappreciated Underworld Of Amphibians
The Kingdom of Spring: Amphibians at play, uncensored and uninhibited. Words:: Leslie Anthony. The late March woods in Haliburton, Ontario, are quiet and sullen. Morning’s blue sky has succumbed to obdurate grey,…
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Unnatural Nature: Why Scientists Give Invasive Species Scary Names
words :: Bobby Hristova Although dog-strangling vine doesn’t strangle dogs, the nickname is no mistake. It’s one of almost 500 invasive species impacting Canada’s native ecosystems, prompting scientists to get creative.…
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Tele-Curious: Confessions of a confused alpine-touring skier
words & photography :: Michael Fox THE INCIDENT The malfunction happened as it always seems to—at the worst possible spot, virtually the exact midpoint of the Spearhead Traverse, a 40-kilometre (25-mile)…
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MULTIPLICITY 2019: Meet The Man Who Walked Across Africa
Don’t have tickets to Multiplicity yet? Get them here. For our third speaker, we welcome adventurer and explorer Mario Rigby. Mario’s most recent adventure involved a 2 year, 12,000 kilometer…
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A Crash Course In Nature Guiding With Les Anthony
words and photos :: Leslie Anthony The message came in late—could I help out with leading a nature walk the next day? Of course you can, people I know would snicker. …
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Happy Trails: When Human And Nonhuman Trails Converge
It’s spring, and as snow retreats from the land, we hedonistic Canadians begin to think about our next outdoor adventures—most of which will involve “trails” of some kind. Whether it’s…
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Biophiliac: Road Warriors
At less than 20 years old, road ecology is an emerging scientific discipline—albeit one that should have been birthed earlier. After all, we’ve been messing up wildlife with roads for…
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Laugh Like A Loon: Unmistakeable For Its Cry (And Its Laugh) Gavia Immer Is Both Familiar And Elusive
There are many sounds in the forests of central Ontario, and not just a few of them are distinctly Canadian—the howl of a wolf, the tock-tock-tock of woodpeckers. But there’s…
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First Person: The Burgess Mystique
As national parks go, British Columbia’s Yoho is more compact than most. Driving the Trans-Canada west from the Alberta border, it feels like you’ve already left it behind before you…
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Embrace the Darkness: Torrance Barrens Dark-Sky Preserve
It’s pitch black. You can’t see your hand in front of your face or your feet beneath you. But when you look up you can see millions of stars, planets…
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