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On Wellington West

"If you’ve done Ottawa’s downtown must-sees — Parliament Hill, ByWard Market and Elgin Street among them — then it’s time to head west and stroll Wellington West, an easily walkable main drag that has its fair share of the whimsical,” says Fateema Sayani, a writer who has lived in the area for 15 years. Here are her tips on how to live like a local on Wellington West.

Land Of The Second Sky

An island-hopping journey through Tahiti reveals the incredible tones and traditions of French Polynesia.

Perfect Pairings

Ski, sip and spa on a winter tour of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.

A Truly Wild Island

Bonaire is renowned as a diving and Snorkelling destination, but inland from all its surf, sand and scuba is an untamed island unlike any other in the Caribbean.

Outbreak

The little-known story of the 1918 Spanish Flu and how we’re preparing for the next great pandemic

Golden Highway

How Alberta birders-turned-citizen scientists discovered a golden eagle migration route through the Rockies

Two Tales Of Tracking Jewish Canadians

How two academics pursued very different courses in their search for information on Canada’s Jewish community

It's Official!

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society celebrates its new headquarters with an official VIP opening

Toxin Trackers

Atmospheric Readings In The High Arctic Shed Light On How Fires Affect Air Quality And Climate

Hero. Heretic. Nation Builder.

A celebration of the real Louis Riel, Métis leader and Manitoba founder, on the 150th anniversary of the Red River Resistance and the 175th of his birth

Treasured Island

New Brunswick’s Ministers Island is being restored to its former glory

Andrea McCrady

Canada’s dominion carillonneur on keeping the bells ringing during Parliament’s renovations

10,000 Square Kilometres Of Remote Mountain Wilderness. Routine White-out Conditions. Avalanche-prone Slopes. More Than 200 Runs. And Just Five Guides.

Heli-skiing the Skeena Tenure

Canada's First Cold War

How Canadians went from fighting Germans in Europe to battling Bolsheviks in Russia after the First World War

Sima Sharifi

The Arctic Inspiration Prize co-founder on celebrating Northern Canada’s achievements and creativity

Coeur De Pirate

Béatrice Martin, the Québécoise singer-songwriter known by her stage name, reminisces about her favourite Montreal hideaway

Louie Kamookak

LOUIE KAMOOKAK, the Inuit oral historian and Honorary Vice-President of The Royal Canadian Geo graphical Society who changed the course of searches for the long-lost Sir John Franklin expedition, died on March 23, 2018. “We have lost a great friend,” says John Geiger, CEO of the RCGS. “Louie was a lovely man, the last great Franklin searcher and a teacher of incredible wisdom not only for the Inuit but for us all.” The following tribute was written by journalist and author Alanna Mitchell, who travelled on King William Island with Kamookak during one of his final expeditions.

George Kourounis

The famed adventurer and new Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence on his exploits

Capital Building

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the surveying of Charlottetown, when the Maritime capital’s foundations were de ned

Pen Project

How conservationists on both sides of the border are teaming up to save a tiny, vanishing mountain caribou herd

Wildfire Legacies

STUDIES OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES’ FIRE-SCARRED WATERSHEDS ARE REVEALING A SURPRISING RESILIENCE

For The Love Of Pronghorns

The story of a biologist’s lifelong study of an endangered species — and its future

500 Days-In The Wild

I’M CURRENTLY trying to hike, paddle, mountain bike and snowshoe The Great Trail while filming a documentary and writing a book (both to be titled 500 Days in the Wild) about my adventures.

Arctic-On The Edge

EARLY 20 YEARS AGO, I led a diving team to make the first cave dives inside the largest piece of ice ever seen on our planet.