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A mother-daughter escape to Elora, champagne included
At the Kat Florence Hotel and its private riverside reserve, a luxurious getaway reveals a hometown passion for preserving history and nature
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Exploration
‘It is important for Canada to be here’
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk touts Canadian contributions to space travel aboard International Space Station
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Race against time: Tuktoyaktuk’s fight for survival
As climate change dramatically reshapes their community, residents of Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. face difficult choices
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Return to the Heroic Age
Inside the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s expedition to survey the wrecks of Quest and Terra Nova
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Protecting Kluskap‘s Cave, one of the most sacred places in Mi’kma’ki
Five Mi’kmaq communities are leading the protection of a sacred site by creating an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area, while also restoring connections between the lands, waters and people of Unama’ki
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People & Culture
The lone ranger and the quiet crisis in British Columbia’s parks
With B.C. Parks stretched thin, Ming Neil’s career in Princess Louisa Inlet shows the limits of love for the land — and what happens when community fills the funding gap
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Environment
El Niño is here and could reach historic intensity. What does that mean for Canada?
What do predictions of a strong El Niño event mean for Canada? Talking climate models, stats and weather predictions with the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis.
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History
The U.S. Tariff Act of 1890 was meant to hurt Canada. Instead, it made us stronger.
A look at the McKinley Tariff, a political weapon that imposed crippling tariffs of up to 50 per cent on Canadian exports to the U.S.
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Exploration
‘It is important for Canada to be here’
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk touts Canadian contributions to space travel aboard International Space Station
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- 4 minutes
People & Culture
One more bridge to cross
How the disputed Gordie Howe International Bridge could transform Canada-U.S. trade
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People & Culture
After oil: Founded for the purpose of oil and gas extraction, these Alberta towns are now contemplating a future without it
Built to fuel Canada’s petroleum industry, communities like Swan Hills and Fox Creek are balancing today’s livelihoods with the uncertainty of tomorrow.
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Places
B.C.’s Lake O’Hara is a hard-to-reach hikers’ paradise
Restricted access to this British Columbia alpine region is both its claim to fame and its saving grace
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People & Culture
The watchers: On patrol with the Canadian Rangers
With more eyes on the Arctic, the Canadian Rangers embark on their longest patrol in recent history — a path forward for Canada’s defence and its deepening relationship with the North
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Discovery Language
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Pitewey and cookies: a Mi’kmaw auntie’s fight to revitalize her language
Katrina Clair is teaching Mi’kmaw to ensure kids like her children always have access to the language
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People & Culture
Inuktuusuunguvit? (Do you speak Inuktut?)
Ottawa is home to a booming Inuit community reclaiming their language and culture
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People & Culture
Unspoken: The Cree code talkers of the prairies
nêhiyawak soldiers bent their language to help secure the Allied victory in the Second World War, but their service is often forgotten
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People & Culture
The birth of a language speaker
In the first part of Canadian Geographic’s Discovery Language series, one Kanyen’kehá:ka family shares what it takes to raise a language speaker
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Our places, our voices
Our Country - Notre Pays
For nearly 15 years, Canadian Geographic has been asking notable Canadians to share their favourite place in Canada. From lakeside family retreats to urban hideaways, the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains to the endless horizon of the Arctic tundra, the rocky shores of Newfoundland to the windswept beaches of western Vancouver Island, their answers highlight the geographic diversity of Canada and the love that unites us. These are our places. This is our country,
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