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Illustration of Peter Mansbridge and the Northwest Passage

Peter Mansbridge at the Northwest Passage. (Illustration: Jacqui Oakley/Can Geo)

Illustration: Jacqui Oakley/Can Geo
Our Country: Peter Mansbridge on his love for the North
The retired news anchor recalls the emotions he felt while sailing through the Northwest Passage
canoes on a lake in canada

Photo: Andrew Ly

Photo: Andrew Ly
Canadian Tourism Week underway!
The tourism industry is calling on Canadians to pledge to travel in Canada once restrictions are lifted
Mont Royal Park Montreal

Montreal's Mont Royal Park is part of the new Cornerstone national network of urban parks. (Photo: Javier Frutos/Can Geo)

Mont Royal Park Montreal
Urban parks unite! Parks in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto set to join forces
The first-of-its-kind partnership will bolster city parks at a time when Canadians need them most

Photo: Brady Corps/Can Geo Photo Club

Photo: Brady Corps/Can Geo Photo Club
Excerpt from This One Wild Life: A mother-daughter wilderness memoir
Author Angie Abdou’s novel explores parenting and marriage in a summer of unforeseen outcomes and growth
Excerpt from The Way Of The Gardener
A botanical journey along the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimmage route by former CBC Radio columnist and enthusiastic gardener Lyndon Penner
Allenby: Making of the Modern Middle East by C. Brad Faught

Historian C. Brad Faught's new book brings clarity to Edmund Allenby's decisive impact on British imperial policy in today's Middle East. (Photo: Courtesy of C. Brad Faught; Book cover: Courtesy of I.B. Tauris)

Allenby: Making of the Modern Middle East by C. Brad Faught
Exclusive excerpt from Allenby: Making the Modern Middle East
Insights from historian C. Brad Faught's new book on Edmund Allenby, the principal British military figure in the Middle East during the First World War.
An illustration of Paul Brandt and his child holding up a fish

Illustration: Felicia Cristea/Can Geo

Illustration: Felicia Cristea/Can Geo
Our Country: Paul Brandt
The country musician reminisces about family connections and nature on Alberta’s Bow River
Jameel Janjua Virgin Galactic pilot

Jameel Janjua to become the first Canadian commercial space pilot. (Photo: Courtesy Virgin Galactic)

Photo: Courtesy Virgin Galactic
First Canadian joins the next frontier in space exploration
Commercial space flight company Virgin Galactic adds former Royal Canadian Air Force member Jameel Janjua to its pilot roster 

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. (Photo: Apple TV+)

Exclusive Q&A with Long Way Up's Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, stars of Apple TV+’s new series Long Way Up, on electric travel, sustainability and where they’re headed after the pandemic
Amazon Rainforest Fire

Forest fires continue to rage in the Amazonian rainforest. (Photo: iStock)

Amazon Rainforest Fire
Op-ed: The Amazon fires are back — and the consequences affect us all
Bioethicist and conservationist Kerry Bowman on the 2020 Amazonian forest fires — as bad, or worse than 2019's — and why Canadians should be very concerned
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