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nature glacier environment

Adventure, environment, Opinion

Chasing the North Star in a Dying Climate: A Fight for Hope and Survival

With the looming climate crisis, hopeless is not a strong enough word to define the impending burden of the future we have to build.

Adventure, Editors' Picks, Fitness & Nutrition, Opinion, Skills

How to Balance Pregnancy and Outdoor Adventure

Here’s what we’re still learning about the outdoors as a pregnancy lifeline.

north star bc canada moon

Adventure, Editors' Picks, Opinion

Finding a North Star in the Climate Change Conundrum

The only way we can achieve the future we want is to imagine it first. That image becomes our North Star.

Stunning sunset photo

Editors' Picks, Opinion, Photo Essays

On the Photos in Bold Series

I’m thankful to Explore Magazine for supporting this project.

Birdwatching great grey owl

Editors' Picks, environment, Opinion, The Happy Camper, Wildlife

The Happy Camper: Are Birdwatchers Loving Birds to Death?

More people out their gawking at birds equals more attention towards the protection of them and their habitat.

A provincial park in Ontario

Opinion, Paddling, The Happy Camper

The Happy Camper: 2025 Brings Big Changes To Ontario Parks

The year 2025 will bring significant changes to where canoe trippers can pitch their tent every night in some Ontario Parks.

Frank Wolf's book and Kevin Callan

Adventure, Opinion, The Happy Camper

The Happy Camper: A Review of Frank Wolf’s New Book

When I was asked to write a back cover review for Frank Wolf’s latest book Two Springs, One Summer, I jumped at the chance.

Black bear hunting for berries in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada.

Ontario, Opinion, The Happy Camper

Bear Cubs Killed in Algonquin Spark Conversation About Nature

Anthropocentric views of nature. All the great nature writers warned us about it. Thoreau, Leopold, Carson. It’s a worldview that …

Opinion: Keep your unsolicited adventure advice to yourself

Adventure, Editors' Picks, Opinion

Opinion: Keep Your Unsolicited Adventure Advice to Yourself

The other day I had the pleasure of stopping a man in his tracks. Literally. No, it wasn’t that he …

Don't play your music out loud on the trail

Editors' Picks, Hiking, Opinion

Opinion: Please Don’t Blast Your Music on the Trail

I imagine collecting all the speakers playing music on a busy trail, piling them together and setting them on fire.

Camping Tent in the Iconic Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park near Banff, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Mountain Landscape in Background. Sunset Sky. Concept: Adventure, Hiking, Backpacking, Freedom

Camping, Editors' Picks, Opinion

Opinion: Campsites in Canada Are Way Too Difficult to Book

Why is it so dang difficult to book a summer camping trip in Canada these days?

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The Happy Camper: Southeastern Ontario’s Hidden Gems for Spring Birding
    Ontario, Ontario Trails, The Happy Camper

    The Happy Camper: Southeastern Ontario’s Hidden Gems for Spring Birding

  • How to Adventure After Kids: A Mother’s Journey to Reclaiming the Outdoors 
    Adventure, environment

    How to Adventure After Kids: A Mother’s Journey to Reclaiming the Outdoors 

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