Parks Canada is in a party mood. This year marks the 125th Birthday of our first national park – Banff – and the Centennial of Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service. Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP), Travel Manitoba and the Province of Manitoba decided a celebration was in order, and so, on August [...]

I have a history with the west side of Lake Winnipeg. As a punk, my parents packed me off every summer to a spot north of Gimli called Camp Morton. The memories are still fresh in my mind – like sneaking out after curfew, stumbling barefoot down to the beach in the dark and other such [...]

Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg made it “Around the World in 80 Days” so it would seem logical (if you’re to believe a fictional character), that new-world adventurers should be able to circumnavigate Manitoba in 5 days. Phileas’ mode of travel in 1872 was rail and steamboat. In 2010, the Prairie Pathfinders Walking [...]

The Winnipeg Folk Festival was bang-on this year, wasn’t it? I have a funny vision of diehard fans lovingly folding their tie-dye muscle shirts and too-short, short-shorts and storing them at the back of the closet until next year. Why, I’m even contemplating shaving my legs. It’s always hard to say goodbye. But never fear, [...]

The Winnipeg Folk Festival takes place every summer around the second weekend in July at Birds Hill Provincial Park, 25 kms north of Winnipeg on Highway 59. The weekend is sacred in my household, and yes, I was there this year with the usual gang of suspects. I did a quick headcount and just about everyone [...]

There is nothing more exciting than a Canadian adventure to a place where you have no previous experience. And, when that adventure combines thrill, opportunities to share with others, and new photography and video of wild nature in Manitoba, then I am “all over it”. Such an opportunity became possible recently as part of a [...]

Three days ago, I boarded a charter aircraft with 33 guests and complete intentions to blog and share each moment with you as we went along.  Armed with  my favourite camera, laptop and rumours of cell service finally arriving in Churchill (it turned out to be true!) it only took about 3 minutes after touching down [...]

What can you say when the day starts out with a 10 cm deep “bird-watching hike” in the snow with your runners on? Immediately, a pileated woodpecker flew overhead, followed by five beautifully honking tundra swans, and two loons. Our guide Cal Cuthbert, one of Manitoba’s most proficient birders, brought his passion for birds and [...]

I am sure that the Elkhorn Resort will benefit from their investments into these new products and experiences - travelers from around the world are looking for something different, not just more of the same.

"Canadian air makes me hungry." ...With those words, Hiroko Yoshizawa, a journalist from Japan galvanized our table into laughter. Hiroko is one of 14 international visitors attending a Riding Mountain pre-conference RVC 2010 itinerary