Things to do in Canada Archives

ConnecTour Chronicles: Warmshowers hosts have equally warm spirits

by Doug Firby | Jul 21, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on MB, FREE content, Get outside, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Members offer a place for touring cyclists to pitch their tents and grab a shower. In exchange: an evening of conversation (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: Cheap rural living brings brewery dream to life

by Doug Firby | Jul 19, 2021 | Business, ConnecTour, Entrepreneurs, Eye on SK, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Small business, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 12 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Nokomis Craft Ales is putting this Prairie town on the map – defying conventional thinking that only the big city yields success (FREE)

A sudden, frightening crash sidelines one of our cyclists

by Doug Firby | Jul 12, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on SK, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 10 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: ‘I threw down my bike and ran over to her. She was lying still on the pavement, entangled in her bike’ (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: A pool party on the Prairies

by Doug Firby | Jul 4, 2021 | ConnecTour, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 9 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: A couple of us, suffering from physical and heat exhaustion, laid down and passed out for a few minutes of respite. But there was a neighbourly antidote to a heat wave (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: Even in Banff, COVID-19 has left its mark

by Doug Firby | Jun 28, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on Alberta, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 8 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Tattoo artist Robb Syre moved to the Alberta mountain resort town to chase a dream with his best friend. Instead, he lost his friend to the virus (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: An artistic treasure trove in a former biker bar

by Doug Firby | Jun 23, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on BC, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 7 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: By the door is an original painting by renowned Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau, one of dozens of pieces in Wilking’s collection (FREE)

ConnectTour Chronicles: Highlights, lowlights and lessons learned so far

by Travel Like This | Jun 21, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on BC, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 6 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Learn to take it one pedal stroke at a time. And even though that hill can look intimidating, just get into the zone and take it slow (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: Content to live with old mining town’s ghosts

by Doug Firby | Jun 15, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on BC, FREE content, Get outside, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 5 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Some of our group chose to sleep outside in tents rather than risk the ire of these troubled spirits. Two brave souls slept inside (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: One man’s gear is another man’s gold

by Travel Like This | Jun 7, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on BC, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 3 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Across from our campsite sat a gangly young man named Scott, who had been homeless for 10 years and was trying to find some normalcy (FREE)

COVID panic? Keep calm and carry on with bike tour planning

by Doug Firby | Apr 21, 2021 | ConnecTour, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 1 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

TRAVEL: Four of the five members of the core group who plan to cycle across the country have had their first shots. We’re ready to go (FREE)

An epic fishing adventure at the Arctic Circle

by Travel Like This | Oct 28, 2019 | Get outside, PREMIUM content, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

TRAVEL: Ten friends, a rustic lodge and days spent on the pristine waters of Great Bear Lake (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $29)

A perfect Canmore Alberta autumn weekend distilled into two days

by Lisa Monforton | Sep 29, 2019 | Eat Here, Editor's pick, Get outside, PREMIUM content, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

TRAVEL: Great food and spirits, fine accommodation, challenging and scenic hikes, and a rejuvenating stop at a spa to finish it off (BASIC/PREMIUM content/Not yet a BASIC/PREMIUM member? $16)