War, tragedy, and a Broadway hit all part of Gander’s celebrated past
CYCLING CANADA: War, tragedy, and a collective act of generosity that became the genesis for a Broadway hit are all part of Gander’s celebrated past (FREE)
Category: Get outside
ConnecTour Chronicles: Ottawa family is all-in on car-free, cycling lifestyle
CYCLING CANADA: Richard Briggs eclectic bicycles range from fairly conventional to a variety of Frankenbikes (FREE)
Amish follow a humble path to a simpler way of life
CYCLING CANADA: The homestead is no-frills, but felt cozy as the family bustled about their daily chores (FREE)
ConnecTour Chronicles: Learning to roll with one of this tour’s unexpected twists
CYCLING CANADA: “Disappointment” doesn’t describe the feeling of being sidelined after a broken collarbone (FREE)
ConnecTour Chronicles: Wawa’s loyal support keeps country store going strong
CYCLING CANADA: Young’s General Store is there in all its rustic glory, greeting visitors to this northern Ontario town – even if its moose is in storage (FREE)
ConnecTour Chronicles: Calgary bike trails a bridge between city and nature
THINGS TO DO IN CALGARY: You can easily turn it into a multi-day cruise from vibrant urban areas to quiet paths that feel far from the urban jungle (FREE)
ConnecTour Chronicles: Reckless drivers are the scourge of cyclists
CYCLING ACROSS CANADA: Damn those dangerous drivers. I wish they could see the world from a bicycle seat. Perhaps it would make them reconsider their recklessness (FREE)
ConnecTour Chronicles: A private fantasy world, rich in local and family history
CYCLING CANADA: It would be an insult to say Sheri is a packrat; all of the hundreds of knickknacks she has have a history (FREE)
ConnecTour Chronicles: Lodges hanging on by a thin fishing line
CYCLING ACROSS CANADA: “We need a plan to fully reopen the border so our businesses can survive” (FREE)
ConnecTour Chronicles: A bicycle clinic that started with a bang
CYCLING ACROSS CANADA: Winnipeg has taken a shine to urban cycling (FREE)
ConnecTour Chronicles: Warmshowers hosts have equally warm spirits
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
CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Nokomis Craft Ales is putting this Prairie town on the map – defying conventional thinking that only the big city yields success (FREE)
ConnecTour Chronicles: Out of the blue, an army on the prowl
CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: The bees came at us like a fleet of enemy fighter planes. ‘They started just hitting me. It was kind of like a cloud of bees’ (FREE)
A sudden, frightening crash sidelines one of our cyclists
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
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
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
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)
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