Adventure travel Archives

Is the polar bear’s life becoming even more perilous?

by Geoff Carpentier | Dec 13, 2021 | Environment, Eye on Northern Canada, Life, PREMIUM content, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

ADVENTURE TRAVEL: Life’s tough for polar bears: the climate is extreme, ice quality is variable, and food is scattered over vast areas. Yet they persist ($)

New Brunswick’s Acadia region a hidden gem

by Doug Firby | Sep 28, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on New Brunswick, FREE content, Get outside, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 24 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CYCLING CANADA: A naturally beautiful region with equally vibrant people, Acadia is a Canadian treasure (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: Wawa’s loyal support keeps country store going strong

by Doug Firby | Aug 17, 2021 | Business, ConnecTour, Eye on Ontario, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Small business, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 18 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

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: Lodges hanging on by a thin fishing line

by Doug Firby | Jul 28, 2021 | Business, ConnecTour, Eye on Ontario, FREE content, Get outside, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 14 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

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

by Doug Firby | Jul 26, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on Manitoba, FREE content, Get outside, Municipal, Travel | 0

This is part 13 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CYCLING ACROSS CANADA: Winnipeg has taken a shine to urban cycling (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: Warmshowers hosts have equally warm spirits

by Doug Firby | Jul 21, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on Manitoba, 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: Out of the blue, an army on the prowl

by Doug Firby | Jul 14, 2021 | ConnecTour, Environment, Eye on Manitoba, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Travel | 0

This is part 11 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

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

by Doug Firby | Jul 12, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on Saskatchewan, 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: 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: A brush with heat stroke and then hypothermia

by Doug Firby | Jun 10, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on BC, FREE content, Get outside, Travel | 0

This is part 4 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Transport trucks, cars and four-by-fours roared by us, some so close we were showered in road spray and rocked by the wind gusts (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)