Category: Activities

  • 6 Reasons I’m Proud to be Canadian

    6 Reasons I’m Proud to be Canadian

    Being patriotic in Canada is sort of like knowing how to skate. Most Canadians do it, most people enjoy it, and most people don’t really know why or how. It’s just a good time, something we start at a young age and carry with us for the majority of our lives. Maybe it’s the competitive…

  • Snowboarding in New Brunswick at Crabbe Mountain

    Snowboarding in New Brunswick at Crabbe Mountain

    Many people make the foolish assumption that snowboarding and skiing is done only out west in the Rockies. While the quality of the snow, the size of the mountain, and the complexity of the runs out in British Columbia and Alberta may be a tad bit higher on the awesome scale, there’s still plenty of…

  • 6 Moments In Time That Make Me Ashamed To Be Canadian

    6 Moments In Time That Make Me Ashamed To Be Canadian

    Canada has an uncanny ability to be painted as a picturesque, romantic, eco-conscious and friendly nation. A nation filled with a mosaic of peoples, languages, cultures, and traditions. A nation where recycling is the norm, where people hold doors open for others, where assassins use pies instead of bullets, and where you can find a…

  • Crashed Ice is Coming Back to Quebec, and this Hoser’s checking it out!

    It’s getting to that time again in the winter season when athletes from around the world (30 nations!) compete in what can only be described as one of those most awesome sports ever created! These athletes come from all walks of life. Professional BMXers, Skateboarders, Speed Skaters, and Hockey players strap on their pads, and…

  • Horseback Riding in Prince Albert National Park with Sturgeon River Ranch

    Horseback Riding in Prince Albert National Park with Sturgeon River Ranch

    If you’re from Saskatchewan, chances are there’s a little cowboy running through your blood. Be it the whimsical nature that we seem to have when it comes to long road trips (ie “It’s only an 8 hour drive, easy as pie!), or the general love affair most prairie folk seem to have with country music.…

  • Relax in the Little Resort Town of Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan

    In the 1800’s, First nations tribes were being wiped out at an alarming rate by the european settlers. War, disease, and famine were tearing apart an entire civilization. For most of those who came down with smallpox, death followed soon thereafter. However, there were exceptions. According to the local stories, there was once an Assiniboine…

  • 6 Reasons You Should Visit Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatchewan

    6 Reasons You Should Visit Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatchewan

    I’ve always had a fascination with history. I suppose I have my folks to thank for that. They always made an effort to stop at every historical point of interest during family road trips. As kids, my folks would have my siblings and I read the signs that would explain where we were, and what…

  • Sunday Canadian Travel Video: What is Canada to the United States of America?

    There are few relationships that go as deep as those between America and Canada. Which is why I highly recommend if you’re going to be backpacking Canada, you’d be a fool not to consider backpacking America as well. I stumbled upon this video yesterday after spending a full day working through another weekend (Who does…

  • Chasing Prairie Skyscrapers across the flatlands of Saskatchewan

    Chasing Prairie Skyscrapers across the flatlands of Saskatchewan

    The dry, arid winds of Saskatchewan hammer against my left arm. My hand is curved into a wing-like shape as I hang my forearm out the driver’s side window. I entertain myself with the magic of lift. It’s late September and I’m watching the yellow dashed lines extend into the horizon. The highway is empty and the…