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Jasper is starting to heal. Two years after a devastating wildfire burned nearly 33,000 hectares, fresh greenery and colourful wildflowers are growing abundantly from the fire-enriched soil. This ecosystem has ev...

Toronto may be an urban jungle, but there are plenty of scenic nature trails in and around the 416. Many city-dwellers opt to use public transit on a daily basis, so how can you get to these hiking trails without a car?

Try out one of these 10 trails, which are all less than 90 minutes away from Ontario’s largest city and can be reached by bus, subway or train.

There’s lots of debates in the canoe tripping world. Double blade vs. single blade, cooking on a campfire vs. a camp stove, hanging your food vs. stashing it in the bush for the night. All are common disputes spewing out across social media pages. I had no idea, however, that having a canoe keel vs no keel would create such a war on worlds.

It was innocent enough. O...

Through the door of my tent, I could see the swollen Missinaibi River pounding over the waterfall, then surging through the canyon below. This was an amazing place, and on this May morning I had it all to myself. I closed my eyes and let the rumble wash over me one l...

In Fall 2025, Mount Seymour Resort cleared vegetation and felled an estimated 100 or more trees in Mount Seymour Provincial Park, according to a preliminary BC Parks site-visit report. Although the draft report described significant natural-resource impacts and said the work conflicted with BC Parks’ conservation mandate, the ministry later determined it was authorized trail ...