Canada offers outdoor experiences like nowhere else on earth - pure, rugged, and unspoiled. From mountains to coastlines, glaciers to secluded forests and lakes, there's so much to see and do that you could set out on an adventure all year round.
Canada is home to one of the world's largest networks of national parks and protected areas. Whether you're on the high Arctic, Pacific or Atlantic coasts, crossing the Canadian Shield, traveling the Great Lakes, or riding the prairie foothills or mountains, you'll experience extraordinary nature and true wilderness.
Canoe lakes and rivers, hike mountains and prairies, or watch polar bears in their natural habitat. Stay at a remote ski-lodge, sleep under the stars at a full service campsite, or relax at a luxurious resort. No matter what you choose you'll wake up to another day of adventure.
Canada ruling boosts US deserter BBC A Canadian court has ordered the country's refugee board to re-examine an American deserter's rejected attempt for asylum in Canada. The court ruled that the board made mistakes when it turned...
Bengali mega-show casts spell on Toronto Canada News.Net The heart of Toronto city turned into a mini-Bengal as more than 50,000 Bengalis from North America and India descended on the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to join in what has been billed as the biggest Bengali cultural show outside West Bengal.
Cates runs wild for Roughriders in B.C. CBC News The defending Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders overcame injuries to three starters Friday night to remain undefeated. Tailback Wes Cates was a one-man wrecking crew, rushing for 55...
Canada to begin national debate on immigration Canada News.Net After making sweeping immigration changes last month, the Canadian government Monday begins nationwide consultations to identify occupations needing manpower from countries like India.
Weaver keeps Blue Jays bats cool CBC News A.j. Burnett didn't do much to help his trade value Friday night, while the Blue Jays offence and defence provided little support for the pitcher. Burnett served up home runs to Torii Hunter and...
Canadian soldier found dead at Mideast base C News A Canadian soldier was found dead in the sleeping area of a Middle Eastern military base. The death of Cpl. Brendan Anthony Downey, a military policeman based in Dundurn...
Hobbling Zelinka gains Olympic berth CBC News Despite a troublesome hamstring, Jessica Zelinka of London, Ont., won the heptathlon at the Canadian track and field championships in Windsor, Ont., on Friday to gain a berth at the Beijing Olympics....
Calvillo beats Blue Bombers with arm, legs CBC News Quarterback Anthony Calvillo and slotback Ben Cahoon have hooked up for hundreds of passes over the years with the Montreal Alouettes. But it was one connection late in the first quarter on Friday...
Canadian telecom BCE, suitor agree on terms Herald Sun Bce Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications company, said Friday it has agreed on terms of a $35 billion sale to a group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the biggest leveraged buyout...
Talk about de Gaulle The Globe and Mail Quebec — Quebec's Premier has joined France in extolling General Charles de Gaulle's 1967 “ Vive le Québec libre” speech in Montreal as the most important step toward building...
RCMP make biggest-ever drug bust in Okanagan The Globe and Mail Penticton — A Penticton RCMP clerk and her son are among three people facing charges following what the Mounties have called their largest ever drug seizure in the South Okanagan. Corporal...
Top soldier recruited to join law firm The Globe and Mail Fresh from running a war, Rick Hillier, who stepped down as chief of the defence staff this week, is temporarily joining Gowlings, a huge law firm in Ottawa, to consider a future “career in...
Mom fighting for children defends her The Globe and Mail Winnipeg — The young mother carefully folds the red Nazi flag emblazoned with a black swastika that once hung on her living room wall and lays it on her kitchen table. In its place she has...
Spirit of Great Bear watches over Canadian rainforest Inquirer Great Bear Rainforest does not appear on any official map, but the name evoking native myths and legends is key to protecting western Canada's bears, whales, eagles and salmon. Once...
Tall Blacks take out Canada Stuff The New Zealand men's basketball team scored a second straight win in their Olympic qualifying build-up in Canada today. Thanks to a game-high 22 points from shooting guard Kirk Penney, the Tall...
Stopping the great escapes The Globe and Mail The Atlantic salmon are “big, silly animals” who lack much of the instinct driving wild salmon's life cycles, Ms. Morton said. “They do have instincts to feed, though, and that's...
Canadian believed kidnapped in Colombia CBC News A Canadian man who went missing eight days ago in Colombia is believed to have been kidnapped, a Colombian army official said Friday. Thomas Orland MacLean, 46, believed to be an electrical engineer...
Morgentaler honour launched in church basement The Globe and Mail Toronto — About a dozen of Henry Morgentaler's supporters met in the basement of Toronto's Trinity-St. Paul's United Church in January, 2005, to brainstorm how to get the abortion-rights...
Ottawa confirms one Canadian missing in Colombia People's Daily Canada's Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed Friday that a Canadian is missing in Colombia, following reports that he was kidnapped by Colombia's largest left-wing rebel group FARC. Canadian diplomats...
French prime minister clarifies Quebec comments CTV View larger image Prime Minister Stephen Harper and French Prime Minister Francois Fillion respond to reporters' questions following their meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday...
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