by Amy Miller-Gourley | Aug 2, 2022 | Featured
Damaraland Region, Namibia (…continued)Remote and rugged Camp Xaragu, Twyfelfontein is surrounded by steep, craggy hillsides. We pitch our tents on the sandy valley floor, under mesh-covered shelters which help keep tents cool when the weather is scorching. Hung...
by Jeff Monague | Aug 2, 2022 | Featured
While Orillia hosted a gathering of Scottish Clans during the 44th Annual Scottish Festival, there was also a gathering of another sort at Springwater Provincial Park just north of Barrie. It was a gathering of the Ojibwe Doodemag (Doe-deh-mug), family groups, which...
by Laura Proctor | Aug 2, 2022 | Featured
Activist Mariame Kaba has said that hope is a discipline. “I always tell people, for me, hope doesn’t preclude feeling sadness or frustration or anger or any other emotion that makes total sense. Hope isn’t an emotion, you know? Hope is not optimism.” Hope is not...
by Jamie Proctor | May 31, 2022 | Featured
Welcome to the third column featuring the animals of Speaking of Wildlife, various native species that can’t possibly be released into nature. Today we’ll be examining not one but two residents, whose relatives you have probably encountered on their way back into the...
by Jennifer Alton, Chef North2South | May 31, 2022 | Featured
Pizza is always a fan favourite and at Youth Leadership Camps of Canada we make huge quantities. Here’s a quick basic lean dough recipe you can make or better yet teach your children to make it. Allow them to be part of the process, give them options and have fun!...
by Jeff Monague | May 31, 2022 | Featured
Indigenous Facts and Myths When I was in the Canadian military as a young man serving in Germany, I was asked a question by one of my fellow soldiers. This young soldier from Georgetown Ontario asked me if it was true that an Indian (which was still vernacular in the...
