As warmer weather starts to creep across the nation, so does the desire to explore what Canada has to offer. In the @globeandmail’s fifth annual Canadian #travel guide, we cross the country discovering new adventures and revisiting old favourites. ⬇️tgam.ca/39CJ4gv
In Brookvale, Prince Edward Island, mountain biking is the name of the game, with 60 kilometres of trails lovingly maintained, with convenient luxury camping accommodations nearby. tgam.ca/3wEoVyC
In Skoki Valley, Alberta, a local outfitter got exclusive access to bring travellers to a previously difficult-to-traverse part of Banff National Park for secluded hiking and views. tgam.ca/3lv0nmA
Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba is a weekend getaway town on the comeback trail, a 55-minute drive from Winnipeg with new motels and restaurants bringing new energy to this classic family vacation spot. tgam.ca/3MBrKae
For most visitors, Churchill, Manitoba has 3 seasons: beluga (summer), polar bear (fall) and Northern Lights (winter). But here’s a surprise: If you time things right in this town of 900, you may get lucky and see all three during one trip. tgam.ca/3MD9FbO
Green Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador is in a part of the province where the land splinters into a million little pieces, islands and peninsulas. Fishing villages and microbreweries all make up part of the charm that is underscored by area’s vast beauty. tgam.ca/3yM9MxF
On the northwestern shore of Lake Simcoe, Oro-Medonte, Ontario, has been leaning into agritourism in recent years, attracting food-loving Torontonians with picturesque accommodations and its well-appointed location. tgam.ca/39FGir0
White Bear Forest in Temagami, Ontario, boasts 17 kilometres of trails for all ages and abilities, but it’s the ecosystem of the old-growth forest that will truly stun nature lovers. tgam.ca/3G6c8cD
It takes only an hour to drive around the whole of Île d’Orléans, Quebec, but the point of coming here is to stop, browse, taste and shop. There are six villages on this tiny island, each filled with farms, food producers and history. tgam.ca/3G2WkqM
In Adams River, Tsutswecw Provincial Park, B.C., the salmon run is the year’s highlight. But 2022 is a dominant year, meaning the population of migrating fish will be bigger than usual and a festival with daily tours will take place in October. tgam.ca/383oW6O
Lumsden, Saskatchewan, located half an hour from Regina, is a delicious discovery, a calm, culinary-focused haven in the middle of the prairies. It has the feel of a small-town movie set, with a community of artists and entrepreneurs. tgam.ca/3G2MXYe
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The fiddlehead is a delicate thing. It can be harvested for only a few weeks a year and must be picked by hand. But the reward, for those who forage them, is a grassy fern that tastes like a cross between asparagus and spinach.
Brenda Jonca has a sixth sense for tracking fiddleheads in New Brunswick. The 64-year-old has agreed, somewhat reluctantly, to show us a patch hidden deep behind a farmer’s field, where only a handful of people know there’s good fiddlehead picking. tgam.ca/3sKCWcM
Ms. Jonca knows these places because this land is a part of her. She grew up in Evandale as one of eight children and would often follow her father for long family picking trips into the woods. tgam.ca/3sKCWcM
🤖 For decades, corporate Canada has relied on relatively cheap, readily available labour. But with record-low unemployment and all-time high job openings, these days appear to be over. tgam.ca/3Nuq82k
🤖 There are now signs that Canadian companies are investing to boost productivity: they’re acquiring robots and boosting automation. tgam.ca/3Nuq82k
Parents of Baby Boomers were savers and their kids were consumers. Together, they’ll leave behind houses full of stuff. And even if they wanted to keep it all, many millennials rent or live in smaller homes.
Sorting and tossing all that stuff is a lucrative business. Storage Vault, the country’s largest publicly traded storage business, went from owning 10 locations in 2014 to 197 in 2022. The company’s share price has soared from 50 cents to more than $6. tgam.ca/3Ga2NAA
Five years ago, Deb Darbyshire at @JustJunk would get a call once a month from people looking for help cleaning out their parents’ home - now, it's roughly once a week. About a quarter of the families tell her, “We don’t want any of it. Take it all.” tgam.ca/3Ga2NAA
After more than 50 years with @nationalballet, Canada’s most celebrated ballerina, Karen Kain, is bidding farewell with her new vision for Swan Lake – debuting in June.🩰
The @nationalballet has not premiered a new Swan Lake in more than two decades. Ms. Kain first danced the demanding dual role of the Swan Queen Odette and Black Swan Odile at just 19 years old. tgam.ca/3Nop2Fd
Rehearsals for #SwanLakeNBC were supposed to have begun two years ago, before COVID-19. “It’s been difficult. I think I stopped believing it was ever really going to happen,” said Ms. Kain. tgam.ca/3Nop2Fd
📱 Instagram users are reporting an influx of hackers accessing personal accounts. From the hacked accounts, they post and promote different forms of digital investments.
📱 Hackers are targeting people on social media for a few reasons: accessing one person’s account connects them to an entire network of followers, and they’re less likely to attract police attention.
📱 Digital investments such as Bitcoin and ForEx are becoming a common hacking scam because they enable the movement of large sums of money and are harder for authorities to track.
Mariupol fell under Russian control this week. Former residents reflect on the once-flourishing city, the harrowing tales of escape and everything that was lost.
The strategic port city is now synonymous with shattered buildings, thousands of deaths and the fierce resistance put up by the last Ukrainian fighters.