Cultural immersion by sea
- Publication Date: April 14, 2022
- Publication: Toronto Star
Cultural immersion by sea: In B.C., my coastal safari came with a deeper understanding of the area and its Indigenous history.
The Low Down: Klahoose Wilderness Resort, B.C.
- Publication Date: March 2022
- Publication: Explore
Cheh che ha thech (I welcome you), sings Randy Louie as he beats his drum – the sounds echoing across the mirror-like, deep waters of Homfray Channel. Klahoose Wilderness Resort behind him juts out from a scenic tapestry of towering cedars, Read on! →
The perfect day in Regina
- Publication Date: August 7, 2020
- Publication: enRoute/aircanada.com
A warm and welcoming city, Saskatchewan’s capital, with a population just shy of 230,000, is often a surprise for first-time visitors.
Travel Love Stories From Across The Globe – British Columbia
- Publication Date: April 24, 2020
- Publication: enRoute/aircanada.com
I had travelled to B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest to meet guide Mike Willie, a hereditary chief who took me to explore his homeland, Kingcome Inlet. The day was still.
Red Ruffed Lemurs: found where the forest meets the sea
- Publication Date: March 30, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
Look up, wayyyyy up! If you ever find yourself in the remote rainforests of northern Madagascar, cranking your head back to scan the canopy high above might result in a sighting of the critically endangered, red ruffed lemur – that Read on! →
The Last 1%: the fight to save Canada’s Northern Great Plains
- Publication Date: March 23, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
“If we were talking about the last one per cent of the Serengeti, would people be motivated [to save it]?” questions Larry Simpson, Associate regional vice-president of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC).
- Publication Date: March 16, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
Sharing 98% DNA with humans, mountain gorillas are one of human’s closest cousins. As their name suggests, they spend their lives high up in the montane and bamboo forests of east-central Africa, at elevations ranging from 8,000 – 13,000 feet. Read on! →
Aurora Borealis, nature’s disco party in the sky
- Publication Date: March 9, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
It’s a natural phenomenon that people come from around the world to witness, the Aurora Borealis. Commonly known as Northern Lights, they are an attraction that draw many out on a cold night to stare up into the sky with Read on! →
Boutique Hotels in Chile Showcase the Country’s Stunning Natural Beauty
- Publication Date: March 5, 2020
- Publication: Hotel Addict
Just over a year ago, I fulfilled a travel dream to explore Chile and while doing so, had the great fortune to stay at two of the three Tierra Hotel Collection boutique properties located in the South American nation.
The African Elephant’s cool tool
- Publication Date: March 2, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
The largest land mammal on the planet happens to also have the biggest brain and the longest gestation and life span of any creature, second only to humans. However, African elephants, also known as savanna elephants, may just boast the Read on! →
And then there were none: southern mountain caribou
- Publication Date: February 24, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
Boreal lichen dangles high up in 2,000-year-old trees in the inland rainforest of British Columbia’s Southern Selkirk Mountains. It’s hard to believe a rainforest exists here – but thanks to rain (lots of it!) that falls on average 100 days Read on! →
Adélie penguins, the cutest of them all
- Publication Date: February 16, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
What does it take to stand out amongst hundreds of thousands of birds in one of the planet’s most remote places? A call like no other.
In search of the singing ghosts of the rain forest: Indri lemurs
- Publication Date: February 10, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
The call of an indri lemur has been described as a cross between a humpback whale and a crying baby – but maybe it’s a bit more wail, than whale. Either way, it’s a chorus that resonates; haunting and beautiful.
The crocodile caves of Ankarana, Madagascar
- Publication Date: February 6, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
It’s no surprise that many rare species are found in the remote region of northern Madagascar, a vast island nation that lies east of the African continent. It’s a special place. Isolated for millions of years from the African mainland, Read on! →
An Urban Safari – in New York
- Publication Date: February 2020
- Publication: enRoute
Legend has it that 50 years ago the Argentine government shipped a crate of wild monk parakeets to New York in an attempt to control populations and make a profit (the birds were destined for pet stores). But the parakeets Read on! →
A Journey to the Past – in Saskatoon
- Publication Date: February 2020
- Publication: enRoute
Dart tips, cutting tools, pottery sherds and bison bones (some of which predate the Egyptian pyramids) have been unearthed at Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon. Ernie Walker, an archaeologist at the University of Saskatchewan, founded the 600-acre park in 1992. PDF
Red, White and Brew
- Publication Date: January 2020
- Publication: Brewers Journal Canada
The evolution of breweries in the heart of B.C.’s wine country “You’ve arrived in the sunny Okanagan in prime season for fruit,” says the taxi driver during the shuttle from the airport to my hotel. Feeling fortunate, in addition to Read on! →
Sleepy submarines, the southern elephant seals of Antarctica
- Publication Date: January 27, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
A destination need not be full of people to make it a fabulous ‘wild’ place to visit. Just ask the inhabitants of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands in Antarctica. They are quite happy to have the place to Read on! →
The never-ending migration of wildebeest is one of nature’s great spectacles
- Publication Date: January 21, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
The scene: Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park and The Great Migration. Part magnificent spectacle, part great tragedy. One thing is certain for those who bear witness, the migration evokes a variety of emotions from awe to empathy and everything in between.
The mysterious and multi-generational: the migration of monarch butterflies to Mexico
- Publication Date: January 13, 2020
- Publication: canada.com
If you think metamorphosis is cool, the multi-generational migration of the monarch butterfly may leave you (along with the rest of the world) completely mystified.
