Canada’s got great air – and now we can prove it. The World Health Organization (WHO) gathered stats on outdoor air quality from more than 1,000 cities in 91 countries around the world. Canada ranked third, just behind Estonia and Mauritius.

The new visitor centre at Vancouver’s renowned VanDusen Botanical Garden is destined to become a local landmark – and more. It aspires to be one of the world’s first certified ‘living’ buildings.

Canada’s west coast is undeniably bear country. White bears, black bears, grizzly bears – they’re all here in the Great Bear Rainforest, one of the largest coastal temperate rainforests in the world.

Chefs across Canada have signed on with the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program in record numbers – some 3,100 restaurants across the country now serve at least some sustainable fish and seafood on their menus, making Canada’s Ocean Wise initiative a leader in the world.But salmon is still a controversial subjec

Disappearing into the pristine Jasper backcountry with no mobile device whatsoever makes for a magical day. But at night, when the stars come out? Truly transcendent.
 

Is there anything those foodies up in Cowichan Bay on Vancouver Island won’t dream up?

Invited to tour some of Steveston Village’s seafood restaurants, I was salivating before I even arrived at the historic fishing village near Vancouver, BC.

Image: Brian Jungen, Carapace, 2009-2011, Courtesy of the Artist and Casey Kaplan, New York

A sign on Tow Hill Road, about five kilometres after you leave the pavement, and well into Naikoon Provincial Park, says “Fresh Bread Ahead.” This is the only warning you’ll get that you are nearing Moon Over Naikoon, one of Haida Gwaii&rsqu

In winter, the deciduous trees of the Annapolis Valley lose their leaves, odd pieces of fruit still frozen on the trees; the harvest festivals are over and the bulk of tourists are gone. Most, but not all.  For two weekends in winter some thousand visitors come to line the fields around the farming village or hamlet of Sheffield Mills to join in a festival unlike any other.