Before you tuck into your next blue-plate special, consider this rather unappetizing fact: the ingredients of an average North American meal have typically travelled 2,400 km (that’s 1,500 mi) from farm to fork.

Like a Mountie’s sharp-angled salute, the dramatically tilted roofline of the new Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Heritage Centre in Regina, SK commands attention. Designed by renowned Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, the $40-million, 6,050 sq m stone-and-glass museum opened its doors in May 2007.