July 31st, 2019Paddle Night Draws Nearly 60 Winnipeggers to Red RiverA dunk in the Red River didn’t dampen Paddle Night for a Winnipeg mom who laughed and got right back in a canoe with her son.Read More
October 31st, 2016Know the North to share their journey at the CPAWS AGMIt’s been a wild ride navigating the conservation challenges and opportunities of a landscape as rich and varied as the Boreal in Manitoba. We are incredibly proud of the conservation successes that we couldn’t have achieved without the generosity and passion for wild nature that our supporters exude. That’s whyRead More
September 9th, 2016Know the North guest blog #6 – Lessons in PositivityOur trip this summer was a steep learning curve for me on multiple fronts. (I mean, sure I had paddled before… but 46 straight days of paddling really gave me an opportunity to perfect skills that I may have previously considered to be more than adequate…) To my surprise, theRead More
September 1st, 2016CPAWS mobilizes a flotilla of canoes to celebrate 25 years of success in ManitobaTo celebrate its 25th anniversary of wilderness conservation in the province, the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is hosting a paddling event on the Assiniboine River.Read More
August 31st, 2016Know the North guest blog #5 – A Land of StoriesIf you have ever paddled on a seldom-traveled river, you likely know the joy of seeing a rock that has been marked with canoe paint. Rocks donning red, green, and yellow streaks can be found in shallow creeks, at campsite landings, and in eddies along the river. To me, theseRead More
July 18th, 2016Know the North guest blog #4 – Snapshots of the trip!As the trip’s media coordinator, I have the delight and honour of getting almost daily updates from Know the North. Even 120 characters can paint quite the picture. Here are a few highlights (edited for coherence, grammar, and spelling) from the past two weeks that the trip has been outRead More
March 3rd, 2016Know the North guest blog #3 – Start the Conservation Conversation!Whenever I head up into the far north it feels like I have gone back in time. For the most part the remote Canadian wilderness is the same now as it was a thousand years ago – eskers and drumlin fields dominate the landscape, and forests of black spruce andRead More
January 28th, 2016Know the North guest blog #2 – Lessons In FearI agonized over whether or not to join the expedition for weeks.Read More