Stan Abbott
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L’Étranger
Jan 4th
An outsider’s view of Canada and things Canadian…
It was my geography teacher, when I was 17, who gave me my first inkling of what it must be like to be Canadian, when he suggested that Australians had a stronger sense of national identity because they were an island continent. Canadians, on the other hand, have been separated from the most powerful nation on Earth by only a very long, often invisible line.
Forty years and numerous visits to different parts of Canada later, I think he was both right and wrong. On the one hand, no-one can deny that Canadians do More >
Review – Five Fishermen
Dec 23rd
The Five Fishermen Restaurant in downtown Halifax
There was a nervous sense of anticipation in the air in downtown Halifax the night we ate at the Five Fishermen. I’m tempted to say the famous Five Fishermen, because anyone who has visited Nova Scotia’s boisterous port and capital city seems to ask, “did you eat there?”.
The anticipation, though, was not just about the promise of fine food. This was the eve of the predicted landfall of Hurricane, an interloper from the Caribbean that had raged up North America’s eastern seaboard for a week.
Yet right now the evening air was warm and still More >
Rocky Road
Dec 22nd
Stan Abbott determines the bare necessities of walking in the wild Rockies…
Stan surveys the magnificent view from Skoki Lodge
Canadians have a tip about how to distinguish grizzly bear droppings from those of the less aggressive black bear – the grizzly’s are the ones with bells in.
Bear bells are supposed to be worn by humans hiking in grizzly country, the idea being that a grizzly hearing the bells will make itself scarce, because it would rather avoid an encounter with people than eat them.
Parks Canada publishes Bears and People, a helpful little guide for backpackers, which makes the casual understatement that More >
What is Canada Magazine?
Dec 21st
The Editor, Stan Abbott
Canada Magazine is a consumer magazine that brings together the best writing and photography about Canada in the 21st century.
Canada Magazine is NOT a travel brochure, and it’s not a publication issued on behalf of any particular business or interest group.
Our audience is anyone who is interested in the world’s second largest country, in all its diversity of people, scenery and culture.
Why does Canada need its own magazine? Well, although Canada is a land of many superlatives, people in the rest of the world often have only hazy notions about the detail of this vast Canadian canvas.
Yes, More >
