It all began with a plate of chocolate. There upon the dresser in my room at the Fairmont Winnipeg was a painter’s easel. Entirely edible, it was made of chocolate and featured bison on its canvas; creatures I had seen in the flesh …
Steam Whistle Oktoberfest is coming to Vancouver!
As some of you know, I am a craft beer enthusiast. I go to beer tweetups. I’m a member of CAMRA Vancouver. I go to St. Augustine’s way too much. As a result, I’m excited to announce that Steam Whistle Oktoberfest …
From Birds to Bison: A Day of Winnipeg Nature
From banding songbirds at Oak Hammock Marsh to watching bison at FortWhyte Alive, it was a day of Winnipeg nature for yours truly. I got to visit two destinations designated as Canadian Signature Experiences by the Canadian Tourism Commission, all the while …
Adventures in Pembina Valley, Manitoba
I will never forget driving through beautiful fields of canola on my way to Pembina Valley Provincial Park while flipping through the AM radio stations, seemingly getting further away from civilization, and hearing the following broadcast: Tornado watch for: Melita, …
The 50th Annual Manitoba Stampede
So far I experienced a lot of firsts in my first few days in Manitoba: my first CFL game, my first fossil dig, and then on a sunny afternoon, my first rodeo. If there’s one place to immerse yourself in …
Digging for Fossils at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre
80 million years ago in the Cretaceous period, Manitoba was covered with a prehistoric sea. In the past few decades, thousands of fossils have been discovered and unearthed; not of dinosaurs like in Alberta, but of gigantic aquatic reptiles and …
Museums by Day, Football by Night
“You have to see the Nonsuch!” one person tweeted me upon hearing of my upcoming visit to the Manitoba Museum. “The Nonsuch?” The HMS Nonsuch isn’t the name of an indie band like it sounds, but the name of the …