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Articles by Eamon Mac Mahon
Amazon of the North
My parents and I arrived in Grande Cache, Alberta, in 1976, the year I was born. The town had been recently carved out of the dense wilderness to service the new coal mine where my father had found a job. From the back window of our bungalow, the boreal forest stretched north, largely unbroken, for hundreds of kilometres to the tundra, a dark tangle of trees, mysterious and forbidding. One neighbour found that a wolverine had eaten through his cabin’s roof and ripped open cans of food.
Canadian Mining’s Dark Heart · The Walrus
The Virgin Australia flight bound for Papua New Guinea departs from Brisbane bearing a full load: gigantic sun-cured men in golf shirts; neckless security hacks scribbled over by tattoo artists; inscrutable, terrifying power suits. Over a muggy sweep of brine, the plane arcs toward a nation that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and a farrago of smaller islands scattered across Melanesia.
The lives of Ontario migrant workers
Ontario migrant workers endure 12-hour days, low pay and cramped living quarters—all in the hopes of earning enough money to support their families back home Above: Agapito Alvarado at the Niagara winery where he works Every year, some 25,000 migrant labourers from Mexico and the Caribbean come to Ontario through the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program. They spend six to eight months of the year on farms in Niagara and Simcoe and Prince Edward County, and send as much money home as possible.
6 choses à faire à Saskatoon et Manitou Beach
Kapasiwin Bungalows, parc national de Prince Albert. 01 Après un régime de cordon bleu de poulet et de cheeseburgers au bacon à Manitou Beach, repartez à neuf avec un parfait café américain du Village Perk Café. (305 Maclachlan Ave.) 02 Hôtel ferroviaire des années 1930 aux allures de château, le Delta Bessborough de Saskatoon s’ouvre sur la rivière Saskatchewan Sud depuis son bar-salon au jardin. (deltahotels.com/hotels/delta-bessborough) 03 Louez une planche à rame à Escape Sports, à Saskatoon.
Se mettre en mode estival en Saskatchewan
«Faut pas arrêter de ramer. Vous serez bien plus à l’aise. » Sur le miroir bleu-vert de la rivière Saskatchewan Sud, Marcus Storey nous donne, à mes filles et à moi, notre première leçon de planche à rame. Alors que défilent les rives arborées du centre-ville de Saskatoon en ce matin de semaine chaud et paisible, les conseils de notre prof à rastas et à la barbe en broussaille tiennent plus de la leçon de vie que du truc pour garder l’équilibre.
How to Summer in Saskatchewan
Located in Prince Albert National Park, in central Saskatchewan, Waskesiu Lake will float your boat – or your paddleboard. “Always be paddling. It will make you a lot more comfortable.” Marcus Storey is giving my daughters and me our first stand-up paddleboarding lesson, on the blue-green glide of the South Saskatchewan River.
6 Things to Do in Saskatoon and Manitou Beach
01 After a steady diet of chicken cordon bleu and bacon cheeseburgers in Manitou Beach, reboot with a perfect Americano at the Village Perk Café. (305 Maclachlan Ave.) 02 Saskatoon’s Delta Bessborough, a castle-like 1930s railway hotel, embraces the South Saskatchewan River through its backdoor garden lounge. (deltahotels.com/hotels/delta-bessborough) 03 Rent a paddleboard at Escape Sports in Saskatoon.
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