Riley Chervinski

But skipping Zanzibar’s cultural capital, Stone Town, means missing out on something special. As a UNESCO World Heritage site, Stone Town is a living museum of Swahili culture with Arab, Indian, and European influences reflected in its winding alleyways, vibrant markets, and historic architecture. And as with most destinations, its historical influences have shaped its food.

By Katie Borgfjord, Digital Marketing Coordinator Always wanted to explore the desert, but didn’t want to take the trip? Did you know we have the next best thing right here in Manitoba! You can sink into massive sand dunes just two hours from Winnipeg, in Spruce Woods Provincial Park. Although not a true desert by definition, the sandhills, cacti, hot temps, and dunes of Spruce Woods sure look like one.

By Riley Chervinski, Polar Bear Campaign Manager Manitoba’s polar bear population dropped sharply in just five years amid a worrying loss of adult females and cubs, government data shows. “The actual decline is a lot larger than I would have expected,” Andrew Derocher, a biology professor at the University of Alberta who has studied Hudson Bay polar bears for nearly four decades but was not involved in the study, told the Associated Press.