The Toronto Star • 26th June 2021

Discover Ottawa

In Ottawa, a small capital of around 1.3 million residents, you can revel in Canadiana and visit the country’s Parliament and seat of government. But why not also check out the spots that locals favour, including seeing the city from its waterways and visiting the diverse neighbourhoods that make this place so friendly and accessible?

Ensemble: Ultimate Family Vacations • 21st June 2021

Playing It Cool-Iceland with Kids

Any time of year is the right time to visit Iceland with kids. Known as a playground for adventure sports and heart-pumping activities, Iceland, dubbed the “Land of Fire and Ice,” surprisingly, makes for an excellent family-friendly vacation. Given its name, you would expect Iceland to experience frigid weather, but the temperature in winter averages 32 °F in the south — and for some people, it will feel balmy compared to back home. In summer, temperatures usually get up into the mid-seventies.

Ensemble Ultimate Family Vacations • 21st June 2021

Surf and Turf - A Family Vacation in Turks and Caicos

People come to the Turks and Caicos to swim in impossibly clear waters and walk along white-sand shores. But there’s so much more to do on and off the beaches than just soak up the sun. Not just for honeymooners, the islands are an ideal family-friendly vacation spot. Away from those gorgeous beaches, check out these fun-filled activities and attractions to keep the whole family entertained.

CNN Underscored • 15th March 2021

Fun, smart outdoor-themed products to reignite kids' wanderlust

Canadian kids, just like their parents, just passed the one-year milestone of Covid-19 restrictions. Our youngest citizens have had to sacrifice so much. They’ve endured months of homeschooling and haven’t been able to socialize with their friends, see extended family members or attend extracurricular activities — and even when in-person learning resumed, their experience of school was far from normal.

Canadian Traveller Magazine • 11th September 2020

Wetsuit Wisdom

My first surfing lesson was an exercise in teenage humiliation. We shuffled around anxiously on the cold sand of a Welsh beach, pre-dawn, waiting for the wetsuit shack to open. Our teachers tried their best to cheer up the group of 14-year old students on an adventure sports field trip, but there was no escaping the horror that was about to unfold.

Edible Vancouver & Wine Country • 2nd September 2020

Flora and Terroir

Upper Bench Winery and Creamery holds the best of both worlds. In an ideal pairing, winemaker Gavin Miller takes a minimalist approach to making bold-flavoured wines and cheesemaker Shana Miller makes artisanal handmade cheeses, after learning the craft from Poplar Grove's original cheesemaker, Sandra Chalmers.

CNN • 5th August 2020

One Pilot Brings the World to Iceland

To fully explore every corner of the dynamic landscape, unravel local folklore and battle the natural elements, one must take to the skies. Enter Jón Kjartan Björnsson, the pilot with a mission to show the real Iceland.

Edible Vancouver & Wine Country • 7th July 2020

Concrete Ferments and Natural Bubbles

For an ancient craft, winemaking is now seeing a new crop of innovators entering the space and changing the way things have been done for centuries.

Lonely Planet • 17th June 2020

Why Tofino on Vancouver Island is the perfect wellness destination

Wellness in Tofino is not hard to come by – in fact, it’s this Canadian Pacific Northwest town’s brand. Whether in a downward dog, dipping in a hot spring, exploring the surrounding rain forest or the thundering waves, in Tofino, wellness will find you.

Family Fun Canada • 5th May 2020

New Zealand: Where The Lambs Roam Free

I am standing in a paddock at the Motatapu station near Lake Wanaka in the South Island of New Zealand. Surrounded by fluffy white sheep, I have a sheepdog whistle between my teeth, and I am trying my best to make any kind of sound at all.

Edible Vancouver & Wine Country • 21st April 2020

Tea: Farmed and Foraged

Early morning as the forest mist rises around Whistler, Isabelle Ranger, founder and owner of Namasthé Tea Co., and her partner Cédric Gervais, can be found talking to the plants.

Edible Ottawa • 21st April 2020

A Country Boy in the Capital

Callaloo has proved to be so popular at the market that next season Burrell intends to buy a glass-doored freezer to sell it year-round. “To be jerk, it has to have that flavour. All the ingredients are from my farm, except one thing in there, it's a spice, that I get from Jamaica. That's what gives it that authentic smoky flavour,” he says.

Edible Ottawa • 21st April 2020

Traditional Miso, Canadian Flavors

From green beans in a miso sesame sauce and soboro don to miso corn muffins, the fermented bean paste adds depth and complexity to everyday dishes.

The Conversationalist • 10th April 2020

In Canada, a female Indigenous chef popularizes local, pre-European cuisine

In northern British Columbia, a female chef draws on her native heritage and introduces diners to local, pre-European cuisine.

The Conversationalist • 13th March 2020

Nose to Tail With a Lady Butcher

With environmentally conscious, humane butchery, Hannah Miller stakes a position between factory farming and veganism. Picture a butcher and what do you see? Perhaps a burly mustachioed man swinging a meat cleaver into a carcass. Hacking away, smeared in blood, working in a quick and inelegant fashion. Heaving body parts up onto his thick shoulder and then slamming them down onto a cutting table.

Photograph by Roland Bast Photo

WestJet Magazine • 5th February 2020

Sleeping with Wolves

The best way to understand pack life is to closely observe wolves at play. The experience is even more enjoyable from the comfort of a luxury lodge at Quebec’s Parc Oméga.

Lonely Planet • 28th January 2020

Can Laughter Yoga Make You Feel Less Terrible About Modern Life?

A form of yoga that requires participants to cackle uncontrollably in the company of strangers. It may sound bizarre, but is this burgeoning wellness trend – claimed by practitioners to relieve stress, fend off illness and foster a sense of community – the solution to modern anxiety and general despair? Self-professed ‘repressed Brit’ Fiona Tapp joins a class in California to find out.

WestJet Magazine • 5th January 2020

Where to Learn More About the RCMP

While the story of Canada’s mounted police dates back to 1873, it was 100 years ago this month that the Royal North West Mounted Police and Dominion Police merged to become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Learn more about the RCMP at these fascinating stops.

Family Fun Canada • 26th December 2019

Family Friendly Fun In The Turks and Caicos Islands

Picture the endless white sands of Grace Bay Beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands and you probably think of honeymooners or even celebrities splashing about in the surf. After all, the Kardashians are a big fan of the region, and they did happen to be in town when I visited.

WestJet Magazine • 29th November 2019

A Look Inside Pollocks Toy Museum in London

A visit to Pollock’s Toy Museum in London, England, is not only about stepping into a place full of toy soldiers and porcelain dolls, it’s also a chance to explore a world filled with childhood imagination and wonderment. In a time before flashing screens and remote-controlled gadgets needing an endless supply of batteries, simple toys held children’s attention. Stacking wooden blocks, peering through a kaleidoscope into a world of splintering shapes and colours, or acting out a puppet show whi