Join The Celebrations

What memories do you have of Canada’s national parks? Is it strolling along the shores of Clear Lake, or swimming in the lake’s cold, clear water? Relaxing beside a campfire and your tent while you watch a beautiful sunset over Lake Audy and listen to the mournful wail of a loon? Or perhaps you’ve travelled


Using Fabric To Create Works Of Art

Onanole, Manitoba resident, Bev Crowston, creates works of art out of fabric. Having sewn since she was a child, Crowston remembers ordering fabric from the Eaton’s catalogue, and as a young woman, when she left home, one of the first things she bought for herself was a sewing machine. In 2006, when Crowston was covering

Time To Hit The Trails

PICTURE PERFECT:Marcia Foord of Onanole, Manitoba enjoys a sunny day on the trails. Cross-country skiing can be a heart-pumping, adrenal ine-surging sport. For more of us though, it is a quieter, more reflective way of experiencing the outdoors and an opportunity to soak in the beauty of winter. Cross-country skiing (a. k.a. Nordic skiing) is


Tracking The Bears

Manitoba Natural Resources and the Canadian Park Service commissioned a study in the ’80s to try and discover if bear movements, home ranges and densities were influenced by the placement of hunting baits around the periphery of Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP). With the use of spring-activated cable snares and culvert traps set at various

Buried Treasure At Lake Audy

Red Ryder became the “spokestoon” for Daisy Air Rifles. To date, it has been the longest-standing licensing agreement in history, as the Daisy Manufacturing Co. Inc. continues to use the Red Ryder name. Sichewski still lives on the farm on which he was born, just off PR No. 354 on Lake Audy Road which leads


“Wilderness” Sites You Can Drive To

We’ve been going there for more than 30 years, and it’s my favourite camping spot. If your trips to Riding Mountain National Park usually take you to the Clear Lake/ Wasagaming area, with all its amenities and people, why not try a different experience in some of the quieter sections of the park? There are

Trails For Everyone In Rmnp

For those who enjoy exploring the great outdoors, it’s never too early in the year to be thinking about the summer’s hiking and biking adventures. With nearly 400 km of trails, Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP) strives to be the premier destination of trail users, whether they travel by foot, bike or horse. There is


Wildlife cull an option

The federal government may reduce the number of elk and deer in Riding Mountain National Park to control tuberculosis in the wildlife population. Parks Canada is considering a wildlife cull in the western end of the park because of a persistently high rate of TB there. The move, if it happens, would be a major