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Podcast host David McGuffin sits down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss his passion and history with canoeing, including childhood trips and being taught to paddle by canoeing legend Bill Mason
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2023 Global Peace Index
On June 28, the 17th edition of the Global Peace Index from international think-tank, the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) was released, and things are not looking great.
The analysis showed that conflict deaths are at their highest level this century causing world peacefulness to decline.
Some key findings in the report »
In the summer of 2022, Nathan Starzynski cycled 15,000 km across Canada in 175 days from May 21st to November 11th, Departing Victoria, BC, and arriving Cape Spear, NFLD.
This is the story of the fourth province of that journey. The Manitoba adventure took place from July 11th to July 24th, 2022.
Cycling Canada Ep 4 - Manitoba
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- Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona)
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)
- Badlands National Park (South Dakota)
- 2023 Badlands Astronomy Festival from July 14 to July 16
- Shenandoah National Park (Virginia)
- Night Sky Festival from Aug. 11 to Aug. 13
- Great Basin National Park (Nevada)
- astronomy festival from Sept. 14 to Sept. 16
- Joshua Tree National Park (California)
- Night Sky Festival on Oct. 13 and 14
The Western Slope of Colorado features three buoyant — but largely underrated and underacknowledged — towns that are adventure ports for outdoor enthusiasts: Durango, Silverton and Ouray.
These towns are packed with activities year-round. They’re incredibly scenic, and filled with some of the sweetest, most inviting people — and welcoming bars where said people congregate — you’ll encounter on this side of the Mississippi. They’re gold nuggets when it comes to adventure, eats and hospitality.
A map of Brian Brettschneider’s US-Canada Year-Round 21℃ – 22,400 km Road Trip
Alaska climate scientist Brian Brettschneider released three 21°C Road Trips, that promise to keep long-distance rubber tramp warriors comfortable as they travel around North America throughout the year.
One of the year long routes hugs the coasts, a second travels up the interior of the US, and a third route crosses into Canada and up to Alaska.
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Dick Proenneke in “Alone in the Wilderness” is the story of Dick Proenneke living at Twin Lakes in the Alaska wilderness.
Dick retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin on the shore of Twin Lakes. He filmed his adventures so he could show his relatives in the lower 48 states what life was like in Alaska, building his cabin, hunting for food, and exploring the area.
Bob Swerer has used some of the footage from Dick’s films and created 4 videos about Dick, “Alone in the Wilderness”, “Alone in the Wilderness part 2”, “Alaska, Silence and Solitude” and “The Frozen North”. They can purchase from Bob Swerer Productions at the DickProenneke.com website.
Below are some excepts from these films.
Every year, Post Office Travel Money compares the costs of short breaks in cities across Europe for UK holidaymakers – overall and for specific items like accommodation, meals and cultural attractions.
Our annual City Costs Barometer helps you see upfront which destinations are the best value or most expensive before planning your trip, including how prices have changed in the past year.
- Best-value cities
1. Lisbon £224.76
2. Vilnius £225.01
3. Krakow £250.91
4. Athens £262.22
5. Riga £284.99
6. Porto £325.30
7. Zagreb £329.72
8. Budapest £330.53
9. Warsaw £330.95
10. Lille £332.11
Explore Worldwide, an “adventure travel” agency, has put together a list of 35 of the best hikes in the world that almost anyone can do, from short jaunts you can do in less than an hour to longer, multi-day itineraries »
- Perito Moreno Glacier Trail, El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina
- Aoraki/Mount Cook Loop, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Scenic Drive, Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah, USA
- Continental Divide Trail From NM 547, Grants, New Mexico, USA
- Lower Yosemite Falls Trail, Yosemite Valley, California, USA
On 15 November 2022, the world’s population surpassed 8 billion people.
Earth’s population continues to explode » from 1 billion in 1820 to 2 billion in 1930, to 3 billion in 1960, to 4 billion in 1974, to 5 billion in 1987, to 6 billion in 1999, to 7 billion in 2012, and 8 billion in 2022.
Following are the 50 most populated countries using the latest figures available »
- India » 1,425,000,000 (April 2023)
- China » 1,413,143,000
- United States » 339,665,000
- Indonesia » 279,476,000
- Pakistan » 247,654,000
- Nigeria » 230,843,000
- Brazil » 218,690,000
- Bangladesh » 167,184,000
- Russia » 141,699,000
- Mexico » 129,876,000
- Japan » 123,719,000
- Ethiopia » 116,463,000
- Philippines » 116,434,000
- Democratic Republic of the Congo » 111,860,000
- Egypt » 109,547,000
- Vietnam » 104,799,000
- Iran » 87,591,000
- Germany » 84,220,000
- Turkiye » 83,594,000
- Thailand » 69,795,000
- France » 68,522,000
- United Kingdom » 68,139,000
- Tanzania » 65,643,000
- Italy » 61,022,000
- South Africa » 58,048,000
- Myanmar » 57,970,000
- Kenya » 57,052,000
- South Korea » 51,967,000
- Colombia » 49,337,000
- Sudan » 49,18,000
- Uganda » 47,730,000
- Spain » 47,223,000
- Argentina » 46,622,000
- Algeria » 44,758,000
- Ukraine » 43,306,000
- Iraq » 41,266,000
- Afghanistan » 39,232,000
- Canada » 38,517,000
- Poland » 37,992,000
- Morocco » 37,067,000
- Angola » 35,981,000
- Saudi Arabia » 35,940,000
- Malaysia » 34,220,000
- Ghana » 33,846,000
- Mozambique » 32,514,000
- Peru » 32,440,000
- Yemen » 31,566,000
- Uzbekistan » 31,361,000
- Nepal » 30,899,000
- Venezuela » 30,518,000