Inherent resilience: Helping nature adapt to change
Native brook trout ought to live a glorious life in crystal cold streams of the North Shore. That’s how we picture them, darting from pool...
Chris Pascone
Starting self-reliance: Raising chickens
Duluth is prime territory for “urban farming.” Sure, it’s a trendy, catchy phrase. But growing your own food isn’t just “hip”—it’s a universal human instinct....
Light or Dark, Local Roasts Shine
North Shore Coffee Roasteries Focus on Traceability, Transparency, and Education Coffee is an enormous worldwide industry worth billions of dollars. Green coffee beans are harvested...
Sleeping Giant Loppet: Thunder Bay’s ski tradition
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park is a rugged place. Huge cliffs overlooking Lake Superior form the rocky shape of Nanabijou—the Ojibwe spirit of deep water lying...
Wood stoves: Primitive luxury
The house is dark and quiet. It’s an early winter morning, or the tail end of a long workday. You strike a match and light...
Ontario Winter Games come to Thunder Bay
Futsal, fencing, ringette, and wrestling will all be featured sports at the 2024 Ontario Winter Games, to be hosted over two weeks this February in...
Mount Baldy: Revitalizing skiing north of Thunder Bay
Ontario is not known as an alpine skiing hotbed. The highest point in the sprawling Canadian province is only 693 meters (2,274 feet) above sea...
Life in the Round: Building Igloos and Winter Memories
Igloos are the ultimate tool for teaching kids about winter. The raw materials are free (if you’ve got snow), the collaborative building process teaches teamwork,...