Vessels made of Ice and Concrete
Imagine this: a secret 2,000- by 300-foot aircraft carrier built of ice operating in the North Atlantic Ocean at speeds of seven knots with a...
Elle Andra-Warner
The Sourdough Starter Named ‘Mark’
When a neighbour gave me a container of ‘’sourdough starter’’ 25 years ago, I didn’t look after it very well, and after a few months,...
Ojibwe Thunderbird Mythology: Powerful Spirits of the Sky
According to Ojibwe Thunderbird Mythology, the legendary mythical giant birds known as thunderbirds (Animikii) once called the top of Thunder Bay’s Mount McKay their home....
The Journey from ‘Over There’ to ‘Here’
It is somewhat ironic—a strange twist of fate—that a country that forced my parents to flee their homeland of Estonia and that put the Iron...
The Legend of the Christmas Tree Ship
It must have been a surreal scene: an ice-crusted schooner loaded down with thousands of Christmas trees defying the gales of November to deliver her...
The Strange Legend of the Christmas Pickle
The quirky but fanciful legend of the glass-blown German Christmas Pickle (Die Weihnachtsgurke) tree ornament has received some serious scrutiny about its mysterious origin the...
Christmas wonderland in downtown Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay—Right in the middle of Thunder Bay’s south downtown is the magical “Christmas on the Second Floor” at Victoria’s Cupboard, open to the public...
The Mayflower’s Connection to Northern Wilds
So, what does the famous Mayflower ship that landed in America almost 400 years ago (November 1620) have to do with people today in our...