Canada

It’s actually ice. But it sure looks like glass, doesn’t it? According to Matador Network, this is one of the arms of Tagish Lake in the Yukon Territory in an area in the north of Canada known as Windy Arm.
And, as my editor put it when he saw this… Read the rest

A mountain climber miraculously survived after falling 400 meters—that’s roughly 1,312 feet—while attempting to summit Mount Lefroy last weekend. The man, 27, reached the top of the mountain with a friend at about 1pm on Saturday, according to the National Post… Read the rest. He unroped and was looking for a different

A 250-pound male black bear wandered into the road near the town of Luskville, Ontario, causing a two-car accident–killing itself and two people. According to Quebec police in this report, once the bear entered the road, it was hit by a small car, the impact of which sent the animal… Read the rest

These damn Canadians are always winning the only real surf contest in the NW, the Surfrider Clean Water Classic, and it’s coming up in a few months. Here is a sweet vid from two of B.C.’s best–Pete Devries and Noah Cohen ripping up Tofino. Just remember, it’s always cold, raining… Read the rest

Last week, Calgary provincial county judge Allan Fradsham suggested that repeat offender Justin Michael Ward, 18, find his adrenaline fix in legal activities–like rock climbing or mountain biking–rather than those that are unlawful–like stealing cars.
Ward is currently sentenced to the equivalent of 18 to 24 months in jail for… Read the rest

Though admittedly not as exciting a find as century-old butter, archaeologists on an Arctic expedition for Parks Canada discovered a sunken British vessel that disappeared in 1845. The ship—a navy vessel called “the Investigator”—had met its unfortunate demise during a rescue mission 155 years ago and was found in the… Read the rest

British bicycle racer, Alan Bate, 45, set out at midnight on March 31st on a mission to circle the globe in a mere 99 days in an effort to break the current world record of 165 days. Nearly two months later, on day 51, Bate has reached the halfway point… Read the rest

Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding missed the 2010 games in his hometown this past February and will miss the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia after being convicted of smuggling cocaine. He was sentenced to four years in prison in a San Diego courtroom Thursday, and although this is bad news… Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Joanne Salamon, who submitted this beautiful photo taken from a lighthouse park in West Vancouver, Canada.
Here’s what Joanne had to say about the shot:

The sun was setting in just the right spot to get this picture of the gorgeous Arbutus trees we … Read the rest

Mount Orford ski resort in Quebec is for sale, for just $1 dollar up front. OK, the $1 dollar may just be a symbolic down payment, as the potential buyer must be able to put a $4 million dollar deposit to back up his purchase. In addition, he must be… Read the rest

A proposal by a Canadian archeological firm seeking to test underwater survey equipment in Larsen Sound–an arctic waterway off the coast of Northern Canada–might not be approved on the basis that the location is considered to be the most likely final resting place of two long-lost ships abandoned in the… Read the rest

Glasses have the transformative power to make the wearer look smart, dorky, or downright awesome. All superman–that rippling muscle-bound meathead from Krypton–needs to do in order to become the cowardly Clark Kent, is to don a pair of glasses. All comedian Tina Fey needs to do to complete her sexy… Read the rest

Although the 2010 Olympic Cauldron won’t officially be lit until tomorrow, restrictions on the slopes began as early as January 31st, when two backcountry skiers were detained for skiing too close to the Olympic venue. The pair of skiers traversed down a run called Cake Hole, and upon reaching the… Read the rest

The Olympic Games have always had some sort of controversy bubbling around them. In 2000, protests about the mistreatment of aborigines broke out during the Summer Games in Australia. The China Games in 2008 received a lot of flack for the oppression in Tibet.
This year, the Winter Games in… Read the rest

The documentary Finding Farley… Read the rest (first prize at the Banff Mountain Film Festival) traces the steps of a husband and wife, along with their two-year-old son and dog,  as they make their way by foot and canoe from their home in Alberta to the famed Canadian author and naturalist Farley Mowat‘s