No other insect knows how to ruin a night under the stars quite like the mosquito. Many perfect nights around the bonfire have been thwarted by their presence. Though bug spray is always an option, there are other ways to combat the onset of mosquitoes without the use of harsh chemicals. Here are three simple ways to help ward off mosquitos from your campfire without the use of DEET.
VANCOUVER, BC, June 23, 2021 /CNW/ – One year from today, Canada will welcome the world’s marine conservation leaders to Vancouver to chart a course towards protecting 30 per cent of the global ocean by 2030.
Canada’s coasts and waterways are vital to our environment, livelihoods, and economy, and must be protected. Ballast water, which helps keep vessels stable in the water, can accidentally introduce and spread aquatic invasive species, like the zebra mussel, if released in the water untreated. These invasive species have severe economic and environmental impacts on ecosystems and industries as they harm plants and animals, degrade beaches, impair fisheries, disrupt infrastructure, and create prevention and control expenses.
This is the first in what I’m hoping will be a series of ten posts about single images from the past decade – this first one is from a trip to the Toronto Zoo in 2010. A little background story to the image and why it is important to me. In September of 2010, I …
Just outside Prince Rupert the Butze Rapids trail is a 5.5 kilometre loop trail that offers a little bit of everything. Temperate rain forest? Check. Seaside vistas? Check. Towering cedars and pines? Check. Reversing tidal rapids? Check. You get the picture. This is a trail that gives you your hiking’s worth. A gravel path throughout …
The greatest things about photography and driving adventures are the same. The unexpected around the corner. Or in this case alongside the road. Just west of South Hazelton on an otherwise nondescript stretch of the Trans Canada highway this suddenly appeared in the corner of my eye. One u-turn later and the unexpected became a …
Summary – Time of Departure: 0700hTime of Arrival: 1500hDistance: 608 km After spending a couple of days with the grandkids it was back to the road and a trip to four of my favourite places all within one day. Elk Island National Park, Jasper, Athabaska Falls and Pyramid Lake all must stop points for me …
Read more “Northern Edges – Day 6: Animals, Animals, Animals!”
Another trip, another adventure soon to start so of course that means pictures. Lots and lots of pictures – so that also means this year a new camera and lens. Long lenses take a bit of getting used to what with their length, their weight, the fact you need to be absolutely still – it’s …
A short, 12:48, animated film – An Island – caught my eye today. Not sure how I ended up on the “Topic” web site but I’m glad I did. A man sets out for a desolate island, with the goal of conquering the mountain at its center. But the higher he climbs, the clearer it …
The river has cleared itself of ice very quickly this year. The same day I snapped this image (March 29th) the Seaway opened for shipping. Around here that’s as good a sign of spring as anyting else.