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Parks Canada looking at new user fees and ways to collect more cash
By Jason Fekete Postmedia News OTTAWA — The federal government is hunting for more cash from Canada’s national parks and historic sites, including examining potential new fees for some activities and...
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Vote: Best place to camp in Canada
Canada is a camper’s paradise. Within a short distance of just about every city, town and village in this country, there’s a spot to pitch a tent and get in touch with the wilderness that defines the...
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Vote: Best place to camp in Canada – semi-finals
When it comes to camping, it seems that Canadians are especially fond of places with mountain views. After our first round of voting, the remaining parks in our best-place-to-camp-in-Canada poll...
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Video: The Happy Camper’s Handbook
A few years ago, I swore off camping. FOREVER. I won’t get into the nitty gritty, but let’s just say that some beer-soaked “neighbours” tempted me to the very precipice of murder. I didn’t end up with...
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Our readers have chosen the best place to camp in Canada
The votes are in and the best place to camp in Canada is in British Columbia. The results from our vote indicate that the favourite spot Canadian camping spot among our readers is Pacific Rim National...
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Lack a tent? New Parks Canada program provides camping gear at 9 national parks
Camping requires a lot of equipment — like a tent for starters. For people who want the experience but lack the gear, Parks Canada is launching an “equipped campsite” program at nine national parks,...
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U.S. national park statistics show long-term decline in number of overnight...
The number of overnight camping stays in U.S. national parks has declined in the past 15 years. More than 9.2 million overnight camping stays were recorded in America’s national parks 15 years ago in...
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Discovering the Wisconsin Dells
Hidden underneath all of the water parks and typical tourist activities lies the original natural beauty of the area H. H. Bennett made famous in that original photograph of his son jumping onto Stand...
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Preventing injury around the campfire: Safety tips for summer campers
By Sadiya Ansari THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A sobering reminder of the fatal potential of burns came earlier this month when a 53-year-old woman died after falling into a firepit at a private...
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NBA plans to play exhibition game in South Africa in summer of 2015
The NBA will stage an exhibition game next August in South Africa. Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum made the announcement Tuesday in Johannesburg, where the NBA is holding a Basketball without Borders...
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Lost Winnipeg man survives 72 hours on all-dressed chips and rain water
WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man who was lost in the wild for three days says he survived on rain water and all-dressed chips. Christopher Cloutier was camping with friends in Nopiming Provincial Park in...
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Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park
By David Brown I wake long before sunrise for other purposes, I decided it was a good opportunity to check on Capella and the kids. I was camped with friends in a West Texas arroyo on a gravel bed just...
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