I never knew how patriotic I was about Canada until I lived abroad. There’s just something about defending your country to a table of Americans in Viet Nam that will do that for you. But I also never knew how fortunate I was to be from Canada until I experienced firsthand the appalling, every day realities in other countries. Across the globe I saw degrees of unfathomable poverty, civil unrest, children without a childhood, corrupt governments, starvation and generations destroyed by genocide.
The Squamish Valley Music Festival takes place every summer in August and for me and my friends, it’s the most magical time of year. There’s just something about the stunning sea-to-sky highway that gets you there, the looming chief mountain that greets you, the…
A crisp coastal breeze whips off the Pacific ocean; crisp, cool, Canadian and welcomes me to Kitsilano beach. The ocean waves hello as I search for a place to settle in, scouting the sand and the beautiful bodies for the best place to soak…