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The Forgotten Story of Regina’s First Executions
When it comes to famous executions in Saskatchewan, you can probably name a few. Louis Riel is the most famous, perhaps you might even know about the ones in North Battleford. The ...
Categories: Canada, History, Regina, Saskatchewan
Who Stole Clarence Darke’s Bones?
Regina has had her fair share of major crimes over the years. From characters like Louis Riel and Tootsie Lefleche to victims like JoAnn Wilson and Polly Hutchinson, high profile ...
Categories: Canada, Dark Tourism, History, Paranormal, Regina, Saskatchewan
What’s Old Is New Again at Darke Hall
“To build a temple to the arts and a centre for cultural activity.” That was Francis Nicholson Darke’s vision for the creation of the then-F.N. Darke Building for Music a ...
Categories: Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan
Best Places to Encounter a UFO in Canada
If you’re anything like me, 3I/ATLAS may have left you a tad disappointed. As an intergalactic comet, it was incredibly interesting, but as an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena ( ...
The Pandemics That Shaped Regina
This October I attempted to host two "Pandemic Stories" walking tours of the Regina Cemetery, with the purpose of highlighting the stories of some of the deadliest diseases to pla ...
Categories: Canada, History, Regina, Saskatchewan, Spanish Influenza
Nine Things You Didn’t Know About The Regina Riot
When the citizens of Regina awoke on July 2nd, 1935, they found a very different city than the one they knew the night before. Scores of buildings in the downtown core were riddle ...
Categories: Canada, History, Regina, Saskatchewan
Articles About Saskatchewan
The Forgotten Story of Regina’s First Executions
When it comes to famous executions in Saskatchewan, you can probably name a few. Louis Riel is the most famous, perhaps you might even know about the ones in North Battleford. The ...
Categories: Canada, History, Regina, Saskatchewan
Who Stole Clarence Darke’s Bones?
Regina has had her fair share of major crimes over the years. From characters like Louis Riel and Tootsie Lefleche to victims like JoAnn Wilson and Polly Hutchinson, high profile ...
Categories: Canada, Dark Tourism, History, Paranormal, Regina, Saskatchewan
What’s Old Is New Again at Darke Hall
“To build a temple to the arts and a centre for cultural activity.” That was Francis Nicholson Darke’s vision for the creation of the then-F.N. Darke Building for Music a ...
Categories: Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan
The Pandemics That Shaped Regina
This October I attempted to host two "Pandemic Stories" walking tours of the Regina Cemetery, with the purpose of highlighting the stories of some of the deadliest diseases to pla ...
Categories: Canada, History, Regina, Saskatchewan, Spanish Influenza
Nine Things You Didn’t Know About The Regina Riot
When the citizens of Regina awoke on July 2nd, 1935, they found a very different city than the one they knew the night before. Scores of buildings in the downtown core were riddle ...
Categories: Canada, History, Regina, Saskatchewan
2024 Saskatchewan Leader Election Interview
On October 17, 2024, Saskatchewan Party leader Scott Moe and New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Carla Beck held a televised interview discussing some of the issues citizens across S ...
Categories: Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan
Articles About Chernobyl & Pripyat
Why Did Putin Invade Ukraine?
On February 24, 2022, Russia began a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, attacking through the south from Crimea, the east via the contested areas of Donbas and Luhansk, and t ...
Categories: Chernobyl & Pripyat, Europe, History, Ukraine
The Scariest Places I Have Ever Been
When you are looking to book a vacation, you probably have your go-to websites to find the best places to eat, shop or sightsee. You might even look to see if any shows or performa ...
Categories: Canada, Chernobyl & Pripyat, Dark Tourism, Europe, Mexico, New York, Ontario, Paranormal, Pennsylvania, Switzerland, USA, Utah
How To Get Inside Chernobyl’s Reactor 4
When I visited Chernobyl in 2016, very few people had ever heard of it. Fast-forward to 2019 and Chernobyl is one of the fastest-growing tourism spots in Europe, thanks to the HBO ...
Categories: Chernobyl & Pripyat, Dark Tourism, Paranormal, Ukraine
What HBO Got Wrong About Chernobyl
Those who attended my Chernobyl lecture at the Queen City Collective earlier in May would have heard me singing praises about HBO's new miniseries Chernobyl, and for good reason. H ...
Categories: Chernobyl & Pripyat, Dark Tourism, History, Paranormal, Ukraine
13 Churches to Visit Before You Die
The recent fire at Notre Dame Cathedral got me thinking about how lucky I was to see such an incredible building -- and how lucky we all are that it's still standing. In honour of ...
Categories: Canada, Chernobyl & Pripyat, France, Italy, Manitoba, Mexico, Quebec, Regina, Saskatchewan, Travel Tips, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
Into the Exclusion Zone – Part 2
"The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water - the name of the star is Wormw ...
Categories: Chernobyl & Pripyat, Dark Tourism, Europe, Ukraine
Articles About Hiking
Hiking Peru’s Rainbow Mountain
Peru's Rainbow Mountain is becoming more and more famous with each passing year, but its very existence is a sign of the times. Of course, the mountain goes back millions of years, ...
Categories: Hiking, Peru, Remote Year, Travel Tips
Journey to Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu, or The Old Mountain in the traditional Quechua language, is one of the most sought-after bucket list destinations in the world. If you're reading this, there's a good ...
Categories: Hiking, Peru, Remote Year, Travel Tips
How to Hike Tombstone Territorial Park
I remember when I first heard of Tombstone Territorial Park. I was working on my "Instagramming Canada" series a few years ago and was searching through piles of photos from around ...
What Remains of Canyon City?
There has never been a boom like the Klondike Gold Rush. Seemingly overnight, the wild, untamed Klondike was swarmed with tens of thousands of gold seekers. This hoard of people is ...
Unexpected Misadventures to the Limestone Crevices
Northern Saskatchewan is nothing short of an enigma shrouded with mystery and surprise. One of these surprises is the Limestone Crevices, a prehistoric geological formation unlike ...
Categories: Canada, Hiking, Saskatchewan
Where to Stay and Hike in Arches National Park
Arches National Park in Utah is world-renowned for their stone archways, dynamic terrain and breath-taking sights. However, this park is only one of the many incredible parks in so ...
Articles About Dark Tourism
Who Stole Clarence Darke’s Bones?
Regina has had her fair share of major crimes over the years. From characters like Louis Riel and Tootsie Lefleche to victims like JoAnn Wilson and Polly Hutchinson, high profile ...
Categories: Canada, Dark Tourism, History, Paranormal, Regina, Saskatchewan
The Man Who Photographed Ghosts
Thomas Glendenning Hamilton, or T. G. Hamilton, is not a name most people would recognize. He was a Canadian doctor, school board member, and member of the Manitoba legislature. He ...
Categories: Canada, Dark Tourism, History, Manitoba, Paranormal
What Happened to the Victims of the Regina Cyclone?
It had been a long, hot week in Regina the final days of June 1912. And it was looking like June 30th would be just another hot day as well. But June 30th would be a very differen ...
Categories: Canada, Dark Tourism, History, Regina, Saskatchewan
9 Curios to Add to Your Cabinet of Curiosities
I first heard the term "cabinet of curiosities" when I read Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's 2002 book of the same name. I don't remember much of the book, as Special Agent Aloy ...
Categories: Dark Tourism, History, Paranormal
The Possession of Barbe Hallay
Barbe Halley was born in France in 1645 and immigrated to Quebec City, New France on June 16, 1659. The world Hallay found herself in is very different than what we know today. ...
Categories: Canada, Dark Tourism, Paranormal, Quebec
The Abduction of Davy Mercer
The Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive, or MUNFLA, was created in 1968 for the purpose of recording folk stories of and around Newfoundland and Labra ...
Categories: Canada, Dark Tourism, Newfoundland and Labrador, Paranormal