Outdoors
Sunday May 5, 2013
Take a walk in the spring woods
Spring has truly sprung. The wildflowers are out, the migratory birds have returned, and the frogs are calling.
It's a perfect time to walk in the spring woods - or visit the Morgan Arboretum.
The Morgan Arboretum is a forest reserve at the western tip of the island of Montreal. It's part of McGill University's Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue. At this time of year, it's bursting with life.
Chris Cloutier works at the Arboretum and he's leading a number of walks in the spring woods. He joins Elizabeth Robertson to talk about what's out there - as well as about National Wildlife Week.
(Photo of Trout Lily by Chris Cloutier; courtesy of Morgan Arboretum)
**Click here for the Morgan Arboretum's nature blog.
Categories: Outdoors
Saturday May 4, 2013
Jane's Walks in Quebec City and Montreal
Jane Jacobs was a journalist, author and activist who changed the way we think about cities.
She believed that neighbourhoods are the heart and soul of cities and that urban environments should be planned around the people who live there.
Jane Jacobs passed away in 2006 in Toronto, but her legacy lives on. For the past five years, around her birthday (which is today), volunteers in cities around the world have organized "Jane's Walks." The idea is to get people out exploring their neighbourhood and meeting their neighbours.
This weekend, there will be more than 60 different Jane's Walks taking place in Montreal and in Quebec City. Tristan Bougie coordinates the walks at the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre, and he joins Elizabeth Robertson in studio.
Categories: Community, Outdoors
Sunday April 21, 2013
Tourism Quebec: Sunday Update
Categories: Outdoors, Tourism Quebec, Tourism Quebec: Sunday
- May 2013
- Sun., 5 – Take a walk in the spring woods
- Sat., 4 – Jane's Walks in Quebec City and Montreal
- April 2013
- Sun., 21 – Tourism Quebec: Sunday Update
- Sat., 13 – Tourism Quebec: Saturday Update
- Fri., 12 – Starting the outdoor garden inside
- Sat., 6 – Canicross: take the dog out for a run
- March 2013
- February 2013
- Sun., 10 – (No) snowmobiling in the Monts Valin
- January 2013
- Sun., 27 – Making cities more fitness-friendly
- Sun., 13 – Tourism Quebec: Sunday
- Sat., 12 – Tourism Quebec: Saturday
- December 2012
- Sat., 15 – Ecomuseum breakfast with the animals
- November 2012
- Sun., 18 – Les Primitifs: survival school
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