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Poised atop the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building, standing 5.25 metres (17.2 feet) tall—from the bottom of his bare feet to the tip of his torch—and weighing in at 1,650 kilograms (3,640 pounds), the Golden Boy is arguably the best-known cultural icon in the province. On a local level, this larger-than-life statue has been exceptionally popular. That should probably come as no surprise, for Manitobans pride themselves on being hardy, spirited and resilient. And right from the start, the Golden Boy showed he possessed these features in spades. Conceived, created and cast in bronze during World War I, the Golden [...]

Stretching 202 kilometres from Kingston, Ont., to Ottawa, the Rideau Canal is one of North America’s most scenic waterways. It is also a National Historic Site, a Canadian Heritage River and might very well be declared–sometime soon–a World Heritage [...]