About Our Canada
Our Canada is a magazine like no other, where the readers — like you — are the writers! In every issue, Canadians make the whole country come alive as they share their stories and photos of everything from family gatherings and backyard rinks to breathtaking mountains or a big old bumbling moose.
Our Canada is a community. It all began in 2004 when the response to a country-wide photo contest turned up so many stories about this great land of ours. Now we can barely keep up with the incoming mail and online submissions full of wildlife scenes, funny anecdotes and heartwarming tales from coast to coast.
We produce Our Canada six times a year and, in 2008, we answered our readers’ desire for MORE by creating More of Our Canada for the other six months of the year. We hold fun contests with great prizes and we discover new things about our country thanks to you. Join in on the fun and take advantage of our Special Introductory Savings Offer (backed by our 100% Money-Back Guarantee), by subscribing now!
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Editor's Picks
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G'zaagin: A Gallery of Love
In Parry Sound, Ont., you will find this beautiful Native art gallery and shop that also holds workshops and loves to share Native culture. Read the story of Boshdayosgaykwe or Tracey's gallery G'zaagin, which translates as I love you, in the June/July issue.
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Shell Seekers
In the June/July issue of Our Canada, we couldn't fit too many photos of Dugald, Manitoba resident Robert Smerchansky's impressive shell collection. Here are a few to give you an idea!
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Special Moments Photo Contest: Phase 1 Winner and Best Of
With almost 4,000 photos entered, selecting one winner was quite the challenge. Following are a few of our favourites, but it’s Richard Main of Thunder Bay, Ont., who wins the contest’s bragging rights—and a $500 prize pack from Hallmark. See these photos published in the June/July issue.
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Community Mailbox Shelter
One community member makes a noticeable difference in Cedar-by-the-Sea, B.C., by building a shelter for the community mailboxes. Read the full story in the Cause for Applause section of May, More of Our Canada. Has your community come together on a project lately?
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Yukon Territory
In the May issue of More of Our Canada, Linda McCormack of Dieppe, N.B., talks about her trip to the Yukon. Here are a few more beautiful photos from her trip!
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Storytime Tales
Have you seen our new department Storytime in the April/May issue? We're looking for more short, fun tales to fill this new section of the magazine!
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Seasonal Therapy
Janice Murphy of Hamilton writes about how her garden helps her deal with her incurable connective tissue, auto-immune disease, scleroderma, in the April/May issue. Here are a few extra photos of her garen.
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Layar Fun: Loons, Geese and the Arts
Have you tried the new layar technology in the April/May issue? With Layar, you can interact with the pages of the magazine on your phone! Here is the digital content you can find in the print issue by scanning the pages with your smart phone!
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Top Voted Special Moments
Here are your top voted photos from the Special Moments Photo Contest so far! What do you think?
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