Canadian Geographic articles from May 1998

Canadian Geographic archives from May 1998

Controversial report ranks pollutant producers: Ontario retains third place. (Commission for Environmental Cooperation's Taking Stock report)
May 1, 1998... Canadians are not as green as they like to think they are, especially compared to their southern neighbours. And Ontario is the least green in Canada. These are some of the conclusions that can be drawn from a controversial report to be...

Skid Row and other neighbourhood nicknames.
May 1, 1998... The nicknames Canadians give their urban neighbourhoods display a cheerful if mocking affection. For example, West Coast Canucks once dubbed the Kitsilano area of Vancouver with the playful tag Kitschilano. Over the years, hippie head shops...

Soothing the urban soul. (parks and gardens in Canada)
May 1, 1998... As our cities grow, so does our need for green refuges. Three park designers create new forms of sanctuary Bank robber Roy Earle is released after eight years in prison and steps, blinking, into the sunshine. "Park's down there, ain't it?"...

Road relief: invisible high-tech helpers are working to ease traffic woes.
May 1, 1998... David Anthony guides his Nissan into the flow of traffic, joining hundreds of thousands of vehicles on a 16-lane monster called Highway 401 for a trip across Toronto's rush hour landscape. Day after day these commuters, truckers, errand-runners...

What's good for the goose? (Canada geese)
May 1, 1998... There will be no quick fix in the territorial wrangle between Canadians and Canada geese Shirley Bond has nothing nice to say about Canada geese. During her 20 years along Lake Ontario in Mississauga, the geese were regular visitors to her...

One stroke at a time: RCGS sponsors Canadian Quest '98, a 9,300-kilometre canoe adventure. (Royal Canadian Geographical Society)
May 1, 1998... Frank Wolf and his partner want to be the first canoeists to cross Canada "backwards" in a single season. Actually, they will face forward for all seven million strokes, but the duo will travel the country west-to-east rather than the traditional...

The quack in the concrete jungle. (Queen's Quay community in Toronto, Ontario)
May 1, 1998... The midnight mallards of Harbourfront paddle through a dockside gone daffy. I hear them muttering in the greasy black water as I walk from the streetcar, as I head for the 30-storey pile of bricks where my apartment is perched. They are wondering...