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Ontario Pow Wow Calendar: 2026 Edition
Culture, community, food, dancing, music, tradition, regalia—check out the 2025 pow wow calendar and discover where to celebrate this year.
By Indigenous Tourism Ontario
Crown Land Camping
What it is and where you can camp in Ontario.
By Trish Manning
2026 Triathalons
Swim, cycle and run your way to triathlete status at these Ontario events.
By Ian Merringer
New Restrictions on What You Can Bring into Canada
Keep up to date with the changes.
By Erin Rody
Ontario Motorcycle Rentals
Get yourself a ride and hit the road!
By Mike Jacobs
Pride Events in Northern Ontario 2026
Northern Ontario celebrates its 2SLGBTQI+ community this summer. Here's your calendar for everything Pride-related in the region.
By Courtney Edgar
It's Bike Night in Ontario 2024
The complete list of this summer's motorcycle meetups and bike nights. Get out there and have some fun!
By Staff Writer, What A Ride
Top 10 Facts About Lake Superior
Did you know these cool facts about this great lake?
By Algoma Staff Writer
Facts About Lake Huron
10 cool facts about Lake Huron we bet you didn't know.
By Algoma Staff Writer
Ontario's Secret Lagoon
Discover paradise just outside of Sudbury.
By Backroads Bill Steer
Ontario's Top Twisties
Winding along Snake Road.
By Jess Kline
8 facts you didn't know about moose
Just how big is a moose anyway?
By Erin Rody
SUPreme Adventure
Best paddleboarding destinations for beginners.
By Diana Lee
The Massasauga Provincial Park Guide
What to know to plan your paddling and backcountry camping trip.
By Conor Mihell
Ontario’s Blue-Water Lakes
So blue you won’t believe your eyes.
By Virginia Marshall
Renew Your Outdoors Card, Online!
It's never been easier to buy your Ontario fishing license and Outdoors Card
By Erin Rody
Ontario Motorcycle Events
Let's Ride!
By Mike Jacobs
Sudbury Festivals 2026
A guide to what's on this summer.
By Sudbury Staff Writer
Ontario Birding Checklist
Keep an eye on the skies for these 10 incredible species.
By Joe Potoczak
The Vanishing Waterfall
Visit the "new" New Post Falls in Northeastern Ontario
By Backroads Bill Steer
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Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser is a writer, editor, filmmaker and musician based in Montreal. His book Wooden Stars: Innocent Gears, about the influential Ottawa rock band, was published by Invisible Publishing in 2013. Malcolm was Managing Editor of NorthernOntario.travel from 2016-2020. He is currently an editor with Montreal Review of Books and host of the What Is This Music?! podcast.

More Articles By Malcolm Fraser

Embracing the Drive from Winnipeg to North Bay

Rock stars and six-year-olds are remarkably similar as travel companions—needy, demanding, prone to sulking and tantrums...
By Malcolm Fraser

The Group of Seven's Favourite Landscape

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By Malcolm Fraser

Sex, Communists and Tractors

7 strange but true facts about the Group of Seven.
By Malcolm Fraser

The Ultimate Group of Seven Road Trip

See the inspirations for their greatest works.
By Malcolm Fraser

Mattawa's Sid Turcotte Park

A flood can't keep this campground down.
By Malcolm Fraser
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