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I had an opportunity to speak with a reporter from VOCM News today. The following video is their report!

Emilee Heffern – Paradise, NL

Emilee is a grade 6 student at Holy Family Elementary and after a little chat from me to the school, she responded with the following… she gave me a copy so that I could share it with you! Hello, my name is Emilee Heffern.  I am a grade six student at Holy Family Elementary, and […]

Day 1 – 28.8 km (total – 28km)

It was a windy morning in St. John’s, but a beautiful blue sky hugged the horizon of the North Atlantic as I looked out from Signal Hill.  Today simply has been overwhelming… so many emotions and yet a busy day that kept my mind somewhat distracted from the big picture, which was probably a good […]

Beattie Garden – Kamloops BC

James Gordon lives in Kamloops, BC and is a father of two sons.  This is an initiative he took on with his sons’ school during his Master’s program. The Beattie School of the Arts Outdoor Garden Classroom was officially started June 11, 2009. It started as a Masters program project and has since developed into […]

A Few More Days

Well, after 15 years of dreaming about this and the past year spent planning it, I sit in St. John’s, NL days away from beginning this run across Canada. As we took the ferry on Tuesday from Sydney, NS to Port-Au-Basques, NL, I watched the big swells of the North Atlantic and thought… “there’s no […]

Running down a dream one step at a time

One man’s passion to run across Canada is taking on a greater purpose than he had ever imagined. From his house in Eagle Lake, Colin Harris, a bearded young man, with a long and lean physique spoke about how his dream to run coast-to-coast has evolved into an initiative to inspire, educate, raise awareness and […]

Lighting The Fire

When the ’88 Olympics were in Calgary, the torch made its way across Canada, similar to the recent Vancouver Games. I was in grade 7 and living in Winnipeg. Our school was let out midday to walk over to Portage Ave. where the torch relay was taking place. We all had mini torches in hand […]

2013 Contest Winner Grade 1-6

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1st place Winner Joshua Chen – Nepean, Ontario [button url=”https://takemeoutside.ca/?page_id=1216″ target=”_blank|_self” style=”xsmall|small|normal”]Back To Winners[/button]

2013 Contest Runners-up

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3rd place Winner Kristin DeAmorim – Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario [button url=”https://takemeoutside.ca/?page_id=1216″ target=”_blank|_self” style=”xsmall|small|normal”]Back To Winners[/button]

2013 Contest Runners-up Grade 7-12

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2nd place Winner Cassia Armstrong – Surrey, British Columbia [button url=”https://takemeoutside.ca/?page_id=1216″ target=”_blank|_self” style=”xsmall|small|normal”]Back To Winners[/button]

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