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ConnecTour Chronicles: Wawa’s loyal support keeps country store going strong
Young’s General Store is there in all its rustic glory, greeting visitors to this northern Ontario town – even if its moose is in storage
ConnecTour Chronicles: Lodges hanging on by a thin fishing line
“We need a plan to fully reopen the border so our businesses can survive”
ConnecTour Chronicles: A bicycle clinic that started with a bang
CYCLING ACROSS CANADA: Winnipeg has taken a shine to urban cycling
ConnecTour Chronicles: Warmshowers hosts have equally warm spirits
Members offer a place for touring cyclists to pitch their tents and grab a shower. In exchange: an evening of conversation
ConnecTour Chronicles: Out of the blue, an army on the prowl
The bees came at us like a fleet of enemy fighter planes. ‘They started just hitting me. It was kind of like a cloud of bees’
A sudden, frightening crash sidelines one of our cyclists
‘I threw down my bike and ran over to her. She was lying still on the pavement, entangled in her bike’
ConnecTour Chronicles: An artistic treasure trove in a former biker bar
By the door is an original painting by renowned Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau, one of dozens of pieces in Wilking’s collection
ConnectTour Chronicles: Highlights, lowlights and lessons learned so far
Learn to take it one pedal stroke at a time. And even though that hill can look intimidating, just get into the zone and take it slow
ConnecTour Chronicles: A brush with heat stroke and then hypothermia
Transport trucks, cars and four-by-fours roared by us, some so close we were showered in road spray and rocked by the wind gusts
