In an empty school parking lot in southwest Calgary, Candi DeVetten practises riding her new bike.
She teeters at first, reaching out a foot to stop from falling. DeVetten finds her balance and tries again. Soon, she is off, riding smoothly and sporting a big grin.
"It feels so freeing," says DeVetten, 32, who learned how to ride a bike for the first time in mid-May.
It might not just be ATVs that you encounter if you are using the T’RailWay Provincial Park in central Newfoundland this summer.
The provincial department of Fisheries and Land Resources is advising those using the former CNR rail bed over the coming months to be particularly cautious when travelling near Maccles Lake, as a section of the the route near there has been temporarily approved for use by heavy equipment.
Before the pandemic, Canadian children were barely getting a passing grade for overall physical activity and sedentary behaviours.
Restrictions from the COVID-19 crisis have made things even worse, according to numbers released Wednesday by Participaction.
The report card gave children and youths a D-plus for overall physical activity and a D-plus for sedentary behaviours, according to a two-year stretch of research and data analysis through February 2020.
"This report card confirms that children and youth in Canada are not as active as they should be and have too much screen time," said Participaction scientist Dr. Mark Tremblay.
If you love chasing waterfalls, chances are you've seen the Sunwapta Falls on repeat. But there are so many other cascading sights to discover off the beaten path. We're spilling all the waterfall hikes in Alberta that only locals know about.