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Spontaneous encounters, unsung landscapes, and joyously unproductive travels.

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Charlevoix in a Bottle

In partnership with Menaud

The Menaud distillery pays tribute to Charlevoix’s rich natural resources and talented artisans. Portrait of a daring company reinventing traditional vodka in Québec.
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Pleasure from the Garden

Flamingo Estate is California’s most sought-after luxury CSA. Its founder, Richard Christiansen, is on a mission to restore our sensual connection with nature.
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Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis: The Bay of the Daring

In partnership with Tourisme Gaspésie

In Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis in Haute-Gaspésie, the community and its people are constantly reinventing themselves.
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Sainte-Flavie: A Little Village with Big Ambitions

In partnership with Tourisme Gaspésie

Sainte-Flavie is the gateway to the Gaspésie — one that we pass through too quickly. This coastal village deserves a stop long enough for us to be inspired by its citizens who nourish the region’s vitality, resilience, and beauty.

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These Islands that Live within Us

Encounters with islanders and landscapes on the Magdalen Islands.
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Natural Heat

With the pandemic threatening to bankrupt their restaurant, Ralph Alerte Desamours and Lee-Anne Millaire Lafleur needed to adapt, quickly. So they revolutionized takeout with a DIY barbecue picnic on a compostable grill.

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Eeyou Istchee

A portrait of a region proudly affirming its culture through tourism.

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A Rare Bird

In partnership with Duvetnor

Jean Bédard, founder of Duvetnor, turned an age-old tradition—the harvesting of eiderdown—into the driving force behind the conservation of a natural habitat. Portrait of a man with his eyes out to sea.