Skiing is one of the best ways to enjoy the great outdoors in the winter, and with that sometimes comes wildlife spotting.

Winter has turned Edith Lake just outside the Canadian town of Jasper into a pale sheet of turquoise. Across the icy surface on the ­opposite shore, log cabins hunker among spruce and pine trees, ...

The year without a summer In the spring of 1815, things were looking up for Canada. Local Canadian militia, along with ...