Groundhog Day is a means of inserting a little fun into a long, cold Canadian winter. Will our furry prognosticators see their shadows this Groundhog Day?

With winter upon us, settle in and hibernate with these Canadian songs all about the most Canadian of seasons – winter!

The Quebec Winter Carnival kicks off on February 1! Mélanie Fafard details the joys and delights of this more than century-old festival.

Canada has no classic Christmas story! But that doesn’t stop Susanne Marshall from searching high and low for a Canadian tale worthy of the season.

Discover the history of the Christmas tree, from its pagan origin to its first appearance in North America to its current status as a symbol of light and rebirth.

Film historian Wyndham Wise asserts that one of the most popular Yuletide movies, A Christmas Story, is actually Canadian – not American as it’s been touted for years!

“Who are those masked men and why are they creeping into my house?!” The troupe may very well be mummers mumming, a playful medieval performance that lives on today.

Discover a handful of Inuit legends, including the story of Sedna the sea goddess, Qalupalik the underwater child predator, and the owl who married a goose!

Our editors have compiled a gift guide full of practical, historical, bizarre and very Canadian gifts to help with your holiday shopping. Enjoy!

Back by popular demand! In her quest to get in touch with the Canadian winter, editor Laura Bonikowsky charts the ups and downs of her icy environs in a snow diary.

With the icy Canadian winter nearly upon us, we revisit one of our most popular posts on the Inuit’s relationship to snow and ice.

The tumblr blog CanLit is Sexy has paired famous Canadian authors with naughty reconfigurations of some of their best-known titles into pickup lines, to hilarious effect. Laugh, blush, and enjoy!

Between January 4th and 10th in 1998, parts of Ontario and Quebec were hit by storms that have been called the greatest natural disaster in Canadian history. Myriam Fontaine remembers.

Having told friends, family and colleagues that I dislike winter, I’ve received endless advice on how to turn my chilly frown upside down. My dear friend Myriam provided a list of reasons to like winter and the comments on Twitter have ranged from friendly to downright maniacal. So I’m going to try again to change my attitude, and to chart my [...]

This week’s soup is a feel-good mix of Canadian pride, commemorative stamps, a snow-less winter, and a puffin who was lost, then found. Happy holidays!