Canvas for the Capital

October 2011

If you could map out a capital city befitting the future, what would it look like? Start off your wish list for the future Capital Region with this issue. Four writers share their opinions in essays about culture, diplomacy, multiculturalism and green space in Ottawa-Gatineau.

While you’re thinking about the future, consider the future of farming — think satellites and hand-held gizmos — and learn how vegetable gardens are the seeding grounds for development and harmonious living in Toronto’s public housing communities.

Also in this issue:

A bucket of bones tells the story of a small-town murder scene in Dawson, Y.T.

Visitors build “Franken-toys” at a new science centre in Calgary

Canada’s Capital Region

Capital future Four writers share their thoughts on the future of Canada’s Capital
By Sarah Brown, Daryl Copeland, Daniel Poliquin and Moira Farr

Space age farming

Farming from space How GPS and satellites are taking over farmers’ toolsheds
By Don Gayton with photography by Tim Smith

Community gardens

Garden city The local food movement finds a home in Toronto’s public housing communities
By Clifton Joseph with photography by David Trattles

Forest Conservation

Protecting the Bloodvein River

The Pimachiowin Aki project aims to designate Manitoba’s Bloodvein River and surrounding forests a UNESCO World Heritage Site
By Susan Peters

Infestation Update

Beetles return

They’re tiny, destructive, and a natural part of a forest’s growth
By Eric Rumble

Innovation

DIY science centre

The new Telus World of Science centre in Calgary experiments with interactive exhibits
By Ian Doig

Archaeology

Klondike convicts

Buried bones tell the tale of the Nantuck brothers during the Yukon gold rush
By AnnMarie MacKinnon

Natural gas

Fracking controversy

Rethinking the low-carbon label for natural gas
By Claudia Goodine

The inside story
News from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Editor’s notebook
Why the capital is every Canadian’s second home

Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers

Reverberations
Rail revisited, Return to the river

Reviews
The Leap: How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy; Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder; Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe; Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America’s Great Forests; Back to the Wild: The Photograpy and Writings of Christopher McCandless

In habitat
Guerrilla beekeeping
By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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