Katerina Mukhina
Writer. Researcher. Adventurer

Katerina Mukhina

Nature

Tofino – Canada’s Best-Kept Secret on the Pacific

On Vancouver Island’s remote west coast, Tofino blends vast beaches, ancient cedar forests, and rich Indigenous heritage. Reached via winding roads and free of cell service, it offers world-class surfing, wildlife encounters, and rugged beauty. Over a holiday long weekend, we explored misty shores and rainforest trails, leaving awed, restored, and longing to return.
When Canadian and Russian families flock to Mexican resorts for spring break, their vacation styles reveal striking cultural differences in parenting philosophies and teen independence.

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Above the gravel pit” Emily Carr 

Emily Carr’s – famous Canadian artist from Victoria, British Columbia – last painting, captures the sweeping skies and textured, root-strewn landscapes of Mount Douglas near Victoria. Painted in 1942, it reflects her mature style and spiritual connection to British Columbia’s wilderness. Now at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the work embodies Carr’s Post-Impressionist influences and enduring reverence for the West Coast’s forests, and Indigenous heritage.

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