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Stories reflecting the diverse cultures of Canada — from French settlers to First Nations oral traditions.
A wooden canoe flying across the moonlit sky with lumberjacks inside from French-Canadian folklore

La Chasse-Galerie (The Flying Canoe)

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October 27, 2025
Long ago, in the deep frozen forests of Quebec, a group of lumberjacks worked through a bitterly cold winter. They lived far from home, surrounded by endless pines and the silence of snow. Their days were filled with hard labor, cutting trees from dawn to dusk. At night, they sat around the fire in their cabin, drinking and singing to
A young Inuit girl dreaming before the towering Ice Giants under aurora lights, with the first igloo glowing in the distance. Inspired by an Inuit folktale from the Eastern Arctic.

The Ice Giants and the First Igloo

November 1, 2025
Long ago, before the world knew comfort and shelter, the wind ruled the land of snow. It roared over the tundra, lifting icy powder into the sky and sculpting mountains of white that shifted with every storm. In those days, the Inuit people lived in tents of stretched skins, their
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How the Owl Brought Rest to Humankind

November 1, 2025
In the ancient days, when the first people walked upon the frozen earth and the stars were still finding their places in the sky, humankind did not know the meaning of rest. From the moment of their birth, their eyes remained open. They spoke, worked, hunted, and sang without pause.
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A glowing moon with a woman’s face and a hunter gazing upward, inspired by an Inuit folktale from Canada.

The Woman Who Became the Moon

October 31, 2025
In the beginning, when the world was still young and the sky had no stars, the Inuit people lived beneath a long, endless twilight. The sea shimmered in pale light, and the ice stretched far into the horizon. Every day was the same, without night or dawn, and the people
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The Sky Hunters and the Great Whale

October 31, 2025
In the age when the earth and sky were still young and the breath of the spirits filled the air, the Inuit people lived between the frozen sea and the shimmering heavens. The sea gave them life, and the sky gave them light. Every creature was sacred, every wind carried
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A mountain shaped like a woman glowing beneath the northern lights, from an Inuit legend about love and sacrifice.

The Stone Woman of the Tundra

October 31, 2025
Long ago, when the earth was still young and the northern wind spoke in the language of spirits, the tundra stretched endless and silent. There were no towns, no ships, no fences only snow, stone, and sky. The people who lived there were few, moving with the caribou and seals,
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The Ice Fox and the Endless Night

October 31, 2025
Long before the first humans built their snow houses on the tundra, the land of the far north lived in rhythm with the sky. The Sun and Moon were like patient guardians, taking turns watching over the frozen earth. When the Sun shone, it painted the snow in golden fire.
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A misty Newfoundland coastline at night with a glowing green ghost light above the sea inspired by the legend of Shipwreck Cove

The Ghost Light of Shipwreck Cove

October 29, 2025
On the rugged shores of Newfoundland, where the wind howls through the cliffs and the waves strike the rocks with endless fury, there lies a place known as Shipwreck Cove. It is a lonely inlet where fog clings to the sea like a spirit’s breath, and fishermen say that when
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Peaceful seascape of the Gulf of St. Lawrence with soft waves and distant cliffs at sunset, inspired by Maritime Canadian folklore

The Mermaid of the Magdalenes

October 28, 2025
Far out in the shimmering blue waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence lies a small chain of islands known as the Îles de la Madeleine. The wind there moves restlessly across the dunes, shaping the sand into golden hills that rise and fall like waves turned to stone. Fishermen
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Fiery ghost schooner glowing over the waters of Northumberland Strait in Maritime folklore

The Phantom Ship of Northumberland Strait

October 28, 2025
Along the restless waters between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, a strange legend drifts like sea fog, eternal and haunting. The people who live by these shores have long whispered of a ghostly schooner that sails across the horizon, glowing with fire yet never consumed by it. Some call
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