FROM THE EDITOR

great food. I savour every minute my busy family shares, and I recognize that my 10-year-old may not be so eager to tag along with his parents as he gets older. With every adventure, we come home with an iPhone full of photos, journals packed with notes, and a feeling that our family of three has grown even closer and developed a new appreciation for each other. This result is not unusual, Gary Direnfeld a social worker in Dundas, ON, tells me. “It’s an opportunity to see things in a new light and to build family history.” But you don’t have to fly across the country to do this, says Direnfeld. “Families can create shared experiences, like a bike ride or picnic, to reconnect and to nurture family bonds, whether there is conflict or not. They keep it alive by revisiting these memories and reliving old stories.” Your friends at Canadian Living want to help you make this summer one to remember, so we’ve filled this issue with everything you need to make that possible: gorgeous summer styles, fresh fitness ideas, unbelievable Canadian escapes, DIY home projects and luscious recipes. Consider this your passport to the summer we waited so long for. When you try an idea or recipe from the magazine, send us a picture—you’ll get a summer passport stamp and be entered to win an incredible prize that will make your summer even better! Participate in WHAT DOES YOUR perfect summer look like? Is it cap- one of these challenges and you’ll be eligible to win our grand turing memories on a family road trip to the coast? Or is it taking prize: the perfect winter escape for four to Quebec City for Caroff with nothing but a bike and a backpack to traverse some of nival, including a two-night stay at Fairmont Le Château FronCanada’s picturesque trails? Or maybe it’s grilling mouthwater- tenac and one night at Hôtel de Glace—a value of over $10,000! ing food to share with family and friends in your backyard?

For me, it’s entertaining on my patio, throwing a baseball around with my son and visiting a new destination that my family and I can explore together—this year it’s Calgary, Lake Louise and Banff for hiking, climbing and, as always, eating

This Is Your

Passport To Summer! Jennifer Reynolds, editor-in-chief jen@canadianliving.com | @JNReynolds

#CLsummer PASSPORT TO SUMMER

Find these passport opportunities throughout the magazine. For your chance to win, complete a challenge and share your photo with us on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #CLsummer, or enter online. Find all of the details and how you can win one of 25 bonus prizes at canadianliving.com/CLsummer.

GRAND PRIZE

Style

Try one of our beautiful summer updos and snap a selfie. You’ll have a chance to win a year’s supply of Kérastase hair-care and styling products valued at $1,000. Find your passport on page 15. Health

Get outside and try one of the seven exercises you’ll find starting on page 28. Show us your outdoor fitness moves for a chance to win the $700 women’s Opus urban bike featured on

page 27.

Living

Share a photo of your favourite summer moment with us (it could be your family, your garden or your dog— anything goes) for your chance to win a Sony a5000 camera prize pack—a $900 value. See page 47. Home

Score our top photo displaying tips, then assemble your favourite memories into an art wall for your chance to win a $500 Ikea gift card and a summer’s supply of Farrow & Ball paints. See page 65. Food

Make any (or all) of the delicious summer recipes in this issue and share a snapshot of your meal with us. You’ll have a chance to win a Weber Genesis E-330 barbecue worth $1,150! See page 89. Travel

When you participate in our passport challenges through Twitter, Instagram or canadianliving.com, you’re eligible to enter to win the grand prize. Find more details and why we love Quebec City so much on page 58.