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Olympic bronze medallist and champion synchronized diver Jennifer Abel straps on a GoPro camera to show you exactly what it feels like to dive from a three-metre springboard.

If you’re trying to summon the courage to go skydiving, living vicariously through these tandem jumpers may convince you to suit up. See all the smiles, from more than 3,500 m up, as these skydivers capture their epic jump with a GoPro camera.

There’s a reason St. Lawrence Market is one of Toronto’s top tourist attractions. With merchant stalls boasting local produce and culinary treats, the historic marketplace is a great place to tap into Canada’s food scene.

As far as Canada’s honky-tonks go, Ranchman’s Western bar in Calgary is ground zero for those with a little boot-scootin’ boogie in their step. This is what it’s like to go a little bit country on Ranchman’s dance floor.

This is what it’s like to attend Jumu’ah (Friday prayer) at Canada’s largest mosque, Baitun Nur, which means “house of divine light.” Built by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Calgary, the mosque covers 4,500 sq. m and is intended to be a symbol of peace for the city.

Invented in 1975 in Winnipeg by a group of quadriplegic Canadian athletes, wheelchair rugby is played in more than 34 countries. Head out onto the court with these players to find out why the game was originally dubbed “murderball” by its creators.

You may be familiar with kite-surfing, but what about its wintertime counterpart, kite-skiing? Catch some wind with these kite-skiing enthusiasts in the gorgeous Northwest Territories. This may just become your new favourite winter sport.

Find out what it’s like to join Canada’s men’s sledge-hockey team on the ice. Experience all the intensity of shooting pucks with these Paralympic gold medallists.

She stood just four foot ten, but, ever persistent, could lure a yes out of anybody. At 21 she became a gold miner, just like her father.

Winnipeg Jets fans don’t mess around. These hardcore hockey fans finally had a team to cheer for again when the NHL franchise was brought to Winnipeg in 2011. You can expect serious team spirit whenever the puck drops at Winnipeg’s MTS Centre.