As Canada's only national hunting and fishing magazine, Canadian Open has been entertaining and informing readers since 1972 with a vibrant mix of way articles, buyer guides, profiles, travel notes, in-depth reporting and expert analysis. In 2015, Outdoor Canada West was launched.
Along with promoting conservation and celebrating Canada's heritage sport, Canadian Open and Canada Outside the West encourage anglers and hunters to upgrade their skills and expand their knowledge of the outdoors. Includes fishing and hunting hot spots and roundups of the best new equipment.
Published six times a year, Canadian Open has received many awards for its writing, photography, and top-notch designs. In 2005, 2011 and 2012, it was named Magazine of the Year (50,000 to 149,999 circulation categories) by the Canadian Society of Magazine Editor, while editor-in-chief Patrick Walsh was named Editor of the Year.
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It was an ambitious idea: a home-based magazine covering everything about Canada outside. And this is at a time when US magazines dominate stalls even more than today. So debuted Outdoor Canada in 1972, promising readers for fishing, hunting, conservation, hiking, camping, boating, skiing, photography, parks, wildlife, and more. The first problem was, for example, carrying a piece on the Ontario steel head by a veteran outside the scribe's home John Power, see the new Kluane Yukon National Park and the story of Sir Edmund Hillary canoeing through the wilds of Quebec. Also featured are moose recipes and book reviews alongside articles on cross-country skiing, winter survival, snowmobiling, motor homes and boating. While Outdoor Canada has since purified its focus to concentrate on fishing, hunting and conservation, the magazine's original commitment to Canada's unique life perspective.
The magazine was founded by a husband and wife team from Ron and Sheila Kaighin; the couple sold their home in North Vancouver and camped in Canada before opening a shop in Toronto. Sheila served as editor, taking over in 1973 from previous recruitments Mike Irving and Graeme Matheson, while Ron retained the publishing role.
The couple sold the magazine to the Canadian National Sportsmen's Shows event in 1985. They both remained in their respective roles for another year before making a clean break.
Here is a short schedule of the magazine's major milestones:
- In 1972, the first 64-page edition arrived in November with a print of 15,000 copies. The cover price is 50 cents.
- In 1974, when His Excellency Rod & amp; Gun Magazine folded, Outdoor Canada got 19,000 subscriptions. The magazine also debuted the first of seven logo changes, which continued to grow in 1975, 1976, 1981, 1987 and 1994. Recent logo changes are currently used today, minus the goose.
- The first annual fisheries were published in 1981, along with an alarming article by David Dehaas, "Deaths that rain from the sky." The news is apocalyptic. "Experts in Canada and the US agree that acid rain will continue to increase for at least the next 20 years," Dehaas wrote. Although the source may be too pessimistic, the problem of acid rain is still very much with us.
- In 1982, Bryan Berriault and Teddi Brown, who in 1986 became the magazine's new editor, wrote Outdoor Canada's first story about the concept of capture and release capture that then emerged. Though not yet legal in the way predicted by the author, this practice has been embraced by anglers across the country. Not only half the fish captured are now released, but a large number of cruise ships have volunteered to adopt the policy in an effort to preserve tropical fishing in their respective areas.
- The first annual hunt was published in 1987. In the same year, extensive exposure was printed on the growing problem of illegal trade in animal parts. Writer Don Cowan found that many wildlife officers turned a blind eye to such abominable practices. Some even advocated legalization of trade, Cowan wrote. Five years later, Canada passed the Wildlife and Plant Protection Act, and the black market for bear organs, as well as deer and velvet antelope, was greatly reduced.
- In 1993, Teddi Brown drew attention to the fact that Canada does not have a national fishing week, although fishing is part of Canada's national heritage and generates billions of dollars for the economy. Seven years later planning and the Canada National Sportfishing Foundation and its partners created National Fishing Week. The event offers hundreds of fishing-related events from coast to coast.
- In 1995, Editor Teddi Brown died of cancer at the age of 62. "Teddi's passion is one of the best things that ever happened to this magazine," his replacement editor in chair, James Little, wrote at the time. "He uses these pages to seriously fight for all sorts of causes, from fighting hunts to ending farms to encourage children to fish, but perhaps more importantly, his love of journalism brings a new level of professionalism to the publication." li>
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Soon after buying Outdoor Canada from the Canadian National Sportsmen's Shows in 1998, Avid Media publishers made a strategic decision: no more magazines will attempt to cover the ever-expanding space activity. Instead, it will only focus on angling, hunting and related conservation issues. As far as James Little's editor knows, there's only one thing to do - make the best fishing and hunting magazines in Canada.
The magazine was led by Patrick Walsh, who was editor in 2000 (James Little went on to edit the magazine Explore until the end of 2012). Adjusted to men between the ages of 18 and 49, and with a circulation of around 90,000, the magazine continues to offer great content (see "Awards" below). In 2004, Outdoor Canada was purchased, along with three other magazines owned by Avid Media, by Transcontinental Media G.P. Transcontinental then sold the magazine in September 2009 (along with the sister of Canadian Home Workshop) to Quarto Communications Inc., then Cottage Life Media, a division of Blue Ant Media Partnership.
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Awards
Canadian Open has received many awards over the years, including some prestigious National Magazine Awards.
National Magazine Award
In 2011, the Canada Open has won a total of 12 NMA gold, nine silver NMA and 58 honorable names since its debut.
Canadian Society of Magazine Editor Awards
The magazine has won the following awards from CSME: Best Front-of-the-Book; Jim Cormier Award for Screenwriting; Magazine of the Year in the medium circulation category 50,000-149.000; and Editor of the Year: Patrick Walsh.
Canadian Overseas Writers
Canadian Open has a number of awards from Canadian Overseas Writers, including (in 2011): 16 first places completed; 11 second position positions; and 14 third place awards.
The American Overseas Writers Association Awards
The magazine has brought home two first-place victories and two second place wins from the Association of Foreign Writers.
References
External links
- Outdoor cooking supplies
- Canadian Overseas Magazine
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