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 Guest Author- J Vanne
In this article, I continue to look at Canada as a relocation possibility. This time, we examine Ontario, known as Upper Canada (as in “up” the St. Lawrence River) in olden days. We will not examine “Lower Canada” – Quebec – as in my opinion, anyone relocating to Quebec, known as La Belle Province (The Beautiful Province), to avoid an economic or societal meltdown may as well also look at Greece, Spain or Argentina. Yes, Montreal is a fun city, and there are indeed areas, such as the eastern townships (for example the area around Sherbrooke, Quebec) that are similar to Vermont in terms of agricultural activities. However, Quebec has serious issues. Yes, the separatist movement has died down, as the “pure laines” (the pure blood French) have aborted themselves into oblivion, and immigrants know their collective gooses would be cooked in an independent Canada. They are also aware that Quebec, which has a population of around 8 million – not all of which are francophones – exists in a sea of just under 400 million in North America (if (Read more....) […]
 By SurvivingSurvivalism.com
As we have been offering the remaining space in our community, we have been contacted by many people who wish they could join us, but just can’t leave their current family obligations. Sometimes there is a spouse who is physically ill, sometimes their loved ones just don’t “get it”. Besides expressing their deep longing to live the way we do – personally free and self-sufficient – they give us their apologies for not being able to join us. No apology needed.
To make the decision to stay in the midst of the coming chaos because those to whom you have a deep and loving commitment cannot wrest themselves from their current lifestyle is also a valid and courageous choice – as long as it is made with good information and open eyes. When chaos arrives (and it’s coming on a fast track) those who remain dependent on the systems (corporate, medical, governmental entitlements such as food stamps, disability payments, etc.) will likely be left in the lurch and fending for themselves (Read more....) […]
 Authored By J Vanne
British Columbia
The goal of examining different Canadian regions for you is two-fold: a.) to look at regions that might be a good locale in a slow, grinding economic downturn, and b.) examine areas the might be suitable for a more serious societal and/or economic breakdown (the so-called “zombie apocalypse”). In other words, the scope of this article is to try to find areas that will be acceptable if the powers that be are able to somewhat “kick the economic can down the road” for a few more years, while at the same time providing information for your consideration in the event of a much more serious apocalypse of various flavours. This means the article will attempt to find a sweet spot on the one hand between having a location with business, cultural and educational opportunities, a reasonably sized air hub so one can conduct business and family (Read more....) […]
 by SurvivingSurvivalism.com
Our commitment to living the survivalist lifestyle includes living so far off the beaten path as to make a daily commute to work impractical to say the least. And so, in monetary terms, we have been living on just a few hundred dollars a year. Someone, not understanding the essence of survivalism, suggested recently that we “get a job.” For their sake, as well as anyone else out there who thinks that living a survivalist life means transferring your suburban life to another location, here is my job description and “payment”:
1. Collect firewood – Much of this is done by dragging fallen and standing dead pinion, cedar and juniper trees, later to be cut into correct sizes for the wood cook stove and the wood heating stove.
That replaces our gas bill.
2. Keep the storage batteries full of water and check connections to the solar panels.
That replaces our electric bill.
3. Do the laundry by the (Read more....) […]
 These days, it’s hard to ignore all of the doomsday, apocalypse now talk—especially as the so-called “Mayan calendar” quickly winds down. But, whether you believe the hype or not, it has brought up a very important point. Many people today are simply not equipped to fend for themselves or survive, should the need arise. Let’s say tomorrow something happened that immediately robbed us of all of the modern luxuries we have become dependent on, would you be able to survive?
If you’re like the majority of other people, most likely not. And, it’s not that we don’t have the capability to, because we all know our ancestors lived off the land, but we have become so accustomed to our easy way of life, we must re-train ourselves to be self-sufficient. Luckily, numerous schools and courses have popped up over the last few years that specialize in teaching survival 101. So, if you’re looking to get back in touch with your instinctual, survival side, you might consider enrolling in one of these.
Bushcraft & Wilderness Survival Courses
Offering potential college credit to its students, the Bushcraft & Wilderness Survival Courses, (Read more....) […]
For the last several years, our family – Dan, our son Jesse and I – have been living what some may call the “survivalist” lifestyle. Actually, we live the off-grid (so far off the grid that there is no land line and no cell phone service available), self-sufficient life. We’re not here to get away from the world for a few days while chaos happens and calms down – we don’t think that’s the way it will go, anyway. We’re here because we have chosen to separate ourselves from the rate race, the system, and not be swept away in the tide of what we see as society running amok. This is not a temporary lifestyle to us, it’s a wonderfully peaceful, sometimes difficult and always rewarding life. Regardless of what does or doesn’t happen “out there”, this is how we choose to live.
We were basically “city folk”. But over the past 20-plus years, we formulated, clarified and realized our vision to make the transformation to our current life. We understand the fear and panic many are now feeling in contemplating making a lifestyle change in a short time because world events require that it be done. That is why we wrote our book, Surviving Survivalism – How to Avoid (Read more....) […]
  The current economic crisis has spawned a whole new breed of survivalists. Rather than holing up in a bunker, living off the land and waiting for “the end of the world as we know it” these new survivalists are average Americans who see the chaos going on around them and who believe that they won’t be able to depend on the government to take care of them.
In a recent article, the Houston Chronicle reported on this new breed of survivalists. One survivalist they featured is named Jack Spirko. Jack owns his own media company, he is married to a successful nurse and he has a son in college. He also has two dogs and lives in a beautiful house with a pool in Arlington, Texas.
That sounds like a very normal guy, right?
But the truth is that Jack Spirko is a survivalist.
For several years, Jack has been busy stockpiling food, water, gas, guns and ammunition.
The Houston Chronicle quoted Spirko as saying this about his lifestyle: “I have a (Read more....) […]
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