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Every so often I hop in the car and head out to a place I call “Down Home”.  Down Home is a good three to three and a half hours away, depending on traffic, so I always make sure I have as many communications possibilities with me when I go.  I took this trip just…

Recently I found some golden nuggets in the form of old civil defense pamphlets put out by the US government in the 50’s. They are archived online and links are below. I will disclaim that though some of the information in these forms has been proven inaccurate in modern studies, the general themes are great…

I don’t post many casting calls here, but this one seems to target those who may want to put their survival skills to the test.

After an insane March full of trade shows and events, we are happy to be back blogging on the network.  There has been some fantastic posts with great content.  I particularly like the Self Sufficient Women post by Prepared Canadian.  Here at Chylan we are all about continuous learning and when ever a free online course…

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Most of my bug out scenarios involve me driving down a certain road for my initial exit. There is only one road exiting my suburb, so from the standpoint of I’m at home and the SHTF, that’s the natural choice. (There are actually 3 suburbs including mine that all use this one exit road.) I…

A self Sufficient Woman Inside of every female, is a Self-Sufficient Woman. Whether she knows it or not, the potential is there. A prime example is the fact that her body has the power to provide everything it needs to sustain and grow another human life. When it comes to living in a world that…

How Money Is Created: To fully appreciate the economic situation we are in, we first have to understand how money is created. First, the Bank of Canada prints our money, or more accurately, whites a line in a ledger book.  Unlike the Federal Reserve in the US, The Bank of Canada is a crown corporation,…

You may have heard the recent news about the State of Emergency in Lethbridge Alberta. The situation there went from bad to horrible in only a matter of hours. Here is a quick rundown of the timeline: Tuesday – the city issued a statement saying they were having trouble with the water plant keeping up,…

A Few Tips on How to Make your Camping Trip a Bit more Comfortable Camping combines all of the best parts of sleeping on the ground, getting eaten by insects, and pooping outdoors. However, despite the fact that most of our ancestors got over “the call of the wild” about ten thousand years ago, nearly…