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I subscribe to a preparedness newsletter and one of the articles this past fall was about looting.  As I started reading the article I was prepared to be offended because looting is bad – right?  However, the article questioned the difference between looting, which I perceive to be bad, and foraging, which I perceive to…

The Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio is holding its 6th annual winter field day this weekend.  The object of the practice is to set up emergency style communications and make as many contacts as possible in a 24 hour period.  Bonus points are given for operating outdoors, away from home, and without using…

After another stimulating episode of Coast to Coast (listen here) I was compelled to do some research into Bitcoin.  I have heard of it before but held minimal knowledge of its function.  My spidey senses are telling me that the time to get involved is now.   What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency introduced in 2009. Users send payments…

Mapping a Road to Self-sufficiency Self-sufficiency is defined as being able to take care of one’s self without the assistance of others. This does not mean that self-sufficient person does not need other people, it means that they take their present and futures into their own hands as much as humanly possible. They accept responsibility…

Welcome everyone to a brand new year filled with opportunities.  We are making a few changes in the new year in hopes of livening up the site a bit and getting as many Canadians as possible prepared for what may be. Uniting The BlogsIn the past, the CPN was describes as a group of interconnected…

While the odds seem to be against us in the overall destruction of our planet and its food sources each one of us has the ability to play a role in an evolution of urban gardening. Have you ever noticed that one little weed, a tiny green stem of life, poking through the cracks of…

After all of the work we do to prepare our families and communities it is nice to hear a success story for the holidays.  A family of six from Nevada ran their jeep off the side of a cliff into a crevice in sub-zero temperatures of 21 below zero.  We can break their success down into 5 simple…

So it happened – a massive winter storm has shut down basically everything across Canada. It’s horrifically cold and the snow hasn’t stopped in two weeks. (Sound familiar?) With no trucks moving, the local grocery store shelves were emptied in a panic last week. Now, even leaving your house is almost an impossibility – you…

Living without coffee on a good day is bad enough.  Imagine suffering without coffee for an extended period of time post disaster.  We often forget about personal luxuries when putting together emergency kits or survival supplies.  Things like coffee, alcohol and cigarettes are often left off of the check list.  You don’t have to be…

Assuming not everyone who reads this blog is a long time, died in the wool prepper or outdoors man a recent conversation I had with some new friends reminded me of some things I think are common sense when it comes to a 72 hour kit, but may not be common sense to all. 1)   …