Bob Sexton

Bob Sexton

Growing up in Gander, Newfoundland, and Peterborough, Ontario, Outdoor Canada's managing editor Bob Sexton jumped at every chance to wet a line and head afield. After spending half of the 1990s working as a tour guide in Latin America, he completed a Bachelor of Journalism from Ryerson University in 2001 and was hired on as Outdoor Canada's assistant editor. His story "Natural Capital" won an Outdoor Writers of Canada award in 2011. Sexton is the past president of the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors.


Recent Articles and Blog Posts

Grizzly bear trashes SUV

If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if a three-year-old grizzly got trapped inside an SUV, keep reading. While this event took place in October, 2011, the story and photos are again making the rounds on the Internet....

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Gannet gets caught and released

Ontario photographer Kristi McLenaghan was taking photos of her family jigging for mackerel in Baie-Sainte-Anne, New Brunswick, when a nearby gannet dive-bombing for fish emerged not with dinner but rather a jig hook embedded in...

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Breaking news: Agreement signed to save Experimental Lakes Area

Good news for the Experimental Lakes Area! In a memorandum of understanding between the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the beleaguered research facility's future may...

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Bass Pro Shops to open third Canadian store in Niagara-on-the-Lake

Anglers and hunters in southern Ontario will soon have another spot to get geared up for outdoor adventures. Bass Pro Shops has announced it will be opening a third Canadian store in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Spring 2014. The store...

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Experts to meet at Niagara Falls conference on aquatic invasive species

Hundreds of participants from 26 countries are expected to attend the 18th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS). Taking place April 21 to 25, 2013, at the Sheraton-on-the-Falls Hotel in Niagara Falls,...

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Moose wanders into B.C. grocery store

“Road apple clean-up in aisle seven…” That could have been a call over the loudspeaker at a Smithers, B.C. Safeway grocery store late last week. According to a recent story on CBC News, a young moose sauntered through the...

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What you need to know about the Cohen Commission

After more than three years in the making, the long-awaited report from the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River—popularly known as the Cohen Commission—was finally released late last...

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Another kind of roadside diner

If you watch the 20-minute video below, I think it’s safe to say you will be, as the subject of the video states, “going into unknown territory.” Ladies and gentleman, may I introduce the very affable 73-year-old Arthur...

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Caught on video: Largemouth eating bucketmout bass

Spend enough time in the outdoors and you're bound to see some weird, wild and wacky things. For example, while fishing on Lake Austin in Texas, one angler recently encountered a largemouth bass eating another bucketmouth and...

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Dancers step it up at Toronto International Boat Show

The Toronto International Boat Show isn’t the first place you’d expect to see an impromptu dance performance. However, that’s precisely what happened on the opening day of the 55th annual edition in January when Legend...

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