Canada’s ‘Preppers’ Are Ready for Anything in Uncertain Times

Canada’s ‘Preppers’ Are Ready for Anything in Uncertain Times
David Arama sits in the restaurant at the Marble Lake Lodge campground he owns in Cloyne, Ont., on Oct. 15, 2024. Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times
Tara MacIsaac
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CLOYNE, Ont.—The term “prepper” is not in every Canadian’s vocabulary. But when you pair it with “doomsday,” many people picture bomb shelters, canned goods, and post-apocalyptic fiction.

“I’m not a doomsday, apocalypse-type prepper,” said David Arama, as he sat in his lodge in Cloyne, a small village about three hours north of Toronto. A few paces away was the door to his concrete cellar stocked with food and water. He’s ready for almost anything, but not everything.