CANADIANS CHOOSE TO TRAVEL RESPONSIBLY: Connections key awareness translates into action
As Canadians engage in the peak summer travel season, new research from Intrepid Travel, suggests they are looking beyond crowded and social media-driven hotspots in favour of local connections, human expertise and experiences that positively impact the people and places they visit.
ELECTRICITY A ‘MIRACLE’ IN CUBA:Blackouts stretch for days:
A 20-minute burst of electricity is a small miracle in Havana nowadays – a miracle that sometimes comes at 3 a.m. That’s when 72-year-old Leidis Rodríguez frantically cooked beans after the lights switched on this week following hours of uninterrupted blackouts.
ACV OPENS REGISTRATION FOR SEPT. PRODUCT LAUNCHES
Kicking off in less than a month, Air Canada Vacations has opened registration for its 2026 Product Launch Events and agents are advised to sign-up early to ensure attendance. The typically packed presentations return this September with an expanded cross-country tour that will visit seven Canadian cities, including new stops in Calgary and Quebec City.
RECALCITRANT CHILD CAUSES FLIGHT OVERNIGHT DELAY
A Porter Airline flight was cancelled due to child refusing to fasten its seatbelt. An airline spokesman said in an email that its plane left the terminal in Victoria on Thursday and was headed to the runway for departure to Toronto, but a young child was standing in their seat and would not secure their seatbelt despite attempts by the accompanying parent and cabin crew.
BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR AND LORETO’S ENDURING APPEAL
Long before mega-ships and crowded ports came to dominate much of the cruise industry, Mexico’s Baja California Sur built a quieter reputation as one of North America’s most noteworthy small-ship cruising destinations, where private yachts, scientific expeditions, and adventure travellers have long used the Gulf of California as a gateway to some of the continent’s most remote and biologically rich marine environments.
NUNUVAT TRAVEL ‘IN A GOOD PLACE’: Spending up as travel sector continues to grow
Nunavut saw fewer visitors but more money spent in the territory between July and September 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, Statistics Canada data shows. There were 22,800 out-of-territory visitors to Nunavut during the three-month stretch last year, well down from the 25,000 tourists that visited during the summer of 2024.
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YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET: Just wait until ‘off-the-charts’ El Nino kicks in, scientists warn
Wildfires are burning in North America and Europe. Deadly heat waves have parked over cities and the world’s oceans are the hottest ever recorded for this time of year. A strengthening El Nino is forecast to be off-the-charts, spiking global temperatures and warping weather all over.
CANADA, NIGERIA EXPAND AIR DEAL, AIR CANADA EYES FLIGHTS
Canada has announced an expanded air transport agreement with Nigeria that allows for direct flights between Canada and Nigeria for the first time. With the news, Air Canada immediately announced that it intends to launch flights to the African country in 2027.
WINTER IS COMING: Why now’s the time to start planning for ski season
By MICHAEL BAGINSKI/ With the exception of my friend Terry who is already fine-tuning his snowmobile in the garage in anticipation of winter, most Canadians are still basking in this country’s too-short summer season to be feeling sentimental about snow.
EGYPT IMPLEMENTS DIGITAL VISA SYSTEM
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities has implemented a new Digital Visa-on-Arrival System, a key step forward in modernizing entry procedures for international travellers. The pilot phase of the new system began Aug. 1 at Cairo International Airport (all arrival terminals), the first of a nationwide rollout to other airports.
D.C. DOES DULLES: $20-billion makeover to make Washington airport ‘worthy’
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, United Airlines and the U.S. Department of Transportation will spend US$20 billion on a landmark transformation of beleaguered Washington Dulles International Airport designed to create a facility “worthy of the nation’s capital.”
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