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Travel Trivia Quiz #6: Which airline tail is that?

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Mark Stachiew

How good are you at identifying airlines from the tails on their airplanes? If you’ve spent enough time around airports, chances are good that you

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Estimates for when the U.S.-Canada border reopens range from July 1 to Thanksgiving

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Mark Stachiew

On Monday, the Canadian federal government will likely renew the closure of the border with the United States, but this time it might come with

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Let Airwander help you find stopover destinations when you fly

June 15, 2021January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Stopovers are an underappreciated way to discover new places. Most of the time, we think of them as inconvenient stops on the way to the

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Canadian Travel & Tourism Roundtable wants travel to be part of a national re-opening plan

June 14, 2021 Mark Stachiew

The Canadian Travel & Tourism Roundtable renewed its call Monday for the federal government to reopen the U.S.-Canada border and put in place a vaccination

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Extreme Canada: These are the country’s hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest places.

June 14, 2021June 29, 2021 Mark Stachiew

With a geography so vast, it’s probably no surprise that Canada has such extremes of weather. While you’re struggling through the heat this summer or

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Test your knowledge with our Travel Trivia Quiz #5!

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 Mark Stachiew

We’re back again this week with another travel trivia quiz this week to test your geography knowledge and whatever other random tidbits are buried in

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Ottawa dropping quarantine hotel requirement for fully-vaccinated Canadian travellers

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Mark Stachiew

Ottawa announced Wednesday that fully vaccinated Canadians arriving in the country by plane won’t have to stay in a mandatory quarantine hotel. It’s part of

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Bus Bud makes it easy to book long-distance bus travel online

June 8, 2021January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Planes, trains and cruise ships get all the love, but inter-city bus travel is the reality for a lot of travellers, especially those on a

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Mark Stachiew has been exploring the world and writing about it for more than 30 years. His travel stories have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and online publications in Canada, the United States and beyond.

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    As seen in the light-polluted night skies over Mon As seen in the light-polluted night skies over Montreal in recent weeks: the Ring Nebula, the Needle Galaxy and the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules.
    Getting the cottage ready for summer 58 on the lak Getting the cottage ready for summer 58 on the lake.
    I’m not sure when the last day was that we saw t I’m not sure when the last day was that we saw the sun, but the crabapple blossoms don’t care.
    Globular clusters don’t get the love that galaxi Globular clusters don’t get the love that galaxies and nebulae do, but I think these stellar nurseries are cool. This one is Messier 3 in Canes  Venatici.
    I haven't been taking many deep-sky photos lately I haven't been taking many deep-sky photos lately because it's usually cloudy 9 days out of 10, but I tried reprocessing this photo of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) and I think it's much improved from my previous effort. What always amazes me about galaxy photos is that when you look closely, you can see other tiny galaxies photobombing the image. There are at least three others that I can see here!
    It’s a good day to exercise your democratic righ It’s a good day to exercise your democratic right to vote.
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