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This is the number one reason airlines lose your luggage forever

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 Mark Stachiew

Everyone has a lost luggage story, but in most cases, the airline you flew with eventually reunited you with your bag and there was a

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Why am I always in the last group to board the plane?

January 12, 2024February 17, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Why does it seem that every time I fly, I’m lumped into one of the last groups of passengers to board the plane? It got

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With its inaugural flight to Tokyo, WestJet celebrates its first route to Asia

April 30, 2023December 9, 2023 Mark Stachiew

It’s a good day for Canadian travellers when another Canadian airline starts flying to Asia. In this case, it’s WestJet which celebrated the departure of flight

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Calm Air introduces all-inclusive holiday packages for Northern Manitoba adventures

April 25, 2023 Mark Stachiew

When you hear about a Canadian airline pitching all-inclusive holiday packages, you think that they’re going to be talking about places that are somewhere warm,

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Updated rules offer Canadian travellers more protection from flight cancellations and delays

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Mark Stachiew

New regulations took effect in Canada today that require airlines to provide passengers with either a refund or rebooking, at the passenger’s choice, when there

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Canada’s skies are suddenly crowded with competing airlines

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Mark Stachiew

If you didn’t think that travel is back in Canada, then look no further than the recent flurry of activity from the country’s newest airlines.

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British airlines are the first to begin dropping face mask mandates

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 Mark Stachiew

Despite some experts stating as recently as last month that face masks on passenger planes would likely be here for years to come, some airlines

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Book your flights now while prices are low

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Mark Stachiew

If you’re thinking of flying this summer book now before rising oil prices and growing travel demand push prices up even further. Even before the

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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!
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