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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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Canada could open U.S.-Canada border to vaccinated travellers by July

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Mark Stachiew

As a growing chorus of voices call on the federal government to unveil its plan to re-open the Canada-United States border, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

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If you want to explore Canada by train, VIA Rail has several exciting routes to discover

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 Mark Stachiew

Considering it a took a railway to unite a nation with geography as vast as Canada’s, it’s surprising to foreign visitors, especially Europeans, that they

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Travel Trivia Quiz #4 – The largest states in the world

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Mark Stachiew

You might know which are the largest and smallest countries in the world, but what about the subdivisions of those countries? Do you know the

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Stuck in Customs is a travel photography blog that will inspire

June 1, 2021January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

In the Instagram era, the idea of a travel photography blog almost sounds old-fashioned, but Stuck in Customs is a site that not only aims

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As travel re-opens, health experts warn that risks remain for new waves of COVID transmission

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Mark Stachiew

With travel numbers in the U.S. this Memorial Day weekend reaching pre-pandemic levels, you’d think that the COVID-19 crisis was over, but health experts are

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Pay your respects and learn some history at the gravesites of Canada’s prime ministers

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Mark Stachiew

Unlike other countries, Canadians haven’t erected many monuments to their former leaders. There are a few statues of prime ministers from the era that statues

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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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