Category Archives: Travel
B.C. landmark tourism attractions eligible for up to $1 million in pandemic grants
VICTORIA — The B.C. government is offering up to $1-million grants to help "anchor" attractions and tour bus operators survive the pandemic and ramp up operations when it's safe to do so. Premier John Horgan and Tourism Minister Melanie Mark said
New CDC guidance makes it clear: time to reopen Canada-U.S. border, congressman says
WASHINGTON — A U.S. lawmaker who has made a political crusade out of getting the border with Canada reopened is again pressing his case with President Joe Biden — and this time, he believes he has the Centers for Disease
‘Right direction’: N.S. officials cautiously optimistic on controlling COVID outbreak
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's boundaries were closed to non-essential travel on Monday, as the province reported 121 new cases of COVID-19. But as the new health order took effect — nearly two weeks into a provincewide lockdown — chief medical officer
Canada will align policy on ‘vaccine passports’ with international allies: Trudeau
OTTAWA — Canada may require international travellers to prove they were vaccinated against COVID-19 before they can enter the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, Trudeau said the federal government will a...
Transat AT reaches $700-million aid deal with federal government
MONTREAL — Travel company Transat AT Inc. says it has reached a deal with Ottawa to borrow up to $700 million, nearly half of which will go toward refunding travellers for flights cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reimbursement for customers...
Hundreds of travellers landing in Canada test positive for COVID-19 variants
OTTAWA — More than 2,000 people returning to Canada since the federal government brought in mandatory hotel quarantines have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than a quarter of them were infected with a variant of concern. Data supplied to The
Families separated by India, Pakistan flight suspensions worry about loved ones
Pankaj Kumar's wife, who is five-and-a-half months pregnant, was booked on a flight to Canada from India on Sunday. Now Kumar said his wife, Rupakshi Sharma, will be stuck in Punjab due to the federal government's suspension of passenger flights from
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says restricting travel from India, Pakistan necessary
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says suspending incoming passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next month must be done to keep Canadians safe. Trudeau says it was necessary because there has been a concerning surge of COVID-19 cases...
Canada to suspend flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days
OTTAWA — The federal government is suspending incoming passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next month as cases of COVID-19 surge in both countries. "Effective 11:30 p.m. Eastern time tonight, I am suspending all commercial and private pa...
Canada eyes policy on travel from India due to massive outbreak
Canada's top public health doctor says the federal government is looking into flights arriving from India amid reports that a massive surge of COVID-19 cases is ravaging that country. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Ottawa has generall...