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2
Nov

Hurricane Tomas Update: AC and AA Advisories: St. Lucia

Airline Advisories: AC, AA Air Canada (AC) Travel Alert: Effective for November 2 and 3 St. Lucia (UVF) Hurricane Tomas may impact flights from November 1 to 3. Air Canada has revised its ticketing policy for customers booked on affected flights to facilitate changes to bookings. Visit aircanada.com for more information. American Airlines (AA) Travel […]

1
Nov

Update: Hurricane Tomas

ACCUWEATHER.com reports that Hurricane Tomas is weakening, but there is growing concern that the now tropical storm will regain strength and target Haiti later this week. Tomas was a Category 2 hurricane as it battered the Windward Islands on Saturday night. Disruptive wind shear (strong wind shear high in the atmosphere) has since caused Tomas […]

27
Oct

Alerts: Travel updates from Ottawa – Indonesia

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada have issued the following updates on travel to: Indonesia:Exercise high degree of caution Mount Merapi (near Yogyakarta) began erupting on October 26, 2010. Those living within a 10 km radius of the crater have been advised to evacuate. Canadians should avoid the area and follow the advice of local […]

25
Oct

Major Midwestern Cities at Risk for Severe Weather

AccuWeather.com: A powerful storm system set to spread howling winds across the Midwest will also spark a nasty round of severe thunderstorms throughout the region Monday night into Tuesday. People across the region will need to be prepared for disruptions to travel at the very least. Communities that get hit by the worst of these […]

21
Oct

Virgin Galactic (and me!) In The News

Astronomic Price Worth it to Calgarians To boldly go where no man has gone before — no thanks. But to escape the Earth aboard a tested and true spaceship, spending 10 minutes in a weightless void? It's a trip worth every cent of the $200,000 ticket, says one of a very exclusive crowd of Albertans […]