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Travel health notice There have been no cases of Ebola virus disease reported in Nigeria for 42 days (two incubation periods) following the small number of confirmed and suspected cases and deaths reported in Lagos and Port Harcourt related to an initial case in an infected traveller from Liberia.  On October 20th, the World Health Organization  declared the end […]

Though many Torontonians still refer to it as the Island Airport, Billy Bishop (YTZ) is its official name for the airport just minutes from downtown Toronto. Once the David to Pearson Airport’s Goliath, this is the little airport that grew – and plans to keep growing. Apart from its manageable size, one of the airport’s […]

Volcanic activity On October 21, 2014, Colombian authorities raised the level of activity of volcanos Chiles and Cerro Negro (Nariño Department) from yellow to orange, which means that an eruption is probable within days or weeks. Follow the advice of local authorities. See Servicio Geológico Colombiano (in Spanish) for more information. http://travel.gc.ca/destinations/colombia

Parliament Hill came under attack before 10 am (ET) today after a man with a rifle shot a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa. Gun shots also rang through the halls of Parliament Hill’s Centre Block. A gunman has been confirmed dead inside Parliament. Most of downtown Ottawa is under […]

A concourse at Miami International Airport has been temporarily closed “after a passenger made a comment about having explosives,” according to Miami-Dade police. The affected concourse is Concourse J in the South Terminal. As a precautionary measure, police notified the bomb squad. This news bulletin will be updated as more information becomes available. Read more […]