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What Determines the Kind of Aircraft That Will Be Used for a Particular Route?

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Who is Responsible for Route Planning?

A dog in a pet carrier coming out of the baggage hold

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What Temperature Is it in the Baggage Hold?

Air Canada airplane fin with a maple leaf design

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What is a Fin Number?

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When Do Pilots Use Checklists?

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What is a Noise Abatement Procedure?

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What Do All the Different Hinged Surfaces on the Airliner's Wing Do?

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Why Does Air Canada  Operate So Many Brands  of Aircraft?

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When an Aircraft is Ordered, How are  Engines Chosen?

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Do Jet Engines Require Oil Changes Like Car Engines Do?

Horseshoe Falls aerial view, Niagara Falls, Ontario

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Niagara Falls, Ontario, from Way, Way Up

Illustration of a Sri Lankan leopard's tail

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Tracking Down Leopards in Sri Lanka

Goldfish are used for a festive table set-up during the Persian New Year

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Understanding the Persian New Year Tradition That Involves a Goldfish

An illustration of a person on a plane with their head replaced with a window overlooking the clouds

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Why Your Next Great Idea May Come at 30,000 Feet in the Air

A film crew working outside on Haida Gwaii, with the director talking to an actor as they prepare for a scene

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This Director is Making Films in an Endangered Language

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How Do Pilots Handle Multiple Time Changes and a Complex Work Schedule?

Sailboat in Curaçao

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Exploring the Meditative Benefits of Scuba Diving

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What is the Longest Route Flown by Air Canada?

Close up of assorted yakitori from Yardbird, Hong Kong

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This Yakitori is Why We’re Heading to Hong Kong

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What's a Jet Stream?

Google Maps pin for Mr. Wu's in Shanghai

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Searching for Mr. Wu’s Scallion Pancakes in Shanghai

Colourful illustration of a man riding a bike.

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Detroit’s Small-Scale Manufacturing Revolution

Illustration of the cruising speed of several of Air Canada's fleet

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How Is the Cruising Speed of an Airplane Measured?

Aerial view of Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, Colorado

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Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre from Way, Way Up

Illustration of stacked cylinders representing pink noise

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What Sound Does an Airplane Make?

A black and white photo of Hubert Lenoir crowd surfing at one of his concerts

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French-Canadian Musician Hubert Lenoir Plays by His Own Rules

Aerial view of the flax fields of France

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France’s Flax Fields from Way, Way Up

Air Canada’s new hats

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Who Designed the New Uniforms for Air Canada?

A man wearing multiple silver necklaces with feather pendants

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Tokyo’s Hard-to-get Handcrafted Silver Jewellery That Has Reached Cult Status

An illustration of the Air Canada wing tip amongst the many colours of other airplanes

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Does the Design Scheme of Your Aircraft Say Something About Your Travel Mood?

Two women chatting in a train car in West Vancouver

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See the Top Photos from Our Canada Views Photo Contest

An aerial view of the strategic housing layout in Delray Beach

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Delray Beach, Florida, from Way, Way Up

An illustration of tree roots

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Swapping Selfie Sticks for Secret Tours in Bali

The Tenfold Cocktail with a twig and fresh berries from Fogo Island Inn

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A Cocktail Best Served Over 420-Million-Year-Old Rocks

An illustration of a hand reaching for a plus sign shaped shopping back on a red background

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The Ritual of Grocery Shopping at Migros in My Grandmother’s Swiss Village

Illustrated gif in hues of blue, orange, yellow and burgundy of clapping hands

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Why Do Some Passengers Clap When the Plane Lands?

An airplane on the tarmac waiting for take off.

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What Happens Before an Airplane Takes Off?

Illustration of a sleeping bee on a yellow background

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Up in Smoke with Beekeepers in Tanzania

An exterior view of the Aqua Dome's many pools

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Experience Aufguss, Austria’s Spectacular Sauna Ritual

Amusement park goers take the in air lifts around the grounds with a ferris wheel below them

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Rituals of the World’s Happiest People

Illustration of a woman reading on a bench with a suitcase

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6 Fictional Identities to Assume on Your Next Trip Abroad

An aerial view of the colourful landscape of Las Coloradas, Mexico

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The Salt Flats of Las Coloradas, Mexico, from Way, Way Up

Vietnamese Po’ Boy

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Fly to New Orleans for a Vietnamese Po’ Boy (Thank Us Later)

An abstract drawing of an air traffic control tower and grapes dripping wine.

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How Being 30,000 Feet in the Air Affects the Flavour of Wine

An illustration of a lobster with a Canadian maple leaf parachute being dropped onto a table for dinner

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Did You Know There’s Enough Food on Your Air Canada Flight to Stock a Grocery Store?

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Bringing The World's 50 Best Restaurants to Canada

An illustration of a person hiking with a garbage can as a backpack

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How Plogging is Saving the Planet, One Workout at a Time

An aerial view of Pingtang County, China

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China’s Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope from Way, Way Up

An illustration of a person dancing with records

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Shimmying to Northern Soul at a Hidden Cocktail Bar in East London

An illustration of a businessman looking into a pool and seeing himself on vacation

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What is Place Lag?

An illustration of a couple being served dinner on a boulder

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A Giant Boulder Broke off a Mountain in Ecuador and Smashed into this Restaurant

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Travel Photos We Loved in 2019

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What to Buy for the Travel-Obsessed People in Your Life

An aerial view of Morocco’s Noor concentrated solar power plant

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Morocco’s Noor Concentrated Solar Power Plant From Way, Way Up

The Integratron illuminated at night in California

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Try a Sound Bath in the Integratron, the Mojave’s Otherworldly Building

An illustration of a man dressed in a suit flying over Earth

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What Makes Frequent Flyers Want to Go the Extra Mile?

An illustration of a plane flying over mountains within a snow globe with a thermometer sticking out of it

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Is it Ever Too Cold to Fly?

An aerial view of Italy’s Labirinto della Masone

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Italy’s Labirinto della Masone from Way, Way Up

An aerial view of NK Hvar’s soccer pitch in Croatia

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NK Hvar’s Soccer Pitch from Way, Way Up

An illustration of a man jogging within a clock with a world map background

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What’s the Best Way to Deal With Jet Lag?

Mélanie Labelle decked out in black and red on the murderball court

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Why Mélanie Labelle is a Force to be Reckoned With

A young indigenous girl in colorful clothes holding a lacrosse stick

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Head to Halifax for the 2020 North American Indigenous Games

An aerial view of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona

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Grand Canyon National Park from Way, Way Up

An illustration of a camera taking a photo of an Air Canada jet taking off in winter

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Why Is Tail Spotting So Thrilling?

Invader’s street art of a red and black spider on a Paris building

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Go on a Quest to Capture Invader’s Street Art

Animated illustration of people snapping photos on their phones at an art gallery

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Do Snap-happy Travellers Have Blurrier Holiday Memories?

A rainbow over the ocean.

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A Note to Our Readers: Travel From Wherever You Are

A view of Budapest's river and bridges

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How to Plan Your Future Trips Using Instagram

Maple syrup being poured into a jug

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Found: The Sweetest Syrup Pourer in Vermont

Illustration of prairie dogs in the grasslands of Saskatchewan

From Our Archives

The Quietest Place in Canada

A cotton candy sunset over the Tuscan hills

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Tuscany: Where Our Digital Editor Will Return Once Her Travels Resume

Three hand-painted Easter eggs from Bucharest, Romania

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Found: The Prettiest Painted Eggs in Bucharest

Window view of French pastries in a bakery

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Day Tripping From Home: 12 Hours in Paris

Colourful tiles scattered in front of a orange background

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Found: Tiles with a Twist in Lisbon

A hiking trail runs along a lake in Scotland with hills in the background

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Scotland: Where Our Associate Editor Will Return Once Her Travels Resume

The Puerto Rican flag painted on a doorway at the end of a street

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Get a Taste of Puerto Rico with a Thick Slab of Slow-Roasted Pernil

Cans of Dulce de Leche with pink background

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Found: The Creamiest Dulce de Leche in Buenos Aires

A man prepping his stall at a Mexico city food market

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Mexico City: Where Our Senior Editor Will Return Once Her Travels Resume

Sunny waterscape of Nunavut

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Canada: Where Our Social Media Lead Will Return Once Her Travels Resume

Crates of medical supplies in front of an Air Canada wing tip

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Inside the Air Canada Flights Filled with Much-Needed Medical Cargo

Mexican huaraches sandals leaning on bright green box and background

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Found: Colourful Huaraches in Puerto Vallarta

Three baseball caps floating on red background

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Found: The Chillest Hats in San Francisco

A street view of Lima, Peru

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Day Tripping from Home: 12 Hours in Lima

four small collectible figurines of cyclists going up a yellow hill on a yellow backdrop

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Found: Cyclist Collectibles in Paris

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Found: The Fluffiest (Stuffed) Alpaca in Lima

Colourful cans of Portuguese sardines in green, yellow, orange, red and pink

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Found: Colourful Canned Sardines in Portugal

A woman running up a shadowy set of stairs.

Air Canada x TAG Heuer

A Luxury Timepiece Designed for Travel

An aerial view of the Canadian Rockies and the Prairies

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The Canadian Rockies From Way, Way Up

An illustrated gif of a woman on an airplane blowing air

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Everything You Need to Know About Airplane Ventilation

Leigh Joseph looking up and wearing a straw hat

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Meet the Ethnobotanist Using Science and Squamish Tradition to Make Skincare

Aerial view of the Sumas prairie in Abbotsford, British Columbia

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A Perfect Day in Abbotsford

An Air Canada Boeing 777 pilot accessing the flight deck 7401 on an iPad

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Why Air Canada Pilots Love Their iPads

A herd of deer grazing in the grassy plains of Foothills County, Alberta

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A Perfect Day in Alberta’s Foothills

A skier goes down the green slopes of CopenHill in Copenhagen

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Ski All Year Round on the World’s Largest Clean Energy Powerplant

A spread of food offered at Regina's Avenue restaurant

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A Perfect Day in Regina

A collection of Japanese "Beckoning Cats"

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Getting Lucky at Tokyo’s Gōtoku-ji “Beckoning Cat” Temple

Set of three Saskatchewan themed pins by Hardpressed

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Found: Stylish Pins from Saskatchewan

Air Canada pilots checking their weather radar

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How Airline Pilots Use Radar to Avoid Bad Weather

An illustration of a woman looking into a microscope

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How to Save the Environment While Getting Outdoors

A river running through the mountainous landscape of Quidi Vidi

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A Perfect Day in Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland and Labrador

A green clock hangs on a wallpapered wall designed to imitate Roman architecture

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Wes Anderson Designed a Café in Milan and It’s Delightful

An outdoor hotel pool surrounded by foliage and lounge chairs with umbrellas

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How to Stay Healthy at a Hotel During the Pandemic

Montreal food hall, Le Cathcart is decorated with red accents and potted plants

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3 Food Halls That are Changing Montreal’s Downtown Dining Scene

An animated gif of a woman surround by travel photos and spinning a globe with her finger

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A Yearning for Faraway Places Can Feel a Lot Like Homesickness

A stylish cottage with large glass panels at Wander Resort in Prince Edward County

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A Perfect Day in Prince Edward County

Nonna in her Italian kitchen prepping dough

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Travel from Your Kitchen with 3 Editor-Tested Virtual Cooking Classes

An Icelandic hot dog on a yellow background

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Iceland: The Unexpected Hot Dog Hot Spot

Aerial view of the Palacio Bellas Artes in Mexico City

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A Photographers’ Guide to Mexico City

Three pieces of tempura maple leaves

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Momiji Tempura Are Our New Favourite Maple Treat

Exterior view of Aux Box Muskoka's cubed one-room chalet in Huntsville, Ontario during the winter

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How We Travel Now: Micro-escapes

A woman with a knapsack walking down a narrow Italian alleyway

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How We Travel Now: Slow Travel

The wing of an Air Canada Airbus 330 plane in flight with text explaining each part. Labelled parts in the image: winglet, flaps, roll spoilers/speed brakes, slats, static wicks, flap track fairing (a.k.a. “canoe”)

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How Do Airplane Wings Work?

A tent pitched in the deserts of Utah at Camp Sarika by Amangiri

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How We Travel Now: Off the Beaten Path

Two girls bird watching on a dock in Richmond's Terra Nova Rural Park

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A Perfect Day in Richmond, British Columbia

A surfer with his surfboard walking along a Tofino beach

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How We Travel Now: Working Remotely

Panoramic views of the mountains at the Ritz-Carlton, Nikko in the Northern Kanto region of Japan

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How We Travel Now: Safer Hotel Stays

An illustrated animated gif on how a person perceives the world below from an airplane window

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Why Looking Down at Earth Is a Life-Changing Experience

An illustration of a man pushing an airplane tire

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How Aircraft Tires Keep the Air Canada Fleet Rolling

Three different types of gingerbread cookies from Nuremberg, Germany

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Why Germans Go Nuts for Nuremberg’s Gingerbread

A scene from Death is Dope with one woman performing acupuncture on another

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6 Inspiring Ways to Celebrate Black History Month Across Canada

Air Canada President and CEO Calin Rovinescu.

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A Letter from Outgoing Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu

An illustration of an Air Canada plane flying across the equator beneath a banner

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Why It’s a Big Deal to Fly Across the Equator

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What It’s Like to Be in New Zealand Right Now

Fresh calçots with an orange coloured dipping sauce

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How to Eat Calçots Like a Catalonian

Snow covered rooftops on a cloudy London day

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What It’s Like to Be in London Right Now

Vegan tacos with radish slices from Casa Kaizen in Montreal

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Montreal’s Best New Vegan Restaurants

A comparison of the typeface Frutiger 55 Roman against Freight Display

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Why the Same Three Typefaces Are Used in Most Airports

A man jogging on a bridge that runs over a river in Berlin

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What It’s Like to Be in Berlin Right Now

A spread of Middle Eastern dishes from Ottawa's Shawarma Palace

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Where to Eat in Canada’s Shawarma Capital

Pink cherry blossom trees below the Eiffel Tower in Paris

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What It’s Like to Be in Paris Right Now

An illustration of an air traffic control tower

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How Air Traffic Control Works

Paper Masala Dosa with dipping sauce from Udupi Palace in Toronto

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Where to Find the Best Indian Street Food in Canada

An illustrated gif of a warbler standing on a man's head while he blinks through binoculars

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Spying the Warbler, Prize Bird of the Spring Migration

Animated illustration of a person paddle boarding

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How to Paddle Board Your Way to Better Mental Health

An illustration of a couple holding torches

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This Cave in Belize is a Window into Mayan Civilization

Photo of a bowl with 3 ice cream balls

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Here’s the Scoop on Toronto’s Best New Ice Cream

Milky-white pulque in a handmade, hand-painted orange earthenware mug with black patterns on the outside.

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Discover Pulque, Mexico’s Drink of the Gods

An illustration featuring various aspects of aviation: hands measuring distance on a map, a stopwatch, an airplane icon "flying" through the sky, a thermometer and a navigation chart.

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How Does Flight Planning Work?

An overhead shot of a pot full of daal garnished with parsley on a white background, with a plate of parsley and a plate of flatbread on either side.

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A Campfire Recipe
to Win the Cookout

An illustration of a stylized road leading to a piece of swiss cheese, with animated bursts

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Hiking the Via Sbrinz, a Swiss Cheese-Trade Route

a women working from a remote location near a beach

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The Changing Office Landscape is Giving Rise to Workationers

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Travel Memory: The Science Behind Forgetfulness When You Take a Trip

people being filmed while sitting around dining table

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3 Canadian Food Documentaries We Loved in 2021 (and 3 We’re Looking Forward to in 2022)

rows of green trees with a brown building and green mountains in the background

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A Perfect Day in the Cowichan Valley, B.C.

Sfenj doughnuts

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This Popular Maghrebi Treat is Enjoyed Worldwide During Hanukkah

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Does Travel Make You Hungry? Yes, According to Science

illustration of food in plane

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What Do Pilots Eat at 35,000 Feet?

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An Air Canada Captain Answers Your Questions on Engines, Takeoffs and More

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How to Beat Jetlag and Get a Good Night’s Sleep

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How Do Virtual Experiences Influence Our Travels?

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Obakki’s Treana Peake  Shows Us Around Vancouver

Georgian Khachapuri

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This Georgian Staple is Super Tasty and Helps Track Inflation

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Inside a Flight Cabin Makeover

coffee beans from Café  Monteverde

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Share Your Views: Monteverde, Costa Rica

An aerial view of Waiheke Island's green coastline and sandy beaches

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This Small New Zealand Island is an A-lister Wine Destination

A pastry chef rolling out the phyllo dough for baklava at a bakery in Athens, Greece

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Share Your Views: Athens, Greece

A ferris wheel by the docks in Toulouse as sunset approaches

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Happy Hour in Toulouse

The front of house at Le 9e in the Centre Eaton de Montréal

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Le 9e: A 93-year-old Art Deco Haunt Reopens Its Doors

An aerial view of the sport courts at The Residence at Homewood

Air Canada enRoute X Homewood Health

How to Build Mental Resilience Like an Athlete

Hot air balloons rise into the sky at dawn in Luxor, Egpyt

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Share Your Views: Luxor, Egypt

A group of five and their two dogs walk along the shore of a Tofino beach

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The Newest Sports at the Paris 2024 Games – and Where to Try Them

The exterior of Sooke Harbour House on a sunny day in British Columbia

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A Legendary B.C. Inn and Restaurant Reopens Its Doors

Baskets of Kanom krok bai toey from Thailand

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Taste Test Thailand’s Chewy Kanom Krok Bai Toey Cakes