Canadian police and intelligence services arrested two suspects in Toronto on Monday and thwarted a “major terrorist attack” in Canada, media reported. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police scheduled a 3:30 p.m. ET news conference to provide details, the National Post reported. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp., citing unidentified “:highly place” sources, said the operation was coordinated [... [...]

Canada added Iran’s Quds Force to a list of terrorist groups on Thursday, saying the elite special operations unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard had been arming the Taliban, Hamas and others. AFP reported that Canada’s Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said the Quds Force was responsible for “exporting the Iranian Revolution through activities such [...]This story comes to us via Homelan [...]

With more than half of Vancouver’s residents speaking English as a second language only, the city’s airport, Canada’s second largest and serving the country’s third most populous metropolitan area, boasts an impressive network of services to China, with most routes seeing growth this summer. Serving one of the world’s most “liveable cities”, Vancouver International Airport was Canada [...]

Gunning for Montreal: Currently sat just 150,000 annual passengers behind Montréal’s Pierre-Elliot Trudeau Airport, and growing faster, Calgary Airport has the chance of stampeding past its Quebec cousin by the end of 2013. In doing so, it will sit only behind Vancouver and Toronto at Canada’s top table of airports. Situated in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, Calgary is perhaps best kn [...]

Canada-based manufacturer Bombardier presented its new CS100 aircraft to the public today. SWISS, as part of the Lufthansa Group, was the first airline customer to order Bombardier’s new CSeries aircraft family, and will be taking deliveries of the CS100 to gradually replace its current Avro RJ100 fleet.    The first CS100 flight test vehicle (FTV1) was unveiled to partners, the media and an [...]

Aisle or window? That’s a question I’m sure many of us are familiar with. I’m a big fan of window seats – you’ll know why if you’ve seen any of my Plane Views posts! Whether you’re an aisle or a window person, here are ten airports you’ll want to book a window seat for (arriving, [...]Ten airports you must book a window seat for is a post from: Velvet Escape travel blog

The Hotel Chateau Laurier, Quebec - Room 538. The view from our room. This hotel has five floors and only two balconies at the front of the building and we have one. [center][/center] Woke up to a drizzly morning. Met Lou and Judy in the lift on our way to breakfast and al ... [Posted by gaddingabout, in New York! New York! ]

Toronto, Canada, is full of food, fun and adventure. Who knew? I was bowled over by my recent visit to Toronto. I had visited Montreal with my family when I was a kid. It had that French vibe and it felt like you were in Europe. And my dad could have fun practicing his bad French. But I always thought of Toronto as a modern city without much character. I knew you could go up...

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We've scoured the world for some of the best things to do in July: cowboys in Canada, more bulls in Spain, bright processions in Cuzco, and a touch of the arts in Austria. Enjoy! Best things to do in July 2013 by Craig Martin was originally published on Indie Travel Podcast ( find in iTunes ). They also have travel books , travel resources and guides to Asia , Europe , Oceania , South America , an [...]