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Airline Madness

Posted on 31. Jan, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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All right, so maybe Regina isn’t the world’s most attractive destination, but Eder Rojas’s reaction was a bit extreme. On May 8, 2008, during a Compass Airlines flight from Minneapolis to Regina, the flight attendant ignited a fire inside a paper towel compartment in the rest room because he was upset he had to fly the [...]

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Tourist in My Own Town

Posted on 27. Jan, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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A few days before Christmas I was tromping around downtown Vancouver, searching for some last-minute gifts. It was snowing heavily and the city was ablaze with an assortment of festive lights. I bought some presents and then took out my camera and started snapping. Everything looked new to me, partly because of the crazy weather, [...]

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Travel Trivia Challenge

Posted on 22. Jan, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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A new year; a new quiz.
1. Burning Man, a bizarre, eight-day festival dedicated to radical self-expression, takes place annually in Black Rock Desert in which U.S. state?
A. California
B. Utah
C. Colorado
D. Nevada
2. What is the only country to feature a building on its national flag?
A. Panama
B. Lebanon
C. Cambodia
D. Albania

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Top Travel Destinations for 2009

Posted on 19. Jan, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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This is the time of year when travel publications and online travel guides release their lists of the top travel destinations for 2009. These media outlets do not predict the most popular travel spots in 2009, a compilation that would undoubtedly vary little from year to year. Instead, they attempt to shed light on fast-rising [...]