Martinique Gourmande invites you to taste the flavours of the Island of Flowers

 Martinique Gourmande is a 14-year-old culinary festival that began in Montreal when one savvy intern at the Martinique Committee of Tourism in Canada floated the idea of bringing a taste of Martinique to chilli northerners.  From it's humble beginning with four participating restaurants, the pre-pandemic festival grew to host 70,000 festival-goers at Montreal's Complexe Desjardins

Analysis Paralysis – Marc Garneau

 ABOVE: 737 Boeing Max 8 (photo credit: Caribb via flickr) Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau's befuddled and perplexing response to the safety concerns being raised from around the world regarding the safety and reliability of the 737 Boeing Max 8 is being attributed to the influence of Boeing and its lobbyists'

Essential airport hacks for the holidays

 If you're travelling during the winter breaks, you'll be stepping into the hustle and bustle of Canadian airports during one of their busiest times of year. But that doesn't mean you need to stress about your vacation. Here, Teresa Smith, customer service and sales agent for Air Canada at Toronto's

Lemon Bucket Orkestra is Ready to Bring the Party to Chamberfest!

 All photos by Andre Gagne. It’s like they descended out of the Carpathian Mountains, wild eyes, frantic, bodies full of lightening. You can picture them roaming the roads shortly after the midnight hour, from village to village, these roving Romany with only one need: to pump into an audience as

Jim Watson’s mission: Reverse post-9/11 tourism slump

 Concerned about a "travel deficit" in Canada resulting from the combined impact of terrorist attacks and a stagnant economy in the United States, Jim Watson, president and CEO of the Canadian Tourism Commission, spoke to these concerns in a recent interview with Ottawa Life reporter Hank Reardon. An abridged version