Canada. Travel

A facial recognition technology pilot at a Canadian airport is the first step towards the “future of air travel” in the country, aviation experts say, though the cost to privacy might be more than some travellers can stomach. Air…

Travel agents predict a busy season ahead, saying Canadians are ready to visit top sun destinations after two winters of COVID-19 restrictions kept many at home. While airfares have so far remained steady, experts predict a price…

The Government of Canada issued a fresh travel notice for citizens travelling to Pakistan on Saturday as heavy flooding triggered by monsoon rains continues to unleash havoc across much of the South Asian country. “There are certain…

As the highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant of Omicron continues to spread around the world, experts are urging Canadians who are travelling this summer to have health insurance, be up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations, and to…

Canada just updated its travel rules again yet, this time quashing the COVID-19 pre-arrival testing requirement for vaccinated international travellers. Travellers can still be randomly selected for a COVID-19 test at the airport upon…

Canada will eliminate its pre-arrival COVID-19 PCR test requirements for fully vaccinated travellers at the end of the month, officials say. “Today I’m announcing we are easing our border measures,” federal Health Minister Jean-Yves…

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday advised against travel to Canada because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases. The CDC elevated its travel recommendation to “Level Four: Very High” for Canada,…

If Amy Zheng could go back in time, she says, she would do things differently. Freshly double-vaccinated against COVID-19, the 28-year-old Toronto resident and her boyfriend Calvin Chan, 29, booked an all-inclusive vacation to a…

As the federal government issues another blanket warning against non-essential international travel, citing the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, some Canadians are beginning to re-think their holiday travel plans. Tracy…

In an effort to stem the spread of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, Canada, the United States and many other countries have rushed to enforce new testing requirements at their borders — leaving Canadians and many other…