Canada sojourn for royal couple

PRINCE William and Kate Middleton will be travelling to Canada this year on their first official trip as a married couple.

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Q My husband and I are travelling to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Canada in September next year. Can you recommend a fun way for us to celebrate his 50th birthday? We intend to stay up to three weeks, which should allow us time to explore the surrounding countryside.

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Canada Opens Doors To Australian Engineers

AUSTRALIAN engineers who are interested in travelling between Australia and Canada for work will have greater capacity to do so, thanks to a new agreement between Engineers Australia and Engineers Canada.

24 Hours In - Churchill, Canada

Reaching Canada's "polar bear capital of the world" is an adventure in itself. Each October, 15,000 tourists trek to Churchill to experience what 800 locals call "bear season". This is the only place below the Arctic Circle where polar bears are forced to come ashore when the ice shelves melt - making Churchill the most accessible polar bear destination in the world. During bear season, these itinerant creatures outnumber the locals and take centre stage.

The Girl Stays In The Picture

Even after a century, Anne of Green Gables' spirit lives on in Canada, writes Kass Hall.

Apec Looks To Window Of Opportunity

YOU might know about the APEC business travel card. But that's just the small stuff. Stand by for the APEC business window.

When Public Health Overrides Private Freedom

The recent case of the American lawyer diagnosed with the highly infectious strain of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, known as XDR TB, who ignored advice not to travel and flew to Europe on his honeymoon and then to Canada and on to the US, raises a number critical issues. In the course of his travels this lawyer theoretically exposed more than 600 fellow travellers to infection with what is an especially unpleasant disease.

Secrets Of The Nomads

Paul Edwards asked some of the lucky few who travel for a living for their top tips.

Fill The Gap

A year off can bring adventure and travel, writes Margot Date.

S8 Gets Thumbs Up From Citigroup

Terrorists haven't done the travel industry any favours but still investors are buying S8 shares.

He Looks At Everyone In A Funny Way

Canada's cult comedy export tells Elicia Murray how he played the race card and came up trumps.

Gambling Body Hits Travel Jackpot

VICTORIA'S gambling watchdog has nearly doubled its spending on overseas trips.

Have Suitcase, Will Travel

From Canada to the outback, a trio of Melbourne absurdists takes on the world, reports Robin Usher.

Families Make The Grim Journey To Bring Their Sons Home

THE families of two Australians killed in a snowmobile accident while on a working holiday have flown to Canada to bring home their bodies.

Dry Club Throws Latu A Lifeline

SACKED Cronulla hooker Tevita Latu may have a number of playing options despite being deregistered by the NRL for assaulting a 19-year-old woman - including an alcohol-free rugby union club in New Zealand that is interested in recruiting him. Arataki coach Greg Doolan contacted Sin Bin this week wanting to know how to get in touch with Latu and believes he may help promote the Bay of Plenty club's cause. Doolan - an Australian who has also coached rugby union in the US, Canada and South Africa - ...

Places Of Theheart

They've travelled the globe but if they could return to just one special place, which would it be? Carl Wilkinson asks some of the world's leading travel writers to choose their favourite destination.

Checkpoint - Have A Query? Ask Us

Q I wish to visit the capitals of eastern Canada next autumn then journey by road to the cities of Boston and New York, taking in the splendour of the New England district at that time of the year. Would you tell me a coach company I could contact to inquire of the routes they take and whether they do drop off and pick up along the way?

Lessons That May Be Learnt From Israel

IT SEEMS a touch strange that Israeli educators would travel across the world to bring special accelerated learning techniques to indigenous people. Certainly education standards among these people have reached crisis levels, according to a recent government report, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2005.

Tourism Starts Counting The Cost Of Race Riots

THE federal Treasurer has acknowledged racism can be easily whipped up in Australia, while Britain, Canada and Indonesia are warning their residents about the risks of travelling to Sydney suburbs affected by racially motivated violence.