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Porter adds New Turks and Caicos Flights

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  New Turks and Caicos Flights from Toronto and from Ottawa By Stephen Weir Canadian travellers looking for a winter getaway in the Caribbean will soon have another nonstop option. Porter Airlines is adding Turks and Caicos to its growing Caribbean destination, with new flights from both Toronto and Ottawa to Providenciales. Service from Toronto Pearson begins November 6, operating up to five times a week. Ottawa travellers will get their own nonstop connection beginning December 17, with flights twice weekly. The new service is part of Porter's continuing expansion into the Caribbean and other warm-weather destinations. The airline has been building its winter network with new routes to destinations including Aruba, Montego Bay and Costa Rica. For GTA travellers the new Turks and Caicos service provides another direct route to Providenciales without having to connect through a U.S. airport.The addition is also of note for Ottawa customers, where Porter has been expanding its selec...

Canada needs a national Jamaal Magloire Day?

Trini Chow Time in Hog Town this month,

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  Carnival Is Over... Long Live the Food! The stages are quiet, the costumes have been packed away, and crews are busy cleaning up the Canadian National Exhibition grounds after last weekend's spectacular Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade. Even the popular Frofest celebration has been cancelled this week. But don't put away your Caribbean appetite just yet. The summer celebration continues on Saturday, August 15 , when Toronto Chowfest returns to Scarborough for a full day dedicated to one of Trinidad and Tobago's greatest passions — food. Now in its tenth year, Toronto Chowfest has grown from a unique cooking contest into one of the city's most anticipated Trinbagonian cultural festivals. Since 2016, it has transformed the island tradition of making chow — a spicy mixture of fresh fruit or vegetables seasoned with lime, peppers and herbs — into a lively competition while celebrating the flavours, music and spirit of Trinidad and Tobago. This year's free festival...

Jean Augustine went cross town to see North is Freedom!

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Waterloo Ignite Caribana style annual parade and festival just days before it was to start!

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Up in the Air Again!! Good news for traveller heading to the Caribbean!

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Toronto can raise a toast to Caribana 2026 with new Hennessy

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Peace Airline flies from Africa to Barbados

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My first parade was in 1999. This year it seemed longer, and more people - at least 1 million. No troubles just friendly - Caribana Toronto

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  CARIBANA 2026 - the 59th annual edition Caribana Parade these reveller gave me a send- off on the road to take pictures in Toronto 's Caribana parade worn out Reveller after walking the Parade route beside  Lake Ontario. We fininished togett JJ\ust in time forCaribana j