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  Airline makes sure that revellers can get their fill of carnival this August! Can’t get enough of carnival now that the pandemic is on the run.When the Toronto Caribbean Carnival winds down on August 7 th  Caribbean Airlines is adding extra flights from Toronto to let revellers jet off to Grenada to take part in Spice Mas! Caribbean Airlines, just announced that it will be adding extra flights from Toronto and New York to Grenada in anticipation of that island’s coming carnival celebration. The Spice Mas Festival is an annual carnival that takes place in Grenada and attracts thousands of visitors from around the world. It is a celebration of Grenadian culture and features live music, dancing, parades, and colorful costumes. Caribbean Airlines says that it has recognized the growing popularity of the Spice Mas Festival and has decided to increase its flights to Grenada to accommodate the influx of visitors. The airline will be adding an additional flight from Toronto and two additiona

 GOOD AND BAD NEWS: Caribbean Travel Shorts   ANTIGUA:  The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority announced earlier this month that beginning December 23 rd  weekly direct service between Antigua’s V.C. Bird International Airport and Montreal. The Air Canada flight is already sold out for its inaugural voyage. NASSAU:  2022 Boxing Day and January 2 nd  2023 marks the return of the famous Bahamas Junkanoo national cultural festival to the streets of Nassau. This is the first time it will be held in two years!  This is a cultural festival and street parade. There will be accompanying Events on most of the islands throughout the Christmas holiday season. NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND . Bahamas takes stretching to the next level with Flamingo Yoga! For just $60, you’re invited to stretch your limbs with the flexible-necked birds at Baha Mar on New Providence Island. The flamingos here are known to be friendly, and at times, goofy as they try to mimic humans making yoga poses beside them on the yog

Birthright Programme Brings Jamaican Canadians Back Home For A Month Students will visit JA cultural sites - Coke Methodist Church By Stephen Weir Jamaica’s Grace Kennedy Company is once again offering 2nd and 3rd generation Jamaicans who have never actually lived in Jamaica the opportunity to spend a month next summer in the homeland. Every year four Jamaican Canadian university students are brought back to the island to learn about their heritage through Grace Kennedy’s Jamaican Birthright Program (JPB). “The GraceKennedy Jamaican Birthright Programme is a cultural and professional internship geared at highlighting all aspects of Jamaican life while furthering the career goals of the selected candidates,” explains Petronilla Marchan, a JPB assistant here in Canada. “It is a programme that will give students a well-rounded Jamaican experience!” JPB provides round-trip transportation, accommodation, a stipend and an internship in Jamaica. The students will be on th