Hot Paris news

by CAMILLE CHIN

It’s official. The best baguette in Paris is made by Djibril Bodian at Montmartre’s Le Grenier à Pain ...

Lazy river vacations

by CAMILLE CHIN

Cruising is the hottest travel trend this year, but not the kind you likely have in mind. Instead, ...

When in Italy, walk

by CAMILLE CHIN

There are a lot of conferences in Italy this year: Villasimius is hosting the 19th Annual Meeting of ...

More security measures

by SAM SOLOMON

The Nigerian man who attempted to have a Northwest Airlines flight explode over Detroit in December, Umar Farouk ...

Putting the brakes on TO’s Bixis

by SAM SOLOMON

It looked like the city of Toronto would get its own Bixi short-term bike-rental system, modelled after the ...

Edmonton’s glass menagerie

by SAM SOLOMON

Edmonton is not known for its daring modernist architecture, but the new Art Gallery of Alberta, which opened ...

Get smart by going on vacation?

Last year, Indiana University researchers gave students a puzzle: A prisoner trapped in a tower has a length ...

H1N1 declines just in time for Mexican fiestas

by SAM SOLOMON

Mexico had a rough go of it in 2009, tourism-wise. But 2010 is shaping up better: swine flu ...

Inconvenient or undeniable?

by SAM SOLOMON

Carbon offsets may not even help

The germiest places in the world

by CAMILLE CHIN

These attractions make you think you'd be better off staying home

Canada cool and green

by SAM SOLOMON

Our home and native land is better known for its landscapes than its architecture, but, somewhat paradoxically, that ...

Backyard brew

by CAMILLE CHIN

If you’re anything like the docs in TV’s Grey’s Anatomy, you often have drink or two after work. ...

Powder patrol

by CAMILLE CHIN

US airport lineups just got a little longer. In keeping with the “[Transport Security Administration’s] efforts to stay ...

Avant-garde in Chicago

by SAM SOLOMON

The “2.0” in this month’s Chicago Artists Month 2.0 doesn’t signify the age of the arts festival (actually ...