GLITTER, FEATHERS, PAINT New Orleans preps for Mardi Gras

It's glitter season in New Orleans. A time for feathers, paper mache, sequins, paint, bailing wire, bones, and just about any other item that can be used for decoration. Across garages, kitchen tables and warehouses, residents are feverishly sewing elaborate costumes, painting floats and decorating custom throws.

Responsibility for the nation's air traffic control operations would shift from the government to a private, non-profit corporation under legislation introduced Wednesday as part of an overhaul of how Washington oversees the aviation system.

As much as Pride events around the world continue to be a voice for some in the LGBT community to raise awareness of political issues, for others it’s also a great party atmosphere. Similarly, politics often go hand-in-hand when this community makes decisions on where to travel.

South Korea has received a lot of attention because of the Korean Wave, its high-tech gizmos and ...

WestJet Airlines has been hit hard by the dollar's decline, which contributed to a 30 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit. The Calgary-based airline says its net income and adjusted earnings were both $63.4 million or 51 cents per share, down by $27.3 million from $90.7 million the fourth quarter of 2014.

Expect 2017 to be particularly festive in Montreal. Having received an unprecedented number of tourists last year, the city could be celebrating tourism numbers.

Two centurion pedestrian bridges in New York State are in disrepair and must be replaced. There is, however, an obstacle to that construction project - the Niagara River. The solution to reconstruction would mean that the American and Bridal Veil Falls will have to be diverted to the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, a resolution that could take up to nine months.

Travellers flying between Ottawa and Iqaluit and Halifax and Iqaluit will soon have another airline option. Canadian start-up Fly Sarvaq will start service in May to offer what they suggest is a more cost effective way for Nunavummiut to travel to these southern destinations.

Air Transat's pilots have voted almost unanimously to support a strike that would hit the vacation airline just before the busy March break travelling season.

An explosion and fire blew a gaping hole in a commercial airliner, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Mogadishu's international airport late Tuesday, officials and witnesses said.

A Maui-bound flight aborted takeoff today in Vancouver after the aircraft blew a tire. WestJet spokeswoman Lauren Stewart says Flight 1876 was supposed to depart at 10 a.m.

A group of ten tourists visiting Jiufeng National Forest Park near Beijing were just within the Siberian tiger enclosure when their safari vehicle stalled. When attempts to re-start it were unsuccessful, the tour guide suggested that the group head towards the exit and make a run for it