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Held for 3 months, Canadian man could leave Cuba as soon as Tuesday TORONTO - After being held in Cuba for almost three months, Cody LeCompte’s unwilling vacation is almost over. The 19-year-old from Simcoe, Ont., has been unable to leave Cuba since a car accident in late April. Cuban police have now agreed to let his family post bail for 2,000 Cuban pesos o... Thursday , July 29, 2010
Naila Qureshi has lived in Houston for 14 years, but she didn’t notice how green her city was until she started showing around visitors from foreign countries two years ago. Qureshi is executive director of the Houston Greeters, one of 16 organizations around the world dedicated to offering ... Thursday , July 29, 2010 Golden spike celebrations as Yukon railway marks important milestone WHITEHORSE - It’s not Canada’s best-known golden spike, but it’s the most northerly and the important piece of Yukon history is celebrating its 110th birthday. The last spike in the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway was driven in Carcross, Yukon on July 29, 1900, connecting the 177 kilometr... Thursday , July 29, 2010 U.S. government says airline fares rising to second-highest level since 2001 DALLAS - If you think airfares have been rising, it’s not your imagination. Figures just released from the U.S. government, while a bit dated, show that airline prices in the first three months of this year rose nearly five per cent from a year earlier. And that doesn’t include baggage fees ... Wednesday, July 28, 2010 The $654 error: How airline writer ended up paying triple for NYC-Chicago flight NEW YORK, N.Y. - I should have known better. Somehow I wound up paying $654 for a trip to Chicago from New York. (That’s nearly a dollar a mile, by the way.) And I’m an airline writer. I’m supposed to know all the tricks of the trade and ways around the airlines’ usual shenanigans. Right? Wr... Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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