Employees in the Italian aviation sector, including pilots, flight attendants, ground-handlers, and airport service workers will stage strikes on May 25. Unless averted, the work stoppages could cause delays and some cancellations of short-to-medium haul flights across the country’s airspace.

After a recent outbreak of mumps in Scotland, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a “Level 1 – Watch” advisory on travel to Scotland. This means travelers should practice normal precautions and ensure they are vaccinated for mumps.

• Potatoes represent over 1/3 of farm revenue for Prince Edward Island (PEI) and PEI represents nearly 1/3 of Canadian potato production
• At low tide, watch the Saint John River crash through a narrow gorge and tumble into the harbor, then return at high tide to watch it flow the other way
• Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are connected by a small land bridge called the Isthmus of Chignecto
• Newfoundland and Labrador has its own time zone – 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Standard Time
• Locally known as “kissing bridges”, there are 62 covered bridges in New Brunswick
• Prince Edward Island is the smallest province in Canada as well as the most densely populated
• The Bay of Fundy stretches between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and experiences the world’s highest tides
• In the 1950s, Gander, Newfoundland, was home to the world’s busiest airport because it was the closest airport in North America when coming from Europe