Calgary tops list of 10 cities Canadians are travelling to for summer 2024

Calgary has nabbed first place on a new list examining the top 10 Canadian cities that people from across the country are looking at travelling to this summer.

According to Kayak’s 2024 summer travel trends report, released on Wednesday, more people have been using the travel website to search for domestic flights to Calgary than any other Canadian city.

The report is based on searches made on Kayak.com between Nov. 1, 2023, and March 15, 2024, for travel dates between May 17 to Sept. 3, 2024.

“While Calgary is always a hot spot for Canadian summer travel with must-see events like the Calgary Stampede, the city has also made it on the top trending list, with searches growing 30 per cent from last summer,” said Kayak in a news release.

The top searched Canadian destinations for this summer are as follows:

Calgary, Alta.;

Vancouver, B.C.;

Toronto, Ont.;

Halifax, N.S.;

St. John’s, Nfld.;

Montreal, Que.;

Edmonton, Alta.;

Victoria, B.C.;

Kelowna, B.C.; and

Winnipeg, Man.

The average airfare for a round-trip economy flight to Calgary this summer from anywhere in Canada is $389, according to Kayak.

The travel site says prices for domestic travel in Canada are nine per cent more expensive this summer than last.

The most popular spot for international travel this summer, according to Kayak, is London, England, followed by Paris, France, and Tokyo, Japan.

Northern Ont. woman makes ‘eggstraordinary’ find

A chicken farmer near Mattawa made an ‘eggstraordinary’ find Friday morning when she discovered one of her hens laid an egg close to three times the size of an average large chicken egg. Melinda Groen’s husband was checking in on the 60 chickens the couple has in their hen house when he discovered the large egg. “I knew there was something up when I saw the scale on the counter,” Groen said. “He said ‘I’ve got a big egg.’ When I saw it, I was like, ‘Holy.’” The egg weighed 152 grams. To put that into perspective, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said a normal large egg weighs around 56 grams. Groen ‘cracked’ the case on Tuesday morning. Inside, she found a second egg fully intact along with the yolk. “I haven’t even eaten it yet. The first egg I’m going to give to the dog because it looks like a dog egg,” Groen said. The egg weighed 152 grams. To put that into perspective, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said a normal large egg weighs around 56 grams. (Supplied) The egg weighed 152 grams. To put that into perspective, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said a normal large egg weighs around 56 grams. (Supplied) “It’s still a nice yolk and everything, but it’s a little bit cloudy. The second egg is clear. That one I would eat. I’m sure it will be delicious.” This rare phenomenon is known as counter-peristalsis contraction. It occurs when a formed egg travels backward in a hen’s oviduct and becomes embedded inside a second egg early on in the egg’s development. “It’s quite a rarity and it’s exciting,” she said. Groen, a former dairy farmer for 20 years, once had an egg that weighed 121 grams. She recalled the story of a chicken farmer friend who would often brag about his large eggs, including one that weighed 119 grams and won him prizes at fairs. “So we’re sort of in a competition now for the largest egg,” Groen said. She also remembers reading a story of a Leamington, Ont., family that opened a 175-gram egg on their farm last January. o    Download our app to get local alerts on your device o    Get the latest local updates right to your inbox “We don’t have the Ontario record, but we might be second,” she said. As for which hen laid the egg, she’s narrowed it down to one of 40 of her hens. 

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