Flights from Toronto to California

The competition for airlines in Canada becomes hotter every day, and it could be good news for Toronto consumers.In the past week or so, it was announced that Virgin America hopes to start daily flights in late June from Toronto to Los Angeles and San Francisco. There’s also the possibility of a code-share with WestJet, which recently announced its new credit card and frequent flyer loyalty program.Air Canada vice-president Global Sales Claude Morin told the website that other airlines haven’t made a go of it from Toronto to California because Air Canada is so well entrenched.

The website quoted airline industry consultant and analyst Robert Kokonis as saying that the America flights will help drive down fares.Meanwhile, WestJet also could be gaining more space at LaGuardia airport in New York under a plan announced in the U.S. this week, a move that might boost access from Toronto or Montreal.WestJet stopped flying from Toronto to LaGuardia in 2005, but a new proposal in the U.S. would give it several slots at the popular airport.

Porter Airlines continues to boost its coverage out of Billy Bishop Toronto Island airport. They announced this week they’re adding service to Moncton starting June 25, with two daily round trips to Toronto and Ottawa until Sept. 7.Carnival, the world's largest cruise operator, reported this week that it has seen an 8 per cent increase in cruise bookings for the next three quarters. Prices, meanwhile, jumped 17 per cent during the last nine-week period.many cruise industry watchers say it’s a good time to lock in fares before they go up again.It will take more than a basket to gather the eggs at the Easter hunt in Boulder Junction, Wis.

Organizers will hide 12 large buckets of eggs in Boulder Junction Winter Park in a variation on geocaching, a popular outdoor activity where people use GPS coordinates to hide items and post their locations online. Egg hunters will get GPS coordinates of the stashes to program into their devices.It’s one of dozens of high tech Easter egg hunts taking place across the United States.