Tom Raftery mentioned the email notices of travel advice and warnings from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Canadian Government also has travel reports and advisories that you can subscribe to. See our home page at http://www.voyage.gc.ca (to subscribe, click on Country Travel Reports, Travel Reports, Subscribe).

The US and Australia also have travel advisories for their citizens at:

US: http://travel.state.gov/ Australia: http://www.dfat.gov.au/travel/ (you can also subscribe to the Australian updates)

On another note....Thanks, Helen, for the gtg. It was a pleasure meeting you all!

Laurie in Ottawa