An increasing number of airlines are now offering gluten-free meals and snacks. But if you’re living with celiac disease, the risk of food cross-contamination is always a worry. Allergic Living asked some leading members of the celiac community for their thoughts on the big question of whether: to eat or not to eat at 35,000 [...]

Three Canadians who filed complaints to the Canadian Transportation Agency about cats on airplanes are not happy with the outcome. The CTA deemed Sarah Daviau, David Spence and Katherine Covell disabled because of their cat allergies in regards to air travel and had ordered major carriers Air Canada and WestJet to create policies that would [...]

Wash hands often. When you’re out exploring, make sure your child washes his or her hands regularly – especially before eating. Bring favourite foods. When traveling, it’s easy for allergic kids to feel left out. Make sure to bring plenty of their favourite treats so they feel like they’re getting the royal holiday treatment too. [...]

WestJet’s New Allergy Policy See also: Q&A with Robert Palmer, WestJet spokesman. • It is now posted on WestJet’s site that flight attendants will make one public address announcement about food allergies when a passenger self-identifies as being allergic to peanuts or nuts and requests that an announcement be made. An update in the Flight [...]

1. Bring food with you for the trip and the first couple of meals so you don’t have to shop when you arrive. 2.Bring along any specialty foods you may have trouble finding. 3.If you are crossing the border, check what you are allowed to bring with you. Most countries are OK with dried goods, [...]

1.Look for ski-in, ski-out accommodations, close to the lifts. 2.Ensure the hill has a variety of runs to suit your family’s skiing abilities. 3.Check out what other activities they have for après ski for non-skiers. 4.If putting your child in lessons, make sure the instructor knows about the food allergies and keeps the auto-injector inside [...]

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It was shortly after takeoff when Joanne Silver began to feel like she couldn’t breathe. The Ontario woman was on a WestJet flight to Saskatoon to visit family, her three kids seated behind her, when her eyes began to swell and she felt her airways tightening. Silver has had asthma most of her life, but [...]

Maureen Neary and her 17-year-old son got on an Air Canada flight headed from Vancouver to Toronto on Sept. 7, 2010. She asked the flight attendant if it was possible to make a P.A. announcement asking passengers to refrain from opening peanut packages because of her son’s peanut allergy. The result of this request was [...]

The Check List Medications including asthma inhalers, antihistamines and Auto-injector Safe Food Note from your doctor saying that you require an Auto-injector if you’re flying or crossing the border