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OMCA
We are wishing all of our members a joyful and colourful Easter weekend filled with smiles, food and gratitude. The OMCA staff is out of the office sharing time with our families and will continue to assist our members when we return on Tuesday, April 23rd.
National Park Service
Beginning October 1, 2019, the United States National Parks Service (NPS) will be raising their fees in every national park, including those that are currently free, with some parks are raising their fees even earlier. The NPS Commercial Services and Recreation Fee Programs are hosting two webinars — April 24th and May 6th — regarding the Commercial Use Authorization requirements and commercial tour entrance fee changes. Those of you that include visits to National Parks or monuments in your group tours are urged to participate in these webinars. For more information, please visit the NPS website.
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OMCA
A big thank you to all of the exhibitors, attendees and sponsors that made the 2019 Ontario Transportation Expo a success! We welcome feedback from everyone in attendance and will send out a formal wrap up next week.
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Behold the future of public transportation in Toronto: the TTC eBus.
The transit commission's first brand new, zero-emission electric bus arrived in Toronto on Monday, according to TTC spokesperson Stuart Green, and is expected to enter regular service "later this spring" after some testing.
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BayToday.ca
The federal government has identified tourism as one of the seven key industries to target for economic growth to create jobs for the middle class, said the Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie.
This seventh economic strategy table gives tourism the same stature as other key parts of the Canadian economy, like digital, health, bio-sciences and advanced manufacturing, said Melanie Joly, who was recently speaking at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
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Deck Tours
Dinner Cruises
Captain's Reception
Live Entertainment
Free Parking & Shuttles
Tickets go on sale December 3, 2019
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Discover Manitoulin Island - Preserved Aboriginal traditions as well as the beauty of its wilderness.
Chi-Cheemaun’s Annual Spring Cruise Tobermory to Owen Sound May 2, 2019 – Call 1-800-265-3163
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Times Colonist
Safety monitors will now be required on all party buses or limousines carrying children under the drinking age of 19, a measure one mother said could have saved her daughter’s life.
Julie Raymond of Maple Ridge has been calling for safety monitors to ensure teens don’t sneak drugs or alcohol onto party buses since 2008, when her 16-year-old daughter Shannon died after taking ecstasy on a party bus.
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Global News
Guelph's five local brewers are teaming up and offering free monthly bus tours of their establishments throughout the summer.
The Guelph.Beer bus will provide free transportation to each brewer, along with The Fat Duck Gastro Pub, on one Saturday a month from May to August. The first tour is scheduled for May 11 from 12:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. and each brewery has something special planned to mark the occasion.
Organizers said the beer bus, provided by Guelph Transit, will be open to people of all ages and provide attendees with a safe and convenient ride.
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Soo Today
Traffic for the calendar year-to-date at March 31, 2019, is 271,778. This represents a year-to-date decrease of 13.1 per cent. The bridge has processed 101.5 million bridge crossings since 1962.
The International Bridge Administration today announced that one-way traffic crossings of the International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie totaled 103,733 for the month of March 2019. This figure represents a decrease of 10.1 per cent, a difference of 11,634 crossings as compared to March 2018.
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The Kingston Whig-Standard
The city’s new five-year tourism strategy aims to grow tourism during the spring, fall and winter seasons, encourage visitors to spend more time and money, and expand tourism opportunities outside the city’s downtown core. “It is important for council to endorse the IDS and the city-led initiatives in order for staff to prioritize and plan for implementation,” a city report stated.
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