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OMCA
If you haven't already done so, please take a moment to log on to My Association to update or review your company profiles.
Please note that only those companies whose 2016 memberships are fully paid and renewed by June 6 will be included in this year's Resource Guide. All outstanding memberships after that point will be suspended.
OMCA
Have you purchased your ticket yet? Party With A Purpose is a brand-new fundraising event at this year's OMCA Marketplace in Niagara Falls, ON! Delegates, join us on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at Doc Magilligan's Restaurant & Irish Pub inside the Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel. Dance to a live band and enjoy networking with your friends and colleagues — all for a great cause, supporting students pursuing a future in tourism, hospitality and/or transportation. Tickets can be purchased during Marketplace registration or by contacting OMCA.
City of Toronto
Beginning this summer, the City of Toronto will be preparing for the construction of a new off-ramp from the eastbound Gardiner Expressway to Lower Simcoe Street. This project will also include the removal of the York-Bay-Yonge off-ramp as well as improvements to Harbour Street.
Work is expected to begin in mid-July 2016 and continue until December 2017.
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National Post
Ontario has scrapped a proposal to have people pay traffic tickets online or dispute them outside of court.
The Liberal government last year proposed dealing with Provincial Offences Act matters such as traffic and minor bylaw tickets through a civil system, known as administrative monetary penalties, rather than in the criminal courts.
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Government of Ontario
Ontario is expanding pension coverage to over four million workers without an adequate workplace pension plan.
The province recently passed the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016. The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) will bring financial security and drive economic growth for generations to come, by providing Ontario workers with a predictable stream of income in retirement, paid for life.
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The Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa offers the opportunity to bring a truly and authentic Canadian cultural experience to groups of all sizes throughout the year. Our tours are offered in both English and French and provide your group the opportunity to experience the fascinating process of coin production.
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Come see all that Casino Rama Resort has to offer. Whether you are coming for the day, need a place to stop for lunch or would like to stay overnight we can create a group package that will work for you. Contact our Sales & Charter Bus Team today at 1-888-817-7262.
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Globe and Mail
Thanks to recycled engine oil, shingles and even ground-up old pavement getting added to the pavement mix, roads really are going to pot, says one researcher.
"No pavement lasts forever — it's always going to fail in some way because it's organic material that slowly deteriorates — but we've seen big decreases in the life cycle over the last 20-25 years," said Simon Hesp, a professor of chemical engineering at Queen's University.
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Adweek
To attract more U.S. tourists, Destination Canada, the country's national tourism marketing organization, brought in the big guns: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose good looks and feminist viewpoints have won him lots of American fans.
Trudeau appears in the first video of Destination Canada's three-year campaign, "Connecting America," which launched this month and will include ads and social media content for the U.S. market that showcases Canadian destinations.
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Daily Commercial News
A technical analysis performed by member companies of the Ontario Road Builders' Association (ORBA) on the Top 10 Worst Roads in Ontario reaffirms the need for more investment in municipal infrastructure across the province, says the association. Fifteen ORBA member companies inspected and verified the nominated roads in this year's Worst Roads campaign, indicates an ORBA media statement.
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Experience the best visual art in the country at this top attraction in the heart of Canada’s capital. For more information gallery.ca
613.990.1938 MORE
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Blockbuster musicals and award-winning productions from around the world come to four Mirvish theatres in the heart of downtown Toronto. MORE
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InsideHalton.com
Local residents can't wait any longer — the Milton GO station needs more parking spots now.
This was the message local councillors delivered to Metrolinx President and CEO Bruce McCuaig during his recent stop in Milton.
While the head of the agency that oversees transit in the GTHA appeared before the Town's Committee of the Whole to present on its initiatives to improve the system, local politicians wasted no time putting him on the hot seat about the overflowing GO parking lot on Main Street.
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Niagara This Week
The Niagara region's crucial tourism industry is salivating at what officials are confident will be a massive year after years of struggles.
At the kickoff of Tourism Week at the Ontario Travel Information Centre next to the QEW in St. Catharines, optimism for a boon year for tourism practically oozed from the crowded centre.
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Tourism Sarnia-Lambton has moved to a new location in the Ontario Travel Information Centre
at the foot of the Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia/Point Edward. We invite tour operators to join us for a complimentary welcome reception with refreshments.
Contact Beverley to reserve your group at 1-800-265-0316.
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Your adventure begins at Niagara Parks with the Niagara Falls Adventure Pass, including admission to four top attractions, optional two-day access on the WEGO bus transportation system, and over $100 in bonus coupons. Buy now and save on your Niagara Falls visit. Contact Jennifer Thomas
for more information: (905) 356-2241 ext. 2213
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Ottawa Citizen
Highway 417 needs to be widened, as anyone who regularly encounters the bottleneck that starts at Maitland Avenue and ends at Carling Avenue can tell you. The highway widening will do a lot more for commuters from the western part of Ottawa than anything in the city's current $2.1 billion light rail plan, or the $3 billion extension that will follow.
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CTV News
The provincial government has announced it will earmark more than $150 million through Metrolinx to help the TTC plan and design the proposed "Relief Line."
At a recent news conference, Toronto Mayor John Tory said the relief line is aimed at managing congestion on the Yonge Subway line and will help ease capacity levels on the TTC in general.
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To Landis Valley Village, the Largest Living History Pennsylvania Dutch Village in the country!
History comes alive with costumed interpretation in historic buildings and demonstrating craftsmen in a village that expands from 1700s to 1900s. Many tours offered including horse-drawn wagon rides, meals and Teas.
Find out more about Lancaster County
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Are you looking to promote your business? The OMCA Report is delivered to the inboxes of motor coach enthusiasts across Ontario!
To find out how to feature your company in the OMCA Report, contact Joseph Gonzales today at 289-695-5420.
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Brampton Guardian
A meeting between Ontario's transportation minister, area mayors and Peel Region's chair has offered local politicians no reassurance the province plans to get the Environmental Assessment (EA) for a GTA-West highway back on the road.
Area municipalities are eager to see groundwork for construction of a new 400-series highway — stretching across parts of Peel Region from York Region in the east to Halton Region in the west — continue.
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CTV News
Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island is kicking off the summer tourism season with a new campaign.
TWEPI announced the launch of Barrels Bottles & Brews, a new campaign designed to highlight the explosive growth of craft breweries and distilleries in the region.
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Globe and Mail
Porter Airlines is in preliminary talks to launch summer service to Muskoka in a deal that could see the municipality pick up the tab for empty seats.
Local officials are hoping to offer scheduled commercial flights between Toronto and the heart of Ontario's cottage country next summer in a bid to boost tourism.
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Toronto Sun
Queen's Park has no reservations about giving Mayor John Tory the go-ahead for a hotel tax.
Documents obtained exclusively by the Toronto Sun show city officials have been working for months to get permission from the Ontario government to levy new local taxes, and Premier Kathleen Wynne has already promised Tory — should council approve — a new tax on hotel rooms.
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Skift
We're launching our biggest and most ambitious editorial project yet: The Definitive Oral History of Online Travel.
This is the birth and history of online travel, as told by people who were there at the start: the people who created what changed the future of travel forever, and the people who two decades later still rule the world of online travel.
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