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CBC News
Chinese demand for Canadian holidays is helping to fuel a tourism renaissance in this country after a lengthy lull that began following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
This year, China became the second largest source of visitors to Canada behind the U.S. Almost 70,000 Chinese nationals entered Canada last March, according to seasonally adjusted numbers. The U.K., which held the No. 2 spot for three decades, fell to third.
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CTV News
For the first time in decades, one of the world's most durable and amicable alliances faces serious strain as Canadians — widely seen as some of the nicest, politest people on Earth — absorb Donald Trump's insults against their prime minister and attacks on their country's trade policies.
Some Canadians are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to seek peace with the U.S. president. Many others want him to hang tough even as Trump seeks to make political hay with his anti-Canada rhetoric.
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News 1130
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says transport trucks and school buses built after 2020 will have to be more efficient and produce fewer greenhouse gases.
New regulations require improved technology to make engines more efficient and trailers hauled by heavy trucks easier to pull, all with an aim of reducing fuel-consumption and cutting tailpipe emissions by about 25 per cent per vehicle.
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Chatham Daily News
To help determine the feasibility of the vehicles, two local school boards will be taking part in an electric school bus pilot project this year.
Blenheim Bus Lines has been selected as one of 14 student transportation operators across the province to participate in the Ministry of Transportation’s Electric School Bus (ESB) Pilot Program.
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ElliotLakeToday.com
Without any debate, members of the finance committee approved a new accommodation tax, which will see a levy put on hotel and motel rooms in the city.
The new tax on the city's 2,000 hotel rooms is expected to bring in $1.7 million in 2019, half of which will be used to finance tourism initiatives, with the other half helping to pay the mortgage on the $100 million arena planned for the Kingsway. The tax should raise about $425,000 for the balance of 2018.
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Let Windsor River Cruises take you to two nations in two hours! Sail the Detroit River on a sight seeing cruise - or spend the evening on the water with a dinner cruise taking you along the Windsor waterfront, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit skyline!
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Elliot Lake Standard
The City of Elliot Lake will establish a transit link to connect with Ontario Northland bus routes.
The news was brought forward during Monday’s city council meeting from the economic development standing committee.
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CTV News
After a long winter of late buses and no-shows, the company that runs school-bus service in the Halifax area promises to improve services. Stock Transportation says it's heard the complaints, but some parents say they're not yet convinced.
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Birchtown, the largest free Black settlement in the 1780’s, where people voted with their feet for freedom. Come experience the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre. Contact our organization any time of the year to arrange for a site tour.
For more information visit: www.blackloyalist.com
or call 1-877-354-0772.
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From dinosaurs to mummies, Indigenous objects to Chinese architecture, and meteorites to precious jewels. The ROM invites you to explore art, culture, and nature through six million objects in our remarkable galleries and fascinating exhibitions. Book your group experience for guided tours, dining, shopping and more!
groupsales@rom.on.ca
416.586.5801x2
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Global News
A new project from the federal government is hoping to address employment concerns at hotels across Canada, as well as provide newcomers with more opportunities. The newly-launched Employing Newcomers in Canadian Hotels pilot program is expected to connect immigrants and refugees with jobs in Canada's hotel industry.
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