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OMCA
The OMCA Marketplace is just over two weeks away and we are in the final stretch for the Silent Auction. To make a donation this year, please fill out and submit your donation form no later than Monday, Oct. 23, noon EST. Click here to make your donation now!
The auction is a great opportunity to promote your services and to give back to the tourism community at the same time. You can donate products that represent your region or company, trips for individuals or groups to use your services, or an item that will entice people to bid on/purchase to help the cause, supporting and encouraging the next generation of travel professionals.
OMCA
Get your tickets for Party with a Purpose! Launched in 2016, Party with a Purpose is an event that helps to raise funds to further encourage students enrolled in travel and tourism programs to pursue a career in the motor coach travel industry. From 8:30 p.m. to midnight on the Tuesday evening dine-around at Marketplace, join us at Quinn's Steakhouse & Irish Bar — dance to a live band and enjoy networking with your friends and colleagues.
- Tuesday, November 7, 2017
- Tickets are $40 per person, all inclusive (includes 2 drink tickets, plus light snacks)
Tickets can be purchased by contacting us at info@omca.com. Tickets will also be sold by the registration desk at Marketplace.
BayToday
Unhappy with train and bus service in the north?
"All Aboard Northern Ontario", a new grassroots advocacy group, is trying to push the government to take action.
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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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CBC News
School bus operators in Ottawa are facing a shortage of drivers, one they worry will get worse when the provincial minimum wage increases, making other jobs more attractive.
Students who bus to and from schools from Ottawa's English-language boards do so through one of 13 bus companies, who between them run some 700 routes a day, according to the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority, which oversees transportation for those school boards.
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CBC News
Local school boards have fined a school bus company more than $10,000 for the ongoing driver shortage that is still impacting 1,300 students.
Levying the financial penalty is one strategy the boards are implementing to respond to the shortage.
"That unfortunately doesn't fix the problem," said Todd White, chair of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board.
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Explore Four Points by Sheraton hotels across Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick & Nova Scotia for OMCA group blocks. We have what matters most like comfortable beds, delicious breakfast, fast & free WiFi, and great local beer with Best Brews™. Submit an RFP and enjoy exclusive offers for OMCA members.
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Durham Region is emerging as the choice overnight stopover for tour operators travelling through Ontario. Passengers are able to spend less time combating traffic and more time exploring Durham and Toronto’s top tourist attractions. Departure and arrival is made simple with easy access to Highway 401 and 407 Express.
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Canada Newswire
Tourism Toronto and NYC & Company, the official destination marketing organizations for their respective cities, recently signed an official partnership to boost tourism between Toronto and New York City. This is the first ever city-to-city tourism partnership of its kind for Toronto and the first Canadian partnership for NYC & Company.
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Metro News
A proposal for a multi-billion dollar transit hub at Pearson International Airport is getting serious consideration by the federal and provincial governments, the Star has learned.
A high-level meeting involving stakeholders from all three levels of government was held recently at Queen's Park to provide an update on the proposal and map out next steps.
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Art Gallery of Sudbury has a collection of contemporary and historical works of art, including a selection by Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. The Gallery offers a Plein Air excursion to learn on site painting and drawing techniques at a favourite painting spot of A.Y. Jackson of the Group of Seven.
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July 15-16 with a free 2 day festival, at the historical site in Birchtown Nova Scotia, featuring African Nova Scotian artists, musicians and playwrights. For more information visit our Website or like our page on Facebook.
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Canada Newswire
Following modest economic growth last year, Montreal and Québec City have seen their economies heat up this year, according to The Conference Board of Canada's Metropolitan Outlook: Autumn 2017. Montreal's economy is forecast to grow by 3.2 per cent in 2017, while Québec City's economy is following closely with a 2.9 per cent spike in real GDP.
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Barrie Examiner
The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario is in the midst of replacing Highway 400 bridges between Highway 89 and Highway 11 in anticipation of eventually widening the highway to 10 lanes.
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InsideBrockville.com via St. Lawrence News
The Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network (FABN) has announced the continued funding for the Amazing Places program through an Ontario Tourism Development Fund grant.
Working in partnership with the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve and the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation, the Amazing Places project will continue to promote the natural, cultural and historical wonders of the region.
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Behind the Wheel
Up until this point, we have been seeing the development and adoption of electric drive city and metro buses, but never long distance or tour coaches.
That is until now.
Van Hool, one of the world's leading bus and coach manufacturers has just announced that it will soon offer an electric-drive version of its popular CX45 motor coach. The first customer deliveries in North America are expected early in 2019.
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Montreal Gazette
As the days shorten and the nights lengthen, many of Quebec's trees don their autumn palette of oranges and golds as well as the reds that evoke the flag's stylized 11-point maple leaf. The wardrobe change usually begins in September, with the colours appearing first in higher elevations. The rate and timing of the change vary from species to species, as do the colours: oaks turn red, brown or russet, for instance, red maple becomes a brilliant scarlet and black maple goes a glowing yellow.
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The Orillia Packet & Times
Motorists travelling between Orillia and Barrie on Highway 11 can expect plenty of construction over the next four years.
A detailed design and class environmental assessment have commenced regarding the rehabilitation of six bridges, three structural culverts, 17 non-structural culverts and electrical improvements at various locations along Highway 11 and Highway 12 in the Orillia area. Most of the work is proposed for the Highway 11 corridor through Oro-Medonte Township.
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Windsor Star
Preparation work continues for a new multi-lane overpass that will link the Herb Gray Parkway to the Canadian plaza of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
Construction on the actual project next to one of Windsor's busiest intersections and primary route for commuters — Ojibway Parkway and E.C. Row Expressway — is expected to begin some time next spring, according to Ontario's transportation ministry.
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MuskokoRegion.com via Huntsville Forester
If you want fun, look to the trees.
Treetop Trekking, which operates five adventure parks in the province including one in Huntsville, was voted as the top outdoor attraction in Ontario for 2017 by an industry association. The organization beat out numerous other notable outdoor attractions for the award, including the Toronto Zoo and the African Lion Safari.
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