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Global News
Laurie Haughton says she can't get any answers as to why the bus her sons take to school every day is almost always late. Mark Carcasole reports.
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Niagara This Week
A long-term lease has been signed, volunteers are being mobilized and efforts are underway to bring back daily service to the information kiosk at the Niagara Gateway Centre.
Brian Purdy, who has taken on the role of general manager, said there is still much work to be completed, but the biggest hurdle was signing the long-term lease for the space as part of a partnership between the Niagara West Tourism Association, Tourism Partnership of Niagara and Niagara Region. The lease is a five-year term at the rate of $12,000 a year — a significant savings from the previous five-year lease rate of $80,000 a year.
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CBC News
With one month to go before the Grey Cup game in Ottawa, local hoteliers say they're well on their way to a sellout for the Canadian Football League championship weekend.
"It's going to be a terrific week for us," said Steve Ball, president of the Ottawa-Gatineau Hotel Association. "Reservations so far have met all of our expectations."
Ball said while his association does not track data on existing bookings and occupancy rates — that would present a problem in the eyes of the Competition Bureau — he's hearing on the street that bookings are strong, and hotels are expected to be full for the weekend of Nov. 25-26.
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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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Sault Star
A common tourism industry practice is expected to become part of Ontario's legislation in the new year and tourism experts hope that the city will agree to ensure it gets the revenue its currently collecting to market the community.
City council recently passed a resolution asking that staff review and report back on the potential impacts of the upcoming legislation and how it may impact Tourism Sault Ste. Marie and the current Destination Marketing Fee (DMF).
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Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser
The wall in question is the median dividing the Trans-Canada Highway through the town.
At the recent town council meeting, Councillor Darren Finn said the town is losing potential visitors, and money, because of the median.
According to Finn, about two million people drive through Grand Falls-Windsor each year, and very few of them stop in the town.
Council is currently trying to get funding for a highway strategy.
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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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CBC News
The Canadian border guards at the Pigeon River border crossing now have their own automated external defibrillator thanks a generous donation from the Superior North Association of Professional Paramedics in Thunder Bay, ON.
According to the president of the association, Ryan Ross, border agents at Pigeon River have been asking for a defibrillator of their own since 2012. He said the association first found out about the issue "through one of [their] paramedics... [who] use to work at the border, as a border guard."
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Driving.ca
There's a nice coming-full-circle aspect to Fraser Atkinson's role as Chairman of GreenPower Motor Company.
"My grandfather was a conductor for B.C. Electric running the overhead cable electric trolleys," Atkinson says as we stand beside his Vancouver-based company's latest creation, an all-electric school bus.
Dubbed the Synapse 72 — for its seating capacity of 72 — it is the world's first purpose-built all-electric school bus. And it's creating quite the buzz.
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Do you have you mother's dimples? Or your father's hairline? What is it about us that makes us us? And how much of it actually sets us apart from not only other human beings but from every other living thing on Earth? Genome: Unlocking Life's Code begins to unravel the mystery behind the complete set of instructions needed for every living thing on Earth to grow and function: the genome. At Science North until January 7th, 2018
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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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TBNewswatch
Competition from some government-subsidized services and from unlicensed operators has helped to kill the last scheduled bus route run by Thunder Bay-based Caribou Coach.
The company has stopped its once-a-week run between Fort Frances and Thunder Bay, citing declining ridership.
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Sudbury Star
Science North has won the "Top Indoor Attraction" in the 2017 Ontario's Choice Awards. The honour also earned Science North a finalist position in the top three for the "Attraction of the Year" award, due to the sheer number of votes submitted by its fans.
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BlackburnNews.com
The municipalities of Goderich and Bluewater are teaming up to host the 2019 Ontario Heritage Conference.
Bluwater Mayor Tyler Hessel says collaboration is the way of the future for all Huron County municipalities.
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DW.com
For the first time, a driverless bus has hit the streets of Germany — and it's free. But you may need to travel to a small town in Bavaria to ride it.
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