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OMCA
For all that are attending, please travel safe and be sure to pack your passport for the Monday Night Event. For all, please note the OMCA office will be closed from Monday, November 12th to Friday, November 16th for our annual conference. Office will reopen Monday, November 19th at 9:00am.
CBC News
An internal Transport Canada investigation into a fatal crash in 2001 concluded that coach buses without seatbelts may put passengers at "unnecessary risk" of injuries, yet the document was kept hidden for years until The Fifth Estate recently uncovered it using the Access to Information Act.
Instead, the federal regulatory department continued to insist publicly that seatbelts were not necessary in coach buses.
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CTV News
School bus companies in the Ottawa region are facing a severe shortage of drivers and the problem is only expected to increase.
There are 52 permanent positions available for drivers in the region and it’s causing children to be late to school and late coming home.
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Michelle Straschnitzki had a moment of panic when her 16-year-old son Jett was preparing to board a team bus for a recent hockey game.
"I didn't watch him go get on the bus, but the part that choked me up was when I gave him a hug and said, 'Good luck. Have a great game.' Then I had a moment of panic," she said in a recent interview in the family's hometown of Airdrie, AB.
"My heart stopped. He was actually leaving and going on the bus."
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CTV News
With Black Friday approaching, many Canadians will be getting ready to head across the border in search of deals.
But a quick day trip could turn into financial disaster, with even a minor accident or illness leaving travellers with bills that can cost thousands of dollars.
According to data from Allianz Global Assistance Canada, only 1.4 per cent of single-trip policies purchased by Canadians were for one or two-day trips.
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CBC News
Al Larocque says he's always been truthful when crossing the border.
But if the Fruitvale, B.C., resident is asked by U.S. border agents if he's ever smoked marijuana, he knows what he's going to do.
"I'm going to lie," he said recently.
Larocque lives just north of B.C.'s border with Washington state, a boundary he crosses several times a year to reach his winter home in Arizona.
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Northern Ontario Business
Wikwemikong Tourism is the recipient of the 2018 Indigenous Tourism Award, jointly presented by the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario, Destination Ontario, the Culinary Tourism Alliance, and Attractions Ontario.
The organization, based out of the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, received the accolade during the 2018 Tourism Industry Awards of Excellence, held in Windsor Oct. 23-24.
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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 Radek Meljon today at 289-695-5394.
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Friday, November 30, 2018 in Markham ON
Meet with more than 50 operators during Marketplace + Networking and
Gastronomic Chinese Luncheon. |
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CBC News
For many, the signature silver dog of Greyhound is the symbol of bus travel.
But that iconic image might be replaced by a more colourful logo if the European bus line FlixBus gets access to Canada's intercity bus markets.
FlixBus runs lime green buses that have a pair of orange arrows emblazoned on their sides. It launched U.S. operations in California, Nevada and Arizona earlier this year, to go along with its service in 28 other countries.
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Truck News
The processing of commercial traffic will be a priority when the new Gordie Howe International Bridge opens in late 2024, officials with the Crown agency overseeing the major infrastructure project linking Windsor and Detroit say.
"We feel one of the most important aspects of this project is for trade and commercial uses," Tom Middlebrook, spokesman for Bridging North America, the consortium that will build and operate the bridge, told a news conference.
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