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| OMCA wraps up the 2015 Annual Conference & Marketplace in London, ON
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OMCA
The 2015 OMCA Annual Conference & Marketplace in London, ON, was another huge success, thanks to all our delegates, sponsors, friends and supporters. A big shout-out also goes out to the team at our host city, Tourism London, and to the staff at the London Convention Centre and the DoubleTree by Hilton London (formerly Hilton London) — thank you!
OMCA
This fall and winter, drivers will notice some MTO plows and salt trucks (on King's Highways) have new warning lights and signs designed to increase visibility and make them more consistent in appearance. The new standard was developed after in-house testing and industry consultation.
MTO Photo
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OMCA
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) believes the driver of a truck that plowed into a motor coach transporting a Texas college softball team in Oklahoma in 2014, killing four players, was likely high on synthetic marijuana. A blood test on the truck driver however did not confirm he had drugs in his system.
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There is no better way to visit Atlantic City - by yourself or with a group - than by bus or motor coach. Hop on one with companies and you'll receive front-dorr service to Resorts Casino Hotel.
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OMCA
On Nov. 19, Transport Canada issued a Security Advisory to surface transportation system operators and trade associations representing carriers, including OMCA & Motor Coach Canada. The purpose of the advisory is to reiterate the need for transportation providers to remain vigilant of potential or actual security incidents within their operations.
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Government of Ontario
The final stretch of the new Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway will open to traffic on Saturday Nov. 21, 2015.
This new section of Highway 401 between Highway 3 (Huron Church Road) and Ojibway Parkway will help improve access and mobility along the Detroit River.
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Experience a full range of international masters and the best in Canadian art at National Gallery of Canada. This fall featuring Monet: A Bridge to Modernity on view until 15 February 2016. Guided tours and activities available. A highlight of your visit to Ottawa. Contact Helene for more information at 613.990.1938.
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It’s finally here the impressive Masterworks from the Beaverbrook is an uncompromising exhibition of 75 exceptional paintings spanning four centuries of European and Canadian art.
Plan your group tour to the Alix Art Gallery in Sarnia, Ontario to see up close these exquisite paintings from October 2, 2015 through February 7, 2016.
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InsideToronto.com
The Ontario government is promising to provide an update on wider implementation of High Occupancy Toll or HOT lanes by the end of the year, but until then is staying mum on its plans.
Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca asked for patience until the details are finalized. The lanes are supposed to be installed on 400-series highways.
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Government of Ontario
Ontario is making travel easier and safer across Northern Ontario by investing $560 million in highway infrastructure projects in 2015-16 through the Northern Highways Program.
As the construction season wraps up, Northern Highway Program projects are adding passing lanes, resurfacing roads, rehabilitating and replacing bridges, and four-laning sections of Highway 69 south of Sudbury and Highway 11-17 east of Thunder Bay.
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The Manitoulin Expositor
Northern Ontario Tourism (NeONT) reflected on the last year of the organization at its third annual general meeting held recently in Little Current.
NeONT Executive Director, Donna MacLeod, noted that Northeastern Ontario, as a region, encompasses more than 184,000 square kilometres and that NeONT represents a vast array of tourism businesses, unique geography and some of the best outdoor experiences available in Ontario.
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Globe and Mail
Premier Kathleen Wynne is defending her government's secret $3.74 million in payments to teacher unions as simply the price of securing labour peace.
In an interview in Beijing at the end of a week-long trade mission in China, Ms. Wynne said the province's negotiations with teachers were "a successful process" and the unions' and government's financial statuses are not "germane to the issue."
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The Record
Regardless of which option politicians choose for a transit hub at King and Victoria streets in Kitchener, officials say they will control what is built and when. A project steering committee made up of councillors and staff is likely to have recommendations to council in 2016 on the best development option for the site, once a business case is completed by the region, Deloitte and Infrastructure Ontario.
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Toronto Sun
Ontarians spent more than $3 million on signs and markers for the 2015 Pan Parapan Am Games high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes that many blame for adding to the GTA's already heavy summer gridlock.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) recently released freedom-of-information documents that provide the tally — $306,000 to paint HOV markers onto the pavement, more than $1.9 million on HOV-related signs and another $959,000 to erase and remove the markings.
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Toronto Star
Residents along the train tracks may have lost the fight to stop Metrolinx from building a three-storey rail overpass near Davenport Rd. north of Bloor St.
But that doesn't resolve the broader issue of reconciling the tight deadlines of the province's massive GO expansion with Toronto's city-building agenda, says the local councillor.
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CBC News
The province is giving 95 Ontario municipalities a total of $332.9 million this year for public transit projects, an increase of $11.4 million from last year.
Ontario generates about $2.4 billion a year from its 14.7-cents-a-litre tax on gasoline, and gives two-cents-a-litre to cities and towns to expand public transit.
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Windsor Star
Tourism was up on Pelee Island this year.
"It was a great summer," Pelee Island Mayor Rick Masse said.
"It's probably been one of the better years since the 1990s."
By the end of October, the ferry system that serves the Lake Erie island already had more passengers than all of last year, said Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island executive director Gordon Orr.
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Travel Weekly
Now that North Americans have "fallen back" out of daylight saving time, they're beginning to look forward to their Thanksgiving and other holiday trips. In our third quarterly report this year, we analyzed some Q3 travel events and took a closer look at North Americans' travel intent leading up to and during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.
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