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Wellington Advertiser
Ron Cherrey was presented with the Ontario Motorcoach Association (OMCA) Lifetime Achievement Award at the Westin Harbour Castle on Nov. 6.
Ron began working as a mechanic in his father's Drayton garage at the age of 18. As time passed, Ron and his brothers Allan and Larry eventually took over the business. The brothers worked all day in the garage and office and then cleaned buses during the night.
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CBC News
What does passing a stopped school bus while its lights are flashing have in common with the Ontario government selling pot?
The two seemingly unrelated issues are packed into one piece of legislation from Premier Kathleen Wynne's Liberal government.
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Belleville News
Get on the bus — the battery-electric transit bus that is.
Belleville Transit will have an extra bus on its fleet from now until just after Christmas. The battery-electric bus, or ebus, will operate until Dec. 29, and will look a little different than the traditional red and white city buses.
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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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Soo Today
Tourism operators, professionals and industry stakeholders celebrated a busy and prosperous season in a big way recently in Thunder Bay.
With 2016 being just .04 per cent shy of the highest number of visitors on record for Canada, Northern Ontario headed into the 2017 season with high hopes that were not disappointed. As a culmination of the Northern tourism industry's successful season, over 300 delegates from across the region gathered in Thunder Bay at the Northern Ontario Tourism Summit to learn, share and celebrate.
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Ottawa West News
At OC Transpo's Pinecrest garage, about six per cent of the concrete floor in the bus bay had rotted through. It was deteriorating from the wear and tear of daily use.
And so was the asphalt around the building.
Repairs to the bus bay floor will be completed in the spring and work on the asphalt and sidewalks was completed earlier this year, with money coming from the federal government's Public Transit Infrastructure Fund, which matched $750,000 provided from the city.
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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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Globe and Mail
Canada is making efforts to massively increase numbers of Chinese tourists and students as the federal government presses forward its rapprochement with the world's second-largest economy.
"Canada can easily double or triple or quadruple the numbers" of Chinese visitors, Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, said in a recent interview in Beijing.
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CBC News
A Windsor school bus company has committed to installing mechanical "child check" alarm systems on all of its vehicles after a 4-year-old girl was recently left in a parked bus for three hours. Ellery Chartier-Molinari fell asleep while riding home from school and missed the stop at her daycare, according to her mother JoAnne Chartier.
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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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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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CTV News
The chief executive officer of Toronto's transit agency is leaving his post to take a job as president and CEO of New York City Transit.
Andy Byford — who announced his resignation six years after joining the Toronto Transit Commission — will remain on the job until Dec. 22, when deputy CEO Rick Leary is expected to take over as acting CEO.
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Government of Ontario
Ontario is helping to manage congestion, provide more transit options and improve commutes for families by building a new station building, parking structure and bus loop at the Cooksville GO station.
Steven Del Duca, Minister of Transportation was recently joined by Dipika Damerla, MPP for Mississauga East-Cooksville at the Cooksville GO station to mark the start of construction on the project.
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InsideHalton.com
To tackle the problem of traffic congestion in the Greater Toronto Area, provincial officials will need to be bold because widening highways alone will not do the trick.
This was the key message delivered by Ontario's minister of transportation, Steven Del Duca, during a recent luncheon organized by the Oakville Chamber of Commerce.
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Brampton Guardian
The rocky relationship between Ontario and the company government hired to clear snow-covered highways in parts of Peel will soon reach the end of the road.
The Liberal government announced it is looking for a new year-round highway maintenance firm for Peel, Halton, Toronto and York areas.
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