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As 2018 comes to a close, OMCA would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the OMCA Report a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Friday, Jan. 11, 2019.
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Daily Hive
With the summer travel season all but in full swing, and after a U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld President Donald Trump's travel ban, Canadians travelling to the U.S. are being advised that U.S. border agents have the right to demand the passwords of those travellers to search phones and other devices such as laptops without a specific reason.
According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, this power is a necessary one to assist in the "global fight against terror and child pornography."
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CBC News
After losing its licence in Quebec, Sinorama Holidays travel agency has ended its operations in Ontario.
The Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO) says Sinorama was placed under trusteeship on July 24 after an $11 million shortfall and voluntarily ceased its activities in Ontario on August 8, terminating its Ontario Travel Industry Act, 2002 registration.
The Markham-based travel agency, which was well known, specialized in small group tours to China.
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The Wellington Advertiser
Come September many of the yellow buses taking students to school will be emblazoned with a different name.
Wellington-Dufferin Student Transportation Services (WDSTS), the consortium in charge of busing for local school boards, recently awarded new tenders for all 483 bus routes in its catchment area.
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Northern Ontario Business
The president of the Ontario Motor Coach Association has his doubts whether a handshake deal between the province and a Thunder Bay bus company provides the solution to Northern Ontario's intercommunity bus problems.
Doug Switzer expressed surprise and skepticism over a pending interline agreement between the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) and Kasper Transportation.
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Simcoe.com via Midland Mirror
Midland and Penetanguishene residents now have another way of getting to Barrie.
Simcoe County’s new Linx transit service officially launched its first route on Aug. 7. The service line will run between Midland/Penetanguishene and Barrie, with stops in Wyebridge, Waverley, Elmvale and Midhurst.
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BayToday
The winners of Attractions Ontario’s Third Annual Ontario’s Choice Awards were recently announced. The winners of each category earned the most votes in their designated category, voted on and chosen by consumers.
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CTV News
The owner of an Alberta trucking company involved in the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash has been charged.
Alberta Transportation Minister Brian Mason said that Sukhmander Singh of Adesh Deol Trucking faces charges of non-compliance with various federal and provincial safety regulations.
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National Post
A hodge-podge of public transportation services are already starting to fill the gap as Greyhound Canada moved steadily towards its midnight Halloween disappearance from most of Western Canada.
The venerable national motor coach operator is being replaced by a mix of provincial government-subsidized services, Indigenous-owned bus lines, locally owned startups, flexible fleets of shuttle buses and a scattering of formal and informal ride-sharing services.
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CTV News
For the first time in decades, one of the world's most durable and amicable alliances faces serious strain as Canadians — widely seen as some of the nicest, politest people on Earth — absorb Donald Trump's insults against their prime minister and attacks on their country's trade policies.
Some Canadians are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to seek peace with the U.S. president. Many others want him to hang tough even as Trump seeks to make political hay with his anti-Canada rhetoric.
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CBC News
A bus company from northeastern Ontario is expanding to Thunder Bay after Caribou Coach Transportation ceased their operations due to "tough economic times" earlier this month.
Tisdale Bus Lines is a charter bus company that operates in Timmins, Sudbury, North Bay and the surrounding areas.
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