Tourists planning to vacation in the South Okanagan this summer could have their trip hampered by labour shortages plaguing the hospitality industry. Accommodators, restaurants, and wineries in Oliver and Osoyoos continue to struggle to recruit the level of staff needed to fully run their operations during the busy tourism season. …
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Tourism Kelowna says it didn’t do it. The organization has gone on the offensive after receiving dozens of complaints from area businesses. They’re angry after receiving an invoice from a tourism website, but they didn’t come from Tourism Kelowna. “We’ve noticed in the past week, we’re getting phone calls from …
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The Okanagan Rail Trail had its grand opening in September, but the celebration may have been premature, seeing that a large section of the route remains closed to the public. At issue is a section of the trail near the Kelowna airport, blocked by a padlocked gate. The city applied …
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Prior to the 1960s, Ken Stannix estimates that the busy rail-hub of McAdam, N.B. was home to almost 3,000 people. “We started out as a logging town and then it grew into a rail centre with the CPR. At the height of the CPR there was probably about 600 people …
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2018 was a record year for tourism in Hamilton. Figures presented during a budget presentation at city hall on Wednesday show that 4.5 million visitors spent $30 million in the city last year. READ MORE: Supercrawl returns to downtown Hamilton for 10th year They also booked over 22,000 hotel stays, …
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The City of Edmonton has unveiled its preferred plan to introduce a bike share system where rental bikes could be operating as early as this spring. City council’s Urban Planning Committee will review a new report Tuesday that recommends city staff set guidelines, then have the private sector run things. …
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Voters in Greater Napanee recently elected the first female mayor in the town’s history. But Marg Isbester doesn’t want to make a big deal of that. She has other things on her agenda. The first-time mayor is looking forward to 2019 and the challenges that it brings. When it comes …
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The Wolfe Island mainland ferry dock is expected to be a hub of construction activity in 2019. The ministry of transportation (MTO) is planning to expand the downtown dock, car boarding and passenger amenity areas this fall to accommodate a new, larger ferry that’s still under construction. READ MORE: MTO: …
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Winning a trip sounds like an amazing prize, but what if that getaway was to frosty Winnipeg in the middle of the winter? That’s exactly what happened to Rollingsford, New Hampshire’s Lee Norton. After being called to ‘come on down’ during a recent taping of The Price Is Right, Norton …
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Nestled in the Rocky Mountains, a mere four hours west of Edmonton, Jasper now has another title to boast about. The readers of USA Today have recently voted this Alberta resort town the best ski town in North America. READ MORE: Jasper National Park expands east gate entrance on Yellowhead …
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