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A pint-sized statue of a Nova Scotia fisherman is back in its rightful location at Peggy’s Cove — all thanks to a group of heroic Dalhousie University students. Shorty, a wide-eyed, 5’2″ wooden fisherman, was stolen from outside a tourist spot in Peggy’s Cove, N.S., earlier this week. READ MORE: …

According to Peterborough and the Kawarthas Tourism, 3 million people visit the area every year. Keeping those tourists coming and encouraging others to join them in places like Peterborough was the focus of a rural tourism symposium at lang pioneer village Thursday. Now in its second year  the Rural Tourism …

From the shores of Prescott on the St. Lawrence river you can see Ogdensburg, New York. Until the 1960s, travellers could take a ferry between the two communities. Now, municipal officials in both towns are hoping to make that happen again. READ MORE: St. Lawrence Seaway marks 60 years of …

A bill has been introduced in the New Brunswick legislature which would allow municipalities to charge a hotel levy in their communities. Local Government Minister Jack Carr says a number of communities including Saint John, Edmundston and Miramichi have establishments charging the levy already. While it is currently voluntary, according …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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. …