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Another Good Month For Canadian Tourism

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.11.2013 | Canada Travel
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OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says tourism spending rose 1.0 per cent in the third quarter of 2012, following a 0.1 per cent increase in the previous qua...

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Canadian Travel Numbers Drop During July

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.18.2012 | Canada Travel
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OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says travel to Canada in July declined 2.5 per cent in July compared with June, mostly because of fewer American visitors.T...

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Dispatches from Down East: Where It Pays to Be Nice

Lori Gard | Posted 05.10.2012 | Canada
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Lori Gard

Being polite certainly is a must for those Islanders who depend on the tourism sector that helps fuel their economy. I have had run-ins with people, both from the Maritimes and not, who don't understand the value that being nice has for their business. Bottom line, no kindness, no repeat visit.

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StatsCan: Travel Rates Hit Milestone In December

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.21.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Canadians made 5.1 million trips outside the country in December, up 1.5 per cent from November.December marked the fi...

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Canada's Most Romantic Cities: Where Are You Looking For Love?

The Canadian Press | Posted 02.07.2012 | Canada Living
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TORONTO - Romance appears to reign supreme in Kingston. The eastern Ontario city takes the crown on the third annual list of the 20 most romantic cit...

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Toronto's Cultural Landscape

Scott S. Smith | Posted 11.29.2011 | Canada
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Scott S. Smith

My wife, Sandra Wells, had a conference to attend in Toronto and suggested I go with her five days earlier for a much-needed vacation. I reluctantly a...

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Oh, America!

Lev Raphael | Posted 07.27.2011 | Canada
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Lev Raphael

A Kids in the Hall skit once offered this pithy observation: "Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays."

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