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| FLash | Construction of Canadian owned hotel postponed in North Dakota
Groundbreaking for a $40-million US hotel complex in Grand Forks is being pushed back to February. The Canad Inns said the delay is due to its plans to expand the complex. The Winnipeg-based company plans to include a water park and cinema in the complex, which would be its first in the United States. Canad runs eight hotels in Manitoba. |
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| Go Travel Direct Moves into Quebec Market |
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| Hugh Boyle, president of GTD | The successful Ottawa-based direct-sell tour company, Go Travel Direct (GTD), has entered the Quebec market, causing considerable nervousness among large tour operators. GTD uses a business model that has been successful for years in the British and European markets. Instead of selling highly customized packages through travel agents, it offers specific packages direct to customers through its website and call centre.
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| High winds and heavy fog postpone Queen Mary 2 arrival in Sydney, N.S. |
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High winds and heavy fog prevented the Queen Mary 2, the world's largest  ocean liner, from making its first stop at a Canadian port Monday. Hurricane-force winds of 100 kilometres an hour felled trees and knocked down power lines across Cape Breton. The luxury liner left Cape Breton without stopping and headed to Quebec City. It is scheduled to return to Sydney on Oct. 2. The strong winds were also causing delays for Marine Atlantic's ferry service between North Sydney, N.S., and Port aux Basques, Nfld. |
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| A 200$ cash prize from the travel insurance division of RBC Insurance |
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 Mélanie Drapeau, Area Sales Manager for the travel insurance division of RBC Insurance, recently presented a cheque to Nancy Hébert of Voyages Sears in Victoriaville, Quebec, who was awarded with a cash prize of $200 for correctly answering a contest question, which appeared in the summer issue of the RBC Insurance. |
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| FLash | Bush to lift Libya sanctions to trigger compensation to Pan Am 103 families
President George W. Bush has decided to lift sanctions against Libya, which he expects to trigger release of more than $1 billion US to families of Pan Am 103 victims, a senior administration official said Sunday. Bush could announce the step as early as Monday, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because Bush prefers to publicize such moves himself. The deadline for settlement with Moammar Gadhafi's government is Wednesday. |
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| FLash | Florida families get down to serious cleanup
In storm-battered Florida, Rev. Russell Levenson of Christ Episcopal Church gave his congregation ``permission slips'' Sunday to grieve for their lost possessions. Then he urged them to look for hope. ``Maybe you lost the trees, but not the house. Maybe you lost the house, but not the stuff in it,'' he said. ``Maybe you lost everything, but you're still here.'' And they were, worshipping in a large meeting room because their church bell had fallen through the roof. |
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