March Break Travel with VIA Rail
11 March 2010
Book your tickets now for travel during the school break TORONTO, March 10 /CNW Telbec/ - March Break is almost here and seats are going fast! VIA Rail Canada wishes to encourage those planning on travelling this weekend to purchase their tickets as soon as possible to ensure availability and to take advantage of the best [...]
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New Passenger Rail Station on Track
11 March 2010
EMC News - It’s all aboard for a new VIA Rail train station for Smiths Falls. While it was stated last fall that the town was among the communities, including Montreal, Windsor and Oshawa, where a new station was planned, that announcement was made official on Monday afternoon with the unveiling of plans for the Smiths [...]
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The Rocky Mountaineer Alberta Train to Whistler a ‘Marketing Opportunity of a Lifetime’
07 March 2010
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Some are calling the Rocky Mountaineer Alberta Train to Whistler during the Olympics a ‘marketing opportunity of a lifetime.’ Sandy Best with the The Lake Louise Ski Area says the our provincial government turned down an offer to run a train like this because of the costs. “At the end of the day, [...]
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Alberta Promotion at Games Cost $14M
07 March 2010
Alberta spent $14 million promoting itself at the Vancouver Olympics, but officials say the money was well spent and predict it will attract enough business to the province to recoup the full amount several times over. Cindy Ady, minister of tourism, parks and recreation, said Tuesday that the money the province spent on the three-year promotional [...]
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Media Invitation - Media Briefing Announcing Important Investments in VIA Rail Canada’s Smiths Falls Station
07 March 2010
SMITHS FALLS, ON, March 5 /CNW Telbec/ - Media are invited to attend a short media briefing at the Smiths Falls VIA Rail train station. Mayor Dennis W. Staples, Mr. Michael Murphy, Vice-president, Public Affairs, Canadian Pacific Railway and Mr. Magdy Fahmy, VIA Rail Canada’s Senior Director, Purchasing and Real Estate, will be announcing an [...]
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Windsor to Get New Via Rail Station
07 March 2010
The federal government is investing $6.3 million in a new Via Rail station in Windsor, Ont. The station is to be built by the fall of 2011 near the existing site at the foot of Walker Road, a news release says. The Walkerville station was built by Canadian National in the early 1960s and expanded by Via [...]
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