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Respected Maritime businessman and philanthropist Mitchell Franklin has died at the age of 92.
Franklin was well-known in recent years for his dedication to the Fundy Trail project, an accessible trail system along the Bay of Fundy shoreline in New Brunswick, but his friends say his energy and enthusiasm stretched across Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as well.
From The Guardian:
A proposed downtown improvement project in Souris sounds like it would be an exciting move forward for the town and a promising development for that region of the province. If it proceeds as planned, the project should reap significant benefits.The Downtown Improvement Project was put forth by the Souris Downtown Improvement Committee, based on a study addressing everything from lighting and sidewalks to markets, streetscapes and condominiums. The committee proposes tearing down the old rink behind the McQuaid building and building a multi-use market in its place. This would accommodate boutiques and outdoor cafe space, artwork displays and an Iles-de-la-Madeleine intepretive centre. The project would also address streetscapes as a means of giving the downtown a facelift.
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=3812&sc=2
Ottawa – The Conservative government must reverse their decision to eliminate the GST Visitor Rebate Program because it will cause serious harm to Canada’s tourism industry, Liberal Finance Critic John McCallum said today.
From:The Guardian
Finally, here’s the boldest approach of all to bring a lot more people to this part of the country. Since much of Canada and the U.S.A. is sweltering in heat starting in May, why not have the four Atlantic provinces arrange hundreds of charter flights from the hot cities to the temperate climate of the East Coast? If the airlines and charter operators won’t co-operate then the four provinces should buy their own planes or even better, sell shares of these planes to the many tourism operators on the East Coast and in return they would obtain a percentage of these tourists to their establishments.
By: John Brewer
Charlottetown
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The new building would go in Murray River, in the southeast of the province, an area represented by Premier Pat Binns. It would be designed to store 80,000 artifacts and when completed would employ about three people.
From CBC News:
Tourism Minister Philip Brown says the western Canadian market, specifically Calgary, offers a goldmine of potential visitors. He says targeted campaigns will be geared toward making the Island attractive to Westerners, particularly those who may not take a lot of vacation time.
Tourism industry officials at their annual meeting Thursday warned of bad times ahead in P.E.I., despite what appears to be a relatively good year in 2006.
From the Chronicle Herald:
The implications of the recent Supreme Court of Nova Scotia decision on Sunday shopping will soon be felt in the Cradle of Confederation.