TORONTO - A South African woman whose sudden death sparked a full-scale health scare and caused hundreds of Via Rail passengers to be stranded in northern Ontario was killed by a blood clot that travelled to her lungs, the Ontario coroner's office said Monday.

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43-year-old South African tourist was travelling alone on a cross-Canada rail journey

When a family's financial picture looks bleak, the first thing cut is a summer vacation, says a local tourist operator. Kathleen Munro, owner of Lake Point Cottages in Callander, said the last few years have been difficult for operators, especially the ones who rely on tourism to make a living. [...]

TORONTO - Passengers aboard a Via Rail train involved in a health scare in northern Ontario were a little weary but in good spirits when they arrived in Toronto early Saturday - some 11 hours behind schedule after an onboard death and multiple reported illnesses triggered a full-scale biohazard response.

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TORONTO - It was a long ride, but more than 200 Via Rail passengers on board a train involved in a health scare in Northern Ontario were in good spirits when they arrived in Toronto early Saturday amid much fanfare.

There is no evidence of any infectious disease outbreak related to the death of a VIA train passenger en route to Toronto, says Ontario's chief medical officer of health.

A teenager pleaded guilty in a Regina court Friday to second-degree murder in the stabbing death last year of Lonnie Tanner.

The Ontario Ministry of Health says there is no evidence of any infectious disease outbreak related to the death of a VIA train passenger en route to Toronto.

Niagara's tourism operators hope Greg Sorbara's got some inside information about the upcoming tourist season. The Liberal MPP for Vaughn, who is touring Ontario while undertaking a tourism competitiveness study, told Niagara winemakers Tuesday while the number of visitors from near-border markets may be on the decline, [...]

Catherine Green made her second trip to Canada West from Maryland to find her son Sam Jr. Sam Jr. had come to Canada through the Underground Railroad, but his mother arrived in Ontario circa 1860 “on a regular train, on regular tracks.”

“If you have the only one of something it’s worth preserving,” said Cathy Hickson at the information meeting April 23 where Hickson spoke to residents about the value of promoting and protecting volcanoes in and near Wells Gray Park.

Expedia.ca(TM), Canada's most visited full-service online travel service, has released the inaugural Canadian edition of their Travel Trendwatch® report, focusing on the upcoming summer travel season.

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ALGOMA — The recent rise in gas prices doesn’t appear to have scared off some travellers or dashed hopes of a solvent year for a few area tourism operators — so far, that is. Petrol prices are hovering here at $1.25 a litre, and dire predictions from industry analysts [...]

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The provincial government’s five-year renovation program for the Noden Causeway will start this spring, Northern Development and Mines minister Michael Gravelle announced here last week. “Certainly one of the issues of great importance to all of us here in the northwest, but particularly here in Fort Frances, is our highways and highway infrastructure, and it is that issue that brings me here ...

I am not filthy rich, I am not a cowboy and I don’t work in the oilpatch. But I do still consider myself very Albertan. A few years back, some friends and I embarked on a short summer tour of Europe.