Making Summer More Affordable For Ontario Families

McGuinty Government Providing Students With Free Entry To Ontario Attractions

 

JUNE 26, 2009 — Ontario is providing about 1.5 million elementary school children with free admission to 20 Ontario attractions through Fun Pass 2009. [Read the full news release]

 

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North by Northeast Opening Ceremonies

 

At the North by Northeast opening ceremonies, Minister Smith announced that the Tourism Ministry is supporting the five day festival with a $200,000 grant through the Celebrate Ontario program. Celebrate Ontario is investing $11 million to support 224 festivals and events across the province this year.

 

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Ontario Place Voted Greater Toronto’s
Best Seasonal Attraction

 

Ontario Place, the province’s internationally-renowned cultural, leisure and entertainment complex, has won a City Parent Magazine 14th Annual Reader’s Selection Award. Readers of Canada’s largest regional parenting newsmagazine voted on-line and chose Ontario Place as the GTA’s best seasonal attraction. [Read the full news release]

 

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Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2009 programme and event enhancements unveiled

Celebrate Ontario grant also announced

June 16, 2009 — Mayor David Miller, Laura Albanese, the Parliamentary Assistant to Ontario’s Minister of Culture, and the 2009 Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Curators assembled earlier today to announce new funding, event enhancements, and to reveal the programming lineup for Toronto’s all-night celebration of contemporary art which returns on October 3, 2009.

 

Mayor Miller and Laura Albanese, MPP announced that Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2009 will receive a one-time cash injection from the Ministry of Tourism‘s Celebrate Ontario program. [Read the full news release]

 

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Red Bull Air Race Takes Flight In Ontario

McGuinty Government Helps Bring World-Renowned Competition To Canada For The First Time

 

June 12, 2009 — Ontario is promoting tourism and boosting the local economy in Windsor by helping the city host the Red Bull Air Race, an international competition that will come to Canada for the very first time. [Read the full news release]

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Tourism Week Kicks Off The Summer Vacation Season

McGuinty Government Encourages Families To Discover Ontario

 

Tourism Week kicks off the summer vacation season and, this year, the Ministry of Tourism wants Ontarians to know just how fabulous a “staycation” in the province can be. 

 

When Ontario residents visit their local travel centre from June 1 to 7, they can enjoy special events, see displays from local attractions and enter to win prizes. [Read more about Tourism Week]