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* r7 I* m1 W! l4 ?0 @9 IFree national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday# l- P0 {; b* {& Q3 ?% X1 A* ~2 Y
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/
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Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880$ H6 A: l& x1 ~& x
Kyle Morris9 @7 b0 |6 U4 u% q2 O
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
: _$ ~( a9 f( U. o# {5 YThe Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.6 m0 N4 X: M P2 M8 }4 w1 w
6 J1 K; g+ `+ b1 n' HRoyce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.
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F4 v; l. Q: L/ y. X“$83.3-million, in terms of free admission for national parks, so that of course will apply here in Banff and Jasper as an example. It also looks like there’s an investment of about $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”! Y: d0 c$ R- Y7 Z0 Q
a7 A/ E* y4 z9 ~" S* v- I6 C, bChwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.. X; w7 Q" l k+ k# |2 m3 c
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“In terms of taking advantage of what’s here, we have made adjustments and improvements to the Canada website, from Travel Alberta. That’s going to show a number of itineraries and road trips throughout the province. Those are great suggestions for Albertans or other Canadians who decide to take a staycation, and want to see something new and different.”* m3 v1 D# l$ r. `
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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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Chwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.3 o4 K3 G' {2 `3 k/ d
, w4 B$ ~7 d/ a% sVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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