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9/2/2009
Toronto's Pan Am Games bid gets boost
By: Vanessa Lu - The Toronto Star
Caribbean support, timing and luck help make city the one to beat

8/31/2009
Toronto should bid for Olympics again, Pan Am chair says
By: Josh Wingrove - The Globe and Mail
The head of the Pan Am Games evaluation commission praises bid for 2015 Games after two-day tour of sites in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara

2/2/2009
PM sings new tune on the arts
By: Martin Knelman - The Toronto Star

9/15/2008
T.O. rides out tourism slump
By: Teresa Boyle - The Toronto Star

7/28/2008
Toronto bucks tourism slump
By: Nick Kyonka - The Toronto Star
Weather, high gas costs hit other Canadian cities harder this summer

5/16/2008
Comedian Peters T.O. tourism ambassador
By: Jim Byers - Toronto Star
Officials hope hip image, edgy humour will dispel city's stodgy reputation

5/15/2008
Learn to love tourists this summer
By: Vanessa Lu - Toronto Star

4/14/2008
Funds turn Toronto into arts beacon
By: Martin Knelman - Toronto Star

3/14/2008
Time for big-league tourism, Sorbara says
By: JENNIFER LEWINGTON - Globe and Mail

3/10/2008
Sorbara to study how Ontario tourism might draw a more international crowd
By: From Canadian Press - The Globe and Mail

1/31/2008
Toronto sets tourism record in 2007
By: THE CANADIAN PRESS - Reprinted by Toronto Star

2/13/2007
Let there be light on music, dance, art and verse with Luminato
By: MICHAEL POSNER - Globe and Mail

2/13/2007
New festival lights up
By: Richard Ouzounian - Toronto Star

1/26/2007
T.O.'s selling point: Boredom

1/10/2007
U.S. travel rules seen as boon for T.O.
By: Christian Cotroneo - Toronto Star
More international conventions may come to Canada to avoid visa hassles, tourism lobbyist predicts

1/8/2007
Global party planners hit town
By: Christian Cotroneo and Thulasi Srikanthan - Toront
Millions at stake as convention organizers gather

1/3/2007
Rebranding Toronto
By: Editorial - TORONTO STAR

11/21/2006
More Asian visitors coming to Ontario
By: PHINJO GOMBU - Toronto Star
Air link with Shanghai seen as factor Tourists from U.S. continue to wane

11/2/2006
Last-minute race to save Expo
By: JIM BYERS - Toronto Star

10/31/2006
Toronto Expo bid needs a champion
By: Editorial - Toronto Star

10/30/2006
A world-weary bid for Expo
By: JIM BYERS - Toronto Star

8/30/2006
Canada falling off the map with American travellers
By: TAVIA GRANT - Globe and Mail

8/29/2006
Actors without an audience
Two festivals struggle as American tourism plummets, and the situation is only growing darker

8/29/2006
T.O. left off great cities list
By: MADHAVI ACHARYA-TOM YEW - Toronto Star
T.O. noticeably absent from Best Cities list in annual readers' travel survey World-class status may come next year, but `nothing personal,' says editor

8/14/2006
Chinese rules on tourism leave Canada in the cold
By: GEOFFREY YORK - Globe and Mail

7/23/2006
Ending our mediocrity
By: Paul Bedford - Toronto Star

7/20/2006
Yonge-Dundas Square coming into its own despite some rough times
By: JOHN BARBER - The Globe and Mail

7/12/2006
What will put Toronto on radar?
By: CHRISTOPHER HUME - Toronto Star

6/30/2006
Blaming critics, Lord of the Rings puts nail in coffin
By: KATE TAYLOR - Globe and Mail

6/30/2006
The LOTR lottery
By: Opinion-Editorial - Globe and Mail

5/24/2006
Wage war on terrorism, not tourism
By: Opinion-Editorial - Toronto Star

4/12/2006
T.O. tourism puts faith in Lord
By: STEVEN THEOBALD - Toronto Star

4/12/2006
T.O. needs Harper for world's fair bid
By: Royson James - Toronto Star

4/6/2006
Editorial: PM could boost Toronto Expo bid
By: Editorial - Toronto Star

2/2/2006
Big-spending tourists shun Toronto
By: Catherine Porter - Toronto Star

7/16/2005
Could be time for a lot of T.O.
By: Martin Knelman - Toronto Star
$15 million, 16-day festival would showcase city to the world

6/24/2005
Big names are lined up to sell big city to world
By: Jennifer Lewington - Globe and Mail

6/24/2005
Look out world, here we are
By: John Spears - Toronto Star

6/24/2005
Toronto unveils new brand to the world
By: Peter Kuitenbrouwer - National Post

6/23/2005
Tourism Toronto launches “Toronto Stories”summer marketing campaign
By: Tourism Toronto Press Release

6/3/2005
New work for old bricks
By: Patrick Evans - Toronto Star
Rehab plan would renew the factory that built Toronto Brick Works could become a studio, café and offices

2/16/2005
Councillors Mark Time Awaiting $92M Bailout Provincial money desperately needed
By: PAUL MOLONEY AND ROBERT BENZIE- Toronto Star
But Queen's Park coy on delivery date

2/12/2005
Budget committee aims axe at Tourism Toronto funding Suggests slashing $2.5M annual grant to just $500,000
By: Paul Moloney- Toronto Star
Says voluntary hotel tax sufficient to meet promotional needs

2/2/2005
Enjoy the Great Indoors: It's Toronto
By: Bruce Demara- The Toronto Star
Tourism campaign targets avid diners City wins plaudits as a shopping mecca

12/8/2004
Toronto Tourism on Rebound
By: Bruce Demara- The Toronto Star

11/23/2004
Mayor to Propose City Set Up Film Board
By: Jennifer Lewington- The Globe and Mail

10/25/2004
Mirvish Cuts Hairspray Run Short
By: Guy Dixon- Toronto Star

10/19/2004
$1M Cash Injection to Bolster AGO
By: Caroline Mallan- The Toronto Star
Three of Toronto's most renowned cultural institutions are set to receive a $1.6 million cash injection from the Ontario government aimed at boosting tourism to the city.

8/7/2004
Yankees, Come Back
By: Laszlo Buhasz- The Globe and Mail
With lingering fear of SARS keeping many U.S. travellers away, Canada's tourism industry is rebranding its image

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