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Halifax's new tourism strategy will be a year-round effort to appeal to international travellers as the municipality looks to rebound post-pandemic from losses of around $800 million so far.

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/ Posted on 25 January, 2021 11:37 Tour agents in Hong Kong have cast a shadow of doubt over the financial viability of the government’s multi-million-dollar plan to transform the cash-strapped Ocean Park into an entry-free, adventure-themed resort destination within the next two to three years. The fate of the city’s iconic theme park was decided after the government and Ocean Park Corporation completed a rethink exercise to chart the way forward for the park. The government has committed ...

I was calling him because Ray Renola, born and raised in Providence, holds a unique military distinction. He is the oldest living graduate of West Point, where for centuries the Army has trained its elite candidates. There are 54,132 graduates of the academy still among us. Ray, at 104, is their elder statesman. I found him in assisted living in Virginia — that’s now home. My hope was to tell his full story, but it seemed there was a piece of it I would never know: what Ray went through in ...

Opinion/Patinkin: At 104, Providence native is West Points oldest graduate Mark Patinkin, The Providence Journal © Courtesy of the Renola family Ray Renola in 2019, with nieces Karen Renola, left, and Jean Boshco. The old soldier’s image came onto FaceTime. I was calling him because Ray Renola, born and raised in Providence, holds a unique military distinction. He is the oldest living graduate of West Point, where for centuries the Army has trained its elite candidates. The...

Duty, honor, country Warwick. Editor’s note. This article originally appeared June 13, 2012, in The Warwick Advertiser. Daniel Prial, the son of Greg and Ann Prial of Warwick, was home on leave following graduation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was leave within weeks to begin a series of training assignments including leadership and survival courses before two years of helicopter flight school at the U.S. Army Aviation Center at Fort Rucker, Ala. | 22 Jan 2021 | 03:07 ...

Digital advertising agency The Engine, a subsidiary of the advertising agency Pipar\TBWA, has been named one of the ten best digital marketing agencies in Europe in 2020 by marketing magazine MarTech Outlook. This is the second year in a row for the list. “This is great recognition for us and the international marketing work we do for our customers,” says Hreggviður Magnússon, head of digital marketing at The Engine. Tetra Pak among customers “One of our tasks is to manage a comprehen...

The Engine, digital advertising agency and subsidiary of advertising agency Pipar\TBWA, has been named one of the ten best digital marketing agencies in Europe for 2020 by marketing magazine MarTech Outlook. This is the second year in a row the list has been published. “This is great recognition for us and the international marketing work we do for our customers,” says Hreggviður Magnússon, head of digital marketing at The Engine. Tetra Pak among customers “One of our tasks is to mana...

Grammy-winning historian and author Jeff Gold noticed something when he received more than 200 exclusive images from a newly discovered photo archive of American jazz clubs from the 1940s and 1950s, including Atlantic City’s Club Harlem, 500 Club and Paradise Café. The photos, which showed the fans as much as or more than the famous musicians, illustrated that the jazz clubs had more integration between whites and Blacks than the country as a whole at the time. These clubs were integrat...

Last modified on Mon 2 Nov 2020 16.08 EST Quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler and Confederate general Robert E Lee appear in training materials once used by the Kentucky state police (KSP) to create “ruthless” warriors who would “fight to the death”. The instructional slideshow, decorated with a bald eagle and American flag, advises officers to “meet violence with greater violence”. It includes the line “über alles” – a phrase from a Nazi-associated...