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Pacific Western Transportation
Pacific Western Transportation (also Trade name, d/b/a P.W. Transportation) provides a variety of bus services in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Yukon. Depending on the location, it offers scheduled and chartered school busing and local and long-distance coach charters. Since 2022, it is a subsidiary of Student Transportation Inc., Student Transportation of America. In July 2024, Keolis announced that it is acquiring PWT's Transit and Motorcoach operations. Lines of business Employee transportation Diversified Transportation Diversified Transportation is a bus transportation company based in Fort McMurray that provides services to industry and private coach charters. Student transportation Southland Transportation Southland Transportation is a Calgary based bus company that mainly provides school bus service to local school boards, bus charter services and commuter service from Cochrane, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Student Transportation Inc
A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution, or more generally, a person who takes a special interest in a subject. In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementary schools are "pupils". Africa Nigeria In Nigeria, education is classified into four systems known as a 6-3-3-4 system of education. It implies six years in primary school, three years in junior secondary, three years in senior secondary and four years in the university. However, the number of years to be spent in university is mostly determined by the course of study. Some courses have longer study lengths than others. Those in primary school are often referred to as pupils. Those in university, as well as those in secondary school, are referred to as students. The Nigerian system of education also has other recognized categories like the polytechnics and colleges of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okotoks
Okotoks ( , originally ) is a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary Region of Alberta, Canada. It is on the Sheep River, approximately south of Downtown Calgary. Okotoks has emerged as a bedroom community of Calgary. According to the 2021 Federal Census, the town has a population of 30,214, making it the List of towns in Alberta, largest town in Alberta. History The town's name is derived from ''"ohkotok"'', the Blackfoot language word for "rock". The name may refer to Big Rock (glacial erratic), Big Rock, the largest glacial erratic in the Foothills Erratics Train, situated about west of the town. Before European settlement, journeying First Nations in Canada, First Nations, members of the Blackfoot Confederacy, used the rock as a marker to find the river crossing situated at Okotoks. The tribes were nomadic and often followed large American Bison, buffalo herds for their sustenance. David Thompson (explorer), David Thompson explored the area as early as 1800. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Built Buses
Thomas Built Buses, Inc. (commonly known as Thomas) is an American bus manufacturer. Best known for its production of the first ever rear engine Type C school bus, Thomas produces other bus designs for a variety of usages. Currently, its production is concentrated on school buses and activity buses, along with their commercial derivatives. Founded in 1916 as Perley A. Thomas Car Works, the company was renamed in 1972 to better represent its primary product lines. Headquartered since 1916 in High Point, North Carolina, Thomas has been a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America (the parent company of Freightliner Trucks, Freightliner) since 1998. Prior to its acquisition, the company was operated by the Perley A. Thomas family, the final major school bus manufacturer operated under family control. Since 1936, Thomas has produced school buses in High Point, North Carolina. In addition to bus bodies, the company also produces vehicle chassis for its Saf-T-Liner/Transit Liner EFX2 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is a regional airport located on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is often referred to as Toronto Island Airport and was previously known as ''Port George VI Island Airport'' and ''Toronto City Centre Airport''. The airport's name honours Billy Bishop, the Canadian World War I flying ace and World War II Air Marshal. It is used by civil aviation, air ambulances, and regional airlines using turboprop planes. In 2022, it was ranked Canada's List of the busiest airports in Canada, ninth-busiest airport. Conceived in the 1930s as the main airport for Toronto, the construction of the airport was completed in 1939 by the Toronto Harbour Commission (THC). At the same time, the THC built Malton Airport as an alternate. But nearby Malton (today Toronto Pearson International Airport) became Toronto's main passenger airline hub instead, leaving the island airport for general aviation and military purposes. During the 1940s and 1950s, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairmont Royal York
The Fairmont Royal York, formerly and still commonly known as the Royal York, is a large historic luxury hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located along Front Street (Toronto), Front Street West, the hotel is situated at the southern end of the Financial District, Toronto, Financial District, in Downtown Toronto. The Royal York was designed by Ross and Macdonald, in association with Henry Sproatt, Sproatt and Rolph, and built by the Canadian Pacific Railway company. The hotel is currently managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. Opened on 11 June 1929, the Châteauesque-styled building is tall, and contains 28 floors. It is considered one of the grand railway hotels of Canada. After its completion, the building was briefly the List of tallest buildings in Toronto, tallest building in Toronto, as well as the tallest building in the List of tallest buildings in Canada, country, and the British Empire, until the nearby Commerce Court, Canadian Bank of Commerce Tower was built the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter Airlines
Porter Airlines (stylized in Letter case#All lowercase, all lowercase as porter) is a Canadian airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport in Toronto. It is the third largest airline in Canada, behind Air Canada and WestJet. Owned by Porter Aviation Holdings, formerly known as REGCO Holdings Inc., Porter operates regularly scheduled flights from its bases in Eastern Canada, primarily Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Toronto–Billy Bishop and Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto–Pearson airports, to locations across North America using a fleet of De Havilland Canada Dash 8#Series 400, De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 turboprop and Embraer 195-E2 jet aircraft. Porter's operation at Toronto City Airport, located on an island near Downtown Toronto, downtown was launched in 2006 with some controversy. Robert Deluce, who is now the Executive Chairman of Porter Airlines, proposed creating a regional air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter Shuttle
Porter may refer to: Companies * Porter Airlines, Canadian airline based in Toronto * Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets * Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer * H.K. Porter, Inc., a locomotive manufacturer People * Porter (name), an English surname and given name (including a list of persons with the name) Occupations * Porter (carrier), a person who carries objects * Porter (college), a member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Lancaster, Oxford and Durham * Porter (railroad), a railroad employee who assists passengers at stations * Porter (monastery), the monk appointed to be the one who interacts with the public * Pullman porter, a railroad employee who assists passengers on sleeping cars * Deal porter, a dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood * Doorman (profession), American English for the occupation known in British English as porter * Groom Porter, official in char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Pearson Express
The Union Pearson Express (UP Express or UPX) is an airport rail link connecting Union Station (Toronto), Union Station in Downtown Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Airport. The UP Express began operation on 6 June 2015, in time for the 2015 Pan American Games. The UP Express travels between Union and Pearson in 25 minutes departing every 15 minutes, seven days a week. At the launch announcement, it was stated that the UP Express was projected to carry 2.35million passengers annually and eliminate approximately 1.2million car trips in the first year. As of 2019, it carried 4.5 million passengers annually. UP Express is operated as an independent division of Metrolinx, similarly to GO Transit. An airport rail link was one of the priority projects identified in Metrolinx's regional transportation plan, ''The Big Move''. Construction began in 2011 as part of the Kitchener line#Georgetown South expansion, Georgetown South Project, which expanded the rail corridor the UP Expr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Pearson International Airport
Toronto Pearson International Airport is an international airport located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is the main airport serving Toronto, its metropolitan area, and the surrounding region known as the Golden Horseshoe. Pearson is the largest and busiest airport in Canada, handling 46.8 million passengers in 2024. It is named in honour of Lester B. Pearson (1897–1972), the 14th Prime Minister of Canada and 1957 Nobel Peace Prize laureate for his humanitarian work in peacekeeping. Pearson International Airport is situated northwest of Downtown Toronto in the adjacent city of Mississauga, with a small portion of the airfield extending into Toronto's western district of Etobicoke. It has five runways and two passenger terminals along with numerous cargo, maintenance, and aerospace production facilities on a site that covers . Toronto Pearson is the primary global hub for Air Canada. It also serves as a hub for Porter Airlines and WestJet, as a focus city for Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gray Coach
Gray Coach was a Canadian inter-city bus line based in Toronto, Ontario, from 1927 to 1992. It was founded and initially owned by the Toronto Transportation Commission, until sold to Stagecoach in 1990. In 1992 the business was sold to Greyhound Canada and the brand was retired. Overview and history Gray Coach Lines was a suburban bus and sightseeing tour operator founded in 1927 by the Toronto Transportation Commission (TTC). From 1927 to the 1930s, Gray Coach acquired numerous and smaller competitors in the Greater Toronto Area. The operator eventually dominated inter-urban bus service by the end of the 1930s, replacing or succeeding many Toronto and area interurban radial lines that had previously provided interurban transportation by light rail. Gray Coach used inter-urban coaches to link Toronto to outlying areas throughout Southern Ontario, such as Owen Sound, London, Kitchener, Guelph, Niagara Falls, Sudbury, North Bay, Barrie and Hamilton. Gray Coach also offere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Airport Express
Toronto Airport Express was a bus service operated by Pacific Western Transportation under a contract with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to operate express bus services between Toronto Pearson International Airport and downtown Toronto. The service was discontinued in October 2014 for a variety of reasons, including anticipated opening of the Union Pearson Express, a rail link connecting the airport to downtown Toronto. History It was established in 1993, after the demise of the previous service provider, Gray Coach. The service operated 20 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It ran at 20-minute intervals during peak times and 30-minute intervals off-peak. Airport Express (and Gray Coach before them) formerly operated two additional routes, one connecting the airport to Islington subway station and the other to Yorkdale and York Mills stations. These were withdrawn in 2000 after the TTC introduced a competing express bus service from Kipling station, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canmore, Alberta
Canmore is a List of towns in Alberta, town in Alberta, Canada, located approximately west of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta's Rockies, Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The town shares a border with Kananaskis Country to the west and south and the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 to the north and east. With a population of 17,036 in 2023, Canmore is the List of towns in Alberta#List, fifth-largest town in Alberta. History Canmore was officially named in 1884 by Canadian Pacific Railway director Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald A. Smith (later 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal). It was named after Malcolm III of Scotland who was also nicknamed Canmore. The name Canmore originates from the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic ''ceann mòr'', meaning "Big Chief". In 1886, Queen Victoria granted a coal in Alberta, coal mining charter to the town, and the No. 1 mine was opened in 1887. By the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
