Travel Dynamics Duluth To Toronto Cruise

Travel Dynamics, based in New York City, has announced its acquisition of a 50-suite, 100-passenger cruise ship called the Clelia II. This year, the 290-foot vessel will be refurbished and its hull will be upgraded to ice-class standards for future cruise service in Antarctica and the Arctic. However during the summer and early fall of 2009, the Clelia II is destined to make 14 voyages between Duluth and Toronto. The cruise will be sold as a seven-day, one-way service.

Budget cuts may harm Great Lakes

President Bush proposed budget calls for a decrease in funding for a variety of efforts to improve the health of the Great Lakes. According to the Associated Press, funding for Great Lakes water quality programs would drop 16 percent.