Article Archive for December 2009
The decision this month by Nova Scotia’s government to end its subsidizing of the fast-ferry service from Bar Harbor, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has left many tourism operators scrambling to reorganize their businesses.
Jon Tattrie, a 32 year-old Halifax freelance writer, has set up a table at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, complete with laptop computer, to record many of the interesting stories of people flying to and from Halifax.
The traditional gateway to the U.S. by water has now closed. But this does not mean that southwest Nova Scotia is doomed. The loss of the ferries just means that Nova Scotia has to change its campaign for drawing tourist dollars into the province.
This year marks the 8th year that representatives from Nova Scotia joins in with the City of Boston to present the Christmas tree on Boston Common. It is also the 38th year that Nova Scotia has given a tree to the people of Boston as thanks for relief efforts following the December 6, 1917, explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax Harbor.
